Taylor Swift developed a friendship with Travis Kelce‘s sister-in-law, Kylie Kelce.
Swift was first linked to Travis in September 2023 when she was spotted cheering him on at a Kansas City Chiefs game in a suite with his mother, Donna Kelce. While some fans were surprised to see Swift making such a quick connection with Travis’ family, the pop star later clarified in a December 2023 TIME interview that she and Travis were already “a couple” by the time she attended her first Chiefs game.
Throughout the NFL season, Swift was spotted with Donna and Travis’ father, Ed Kelce, multiple times, but Swifties were most eager to see her spending time with his brother, Jason Kelce, and Kylie. An opportunity arose when the Chiefs played Jason’s team, the Philadelphia Eagles, in November 2023, but Swift was unable to attend the game due to a rescheduled concert in South America.
The couple finally did cross paths with Swift two months later when they supported Travis and the Chiefs in a playoff game against the Buffalo Bills — and Jason made a memorable first impression by taking off his shirt in the suite and jumping out into the stands. Before she had to wrangle her husband back inside, Kylie was seen chatting with Swift.
Seeing Swift “seamlessly” fit in with his family “means everything” to Travis, a source exclusively told Us in January 2024. “It’s almost like she’s known his family forever, and he loves that about her,” the insider added.
Scroll down for everything we know so far about Swift’s connection with Kylie:
Social Media ‘Likes’
Kylie has subtly shown her support for Swift more than once via social media, including double-tapping an Instagram photo of the singer and Miles Teller‘s wife, Keleigh Teller, at the Golden Globe Awards in January 2024. One month prior, Kylie dropped a “like” on a post from the Today show about Swift’s longtime rep, Tree Paine, calling out DeuxMoi for sharing unconfirmed reports about Swift and her ex Joe Alwyn.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed Swift make the same gesture in January 2024 when she “liked” a video on the “New Heights” Instagram feed that mentioned Kylie. One month later, Kylie returned the favor by liking an Instagram post about Swift announcing her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, at the 2024 Grammys.
After Jason and Kylie announced in November 2024 that they are expecting baby No. 4, Taylor also dropped a “like” on the post.
Chiefs Game Meetup
The highly anticipated crossover finally took place in January 2024 when Kylie and her husband joined Swift in a stadium suite for the Chiefs vs. Bills playoff game. Kylie was photographed chatting with the pop star before Jason’s shirtless shenanigans stole the spotlight.
Taylor Swift, Kylie Kelce, and Aric Jones. Courtesy of Aric Jones/Instagram
“The moment we got into the suite, I said, ‘I’m taking my shirt off and I’m jumping out of the suite.’ And she said, ‘Jason, don’t you dare.’ I’m not asking for permission, I’m doing this,” Jason recalled on an episode of “New Heights” after his outrageous behavior went viral. “[Kylie] was already telling me to be on my best behavior because we were meeting Taylor.”
Travis reassured his brother that Swift “absolutely loved” spending time with them in the suite. Shortly after the game, Travis’ friend Aric Jones shared a pic of himself and Swift posing with Kylie while celebrating the Chiefs’ win.
Swift and Kylie were later spotted watching the Chiefs home game on December 14, 2025, where they were joined by Kylie and Jason’s daughters
A Couple of Cat Lovers
While some dedicated “New Heights” listeners thought Swift might make a surprise appearance on the December 2023 holiday episode — which featured “a revolving door” of special guests — they were instead gifted with an extended Kylie interview. (Donna and Ed also dropped by for the podcast episode.)
Jason Kelce‘s marriage to Kylie Kelce gave Travis Kelce “the best sister a guy could ask for.” Jason and Kylie tied the knot in 2018 and went on to welcome daughters Wyatt, Ellie, Bennett and Finn. The little ones are fond of their “Uncle Trav,” who gushed over his “beautiful” nieces during Kylie’s special episode […]
During her segment, Kylie revealed one big similarity between her and Swift. “Here’s the deal, I told Jason that I wanted to get a cat and he told me no,” she said at the time, teasing that Travis could help sway the vote due to his romance with Swift, a famous cat lover. “I feel like you might like cats now. I don’t want you to send a cat, I just want you to get on my team here.”
Travis was easily convinced, asking his sister-in-law, “What color cat do you want?”
Kylie Kelce and Jason Kelce Cooper Neill/Getty Images
Swiftie Soundtrack
Kylie identified her eldest daughter, Wyatt, as a Swift fan in an adorable TikTok video in October 2023. “Just another swiftie tryna learn football, or a kid tryna avoid a nap. Who knows,” Kylie teased in the caption, recording herself and Wyatt watching an Eagles game. (Wyatt’s excitement about her dad’s teammate A.J. Brown‘s pink cleats quickly went viral.)
Two months later, Kylie referenced Swift once again while showing how much Wyatt has grown. “If you’re gonna try to make a headline out of this, you better offer a suggestion of a better audio… because there isnt one,” she wrote in December 2023, including Swift’s song “Never Grow Up” in the background of her video.
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Swifties Forever
In October 2024, Kylie and Jason took daughters Wyatt and Elliotte to Swift’s Eras Tour show in Miami.
When the world tour came to an end, Kylie revealed her daughters own a copy of Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography. The best-selling book about the Grammy winner was featured in an Instagram video where Kylie was picking up toys and documenting her daily life at home.
Double Dates
When asked whether she and Jason have been on a double date with Travis and Swift, Kylie replied on a February 2025 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, “Technically, yes, I would say. It was at home.”
Kylie admitted that she’s unsure whether she ate the food that was prepared. “I don’t know that I really ate the meal,” Kylie shared. “This is going to sound terrible. I didn’t really eat the meal because I was eight weeks pregnant.” (Kylie revealed in November 2024 that she and Jason are expecting their fourth child.)
While recalling the beginning of her friendship with Swift, Kylie confirmed their first face-to-face meeting was at the Chiefs versus Bills game in January 2024. “People are deeply disturbed by this. There was, like, all this stuff leading up to it [the meeting] about, ‘Well, why haven’t they met, they’re avoiding each other.’ I’m not avoiding anyone,” Kylie said, adding that she’s open to meeting “anybody,” but especially “someone that Travis is dating.”
Host Alex Cooper asked Kylie how she found out that Travis was dating the pop star. “I’m assuming your family was, like, getting told this in some capacity?” Cooper questioned, to which Kylie responded, “We were not. … [Jason] and I found out together, but we knew before they hard launched with her going to a game.” (Swift first attended a Chiefs versus Chicago Bears game in September 2023.)
Mother’s Day Memories
After months of privacy, Swift and her boyfriend were spotted in Philadelphia in May 2025 while celebrating Mother’s Day. Photos surfaced via social media showing Swift at a table with Kylie during a sweet brunch outing. Jason later confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Swift met his and Kylie’s fourth daughter, Finn, who was born two months prior.
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, and Jason Kelce. New Heights
Podcast Queens
During an August 2025 episode of “Not Gonna Lie,” Kylie celebrated Swift’s appearance on “New Heights,” joking that she was happy Swift’s interview on the Kelce brothers’ podcast would finally “lose its long-tenured reign as top-watched episode.”
Kylie also weighed in on the hype surrounding Swift’s first-ever podcast interview, saying, “It is very entertaining to watch the internet break. It’s just crumbling apart. And I love it.”
While making her podcast debut, Swift remembered her first impressions of both Kylie and Jason when they met at the Chiefs vs. Bills game in 2024. “I didn’t know what you were told,” she said to Jason. “I did know that one of the first things I saw you say to Kylie [was], ‘I was just shotgunning beers with the Bills Mafia and I really want to go through one of the fire tables.’ … She goes, ‘OK. Can we not do that right now?’”
Swift joked, “Since then, I’ve heard her say that exact thing to your 4-year-old.”
In the Group Chat
When Travis appeared on Kylie’s “Not Gonna Lie” podcast in February 2026, the duo answered questions from listeners, including one about whether there’s a group chat with their significant others.
“You can say ‘none of your damn business,’ ’cause I tell people that all the time on here,” Kylie told her brother-in-law as he hesitated to respond.
Travis laughed before confirming, “Of course there’s a group chat.”
In the same episode, Kylie praised how Travis and Swift have bonded with her and Jason’s daughters. “When you and Taylor are around … well, Bennie thinks her legs don’t work,” she joked. “And then the big girls are like, ‘You could throw us for seven hours straight.’”
