‘Alarms’ going off over Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift attention

Travis Kelce is an NFL star, but he is being subjected to a whole new world in his relationship with Taylor Swift.

There’s professional sport fame and then there’s Taylor Swift fame and Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce is finding out about the latter right now.

Kelce, 34, has been a constant focus of the paparazzi as his relationship with Swift, 33, has garnered an avalanche of headlines this season, the New York Post reports.

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Jason Kelce, who is a star centre for the Eagles, told NBC Sports’ Peter King how younger brother Travis is dealing with the added attention.

“It’s certainly been weird, the level that it is now,” Jason, 35, said. “On one hand, I’m happy for my brother that he seems to be in a relationship that he’s excited about, that he is genuine about. But there’s another end of it where it’s like, ‘Man, this is a lot’.”

That included breathtaking coverage of Travis filling up his car after photos of the mundane occurrence surfaced on Saturday.

Paparazzi are on hand as Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift arrive at the SNL Afterparty on October 15, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)

“There’s paparazzi talking about him fuelling his car before the game today and I’m like, is that really necessary information to share?” Jason said.

“This is another level of stardom that typically football players don’t deal with.

“And so on one hand, really, really happy for my brother and where he’s at in his current situation with Taylor.

“But on the other hand, there’s some, I think, alarms sometimes with how you know, over-in-pursuit people can be.”

Travis has talked openly about the paparazzi’s intrusion in his life since he began seeing Swift in early September.

Travis Kelce waves to fans after a game against the Los Angeles Chargers last weekend. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images via AFP)

Travis’ big brother Jason Kelce, who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images via AFP)

“I’ve noticed a few things, paparazzi outside my house, s**t like that, for sure. One hundred per cent and they all have British accents too, or something European,” Travis said on September 27 during his “New Heights” podcast, which he co-hosts with Jason.

Swift has been at four of the past five Chiefs games, hanging with Travis’ mother, Donna, and Patrick Mahomes’ wife, Brittany.

After she attended a Week 6 Thursday night win over the Broncos, Swift and Kelce spent the weekend in New York City, going out to dinner and making “Saturday Night Live” cameos with cameras following them throughout.

Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes at the clash between the Chargers and Chiefs on October 22. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)

Fans of the Chiefs and Taylor Swift at last Sunday’s game in Kansas. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP)

Swift was also in attendance on Sunday when the Chiefs beat the Chargers, 31-17, with Kelce pulling in 12 catches for 179 yards and a touchdown.

The two celebrated the victory back at Kelce’s Kansas City mansion, travelling in his Rolls Royce, which thankfully had a full tank of gas.

“Overall, he can deal with some of this,” Jason said.

“As long as it’s not, you know, becoming a threat to his safety and things like that.”

The Chiefs take on the Broncos again on Sunday (Monday AEDT), this time in Denver.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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