Travis Kelce might be an NFL superstar, but he’d probably argue he isn’t the only pro athlete in his relationship with Taylor Swift.
At a pre-Super Bowl press conference Thursday (Feb. 6), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end praised the “remarkable” physical and mental stamina his superstar girlfriend demonstrated for nearly two years straight on her global Eras Tour, which kicked off in March 2023 and ended in December. “To see that week in, week out, traveling from one country to the next, how excruciating it is on her body and her mind … ” Kelce said at the New Orleans junket.
“Her work ethic, what I saw on that tour last year, was pretty remarkable,” he marveled. “It was the dancers, the band, the singers, it was everybody involved, and it was an absolute machine. It was something I could admire watching and take a lot of notes from.”
The Ohio native’s comments come just three days ahead of the Chiefs’ ultimate game against the Philadelphia Eagles, which will find Kansas City attempting to make history as the first team to ever win three consecutive Super Bowls. The “Fortnight” singer is expected to attend the showdown at Caesars Superdome in NOLA.
The venue also happens to be one where Swift stopped last year on her Eras trek — and during one of her Louisiana shows, she appeared to “bless” the stadium by doing one of Kelce’s signature dance moves and holding up three fingers to welcome a “three-peat” for her boyfriend’s team.
The New Heights podcaster was asked about the gesture in another press conference this week. “We both, we love to manifest things,” he said, smiling. “Whatever she was doing, I’m sure it helped.”
The 14-time Grammy winner has also been open in the past about the amount of training she had to do to get in shape for such a demanding tour, for which she spent more than three hours onstage each night for a total of 149 shows. “Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud,” she told Time in December 2023. “Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs.”
She also revealed at the time that she followed a program specially designed for her by her gym focusing on strength, conditioning and weights. “Then I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones.”
See Kelce talk about Swift’s athleticism below.
This story originally appeared on Billboard
