Despite popular opinion, the world did not begin the moment Travis Kelce attended a Taylor Swift concert brandishing a friendship bracelet, in fact, he had other girlfriends before.
Though the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is now “Taylor Swift’s boyfriend” in the collective consciousness, the star athlete had an impressive life before laying eyes on the Cruel Summer singer.
After taking a whopping 10 years to graduate college, Travis was signed to his team on a provisional five-year contract. The contract was increased from there, but it hasn’t stopped Travis from dreaming about a world beyond the football field.
Though Travis’ love life has not been as well documented as Taylor Swift’s packed dating timeline, he has been loved up with a few notable women over the last couple of years.
Travis Kelce met Maya Benberry on a Bachelor-style TV show
In 2016, Travis Kelce signed up to do an E! reality show called Catching Kelce. As you might expect from the name alone, the show’s goal was to find the tight end his next beaux.
After whittling down women from across the nation, Travis partnered with dancer and influencer Maya Benberry. Unfortunately, the relationship did not last longer than two months, and Travis was soon a single Pringle again.
While you might expect that to be the end of the Maya Benberry era, his ex-girlfriend would not drop the relationship as she offered scathing remarks about him in interviews. Maya accused her former fling of cheating, despite the short-lived relationship, and warned Taylor that the leopard never changes its spots.
Travis Kelce’s team soon hit back at the claims, suggesting Maya was simply getting her 15 minutes of fame.
After Maya came an on-off relationship with Kayla Nicole
Though some of you might be itching to read about Travis and Taylor’s recent escapades like what they cook in the kitchen, we must first talk about Travis and Kayla Nicole.
Travis coupled up with sports journalist Kayla in 2017 after he spent years double-tapping her photos without so much as a direct message. Naturally, the former ESPN and Barstool Sports journalist reached out herself, sending him a message on New Year’s Eve.
They first split up in August 2020 after some alleged that Travis had become involved with a woman called Becky, though he trashed the claim in a since-deleted Tweet that read: “This is fake news… a lie… and not why Kayla and I broke up. Take all your hatred somewhere else, please.”
By November 2020, the two were back together as Travis branded her “the best” during a YouTube interview with WNBA basketball player Chiney Ogwumike.
The relationship ended in May 2022 when it was alleged that Travis was a cheapskate when it came to splashing the cash on Maya. He reportedly forced her to split the bill on everything, which he has since denied.
Did Travis Kelce date Zuri Hall?
In early 2023, just a few months before that shooting his shot with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce was connected to reporter Zuri Hall. The journalist is most known for her work on NBC’s Access Hollywood.
Zuri was sighted at numerous Chiefs games alongside Travis’ family including Jason Kelce and their mom, who had a few choice words early on in her son’s relationship with Taylor.
Neither party confirmed the relationship at the time.
Enter Taylor Swift
When Travis Kelce attended a Taylor Swift concert with his very own friendship bracelet, fans knew that love was in the air. However, at the time, Taylor actually rejected his offer of meeting backstage because she needed to rest of the mammoth concert.
Travis put her on blast on his podcast with his brother Jason, which Tay-Tay later said was so ‘metal’ of him to do. She then reached out and the rest is simply a Love Story.
Just a month later, in September 2023, they stepped out as an official couple for the first time.
Much like Taylor’s wild time with Joe Alwyn, every facet of her relationship with Travis has been analyzed and obsessed over by her legions of loyal fans.
After countless PDA-packed appearances at events like Coachella, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seem to be going strong, which is mostly why some fans have speculated about a potential baby in the future.
As Travis Kelce looks to a life beyond football, which is said to include some TV work, many have also questioned whether wedding bells could be around the corner.
Considering the fact that Taylor’s ex Matty Healy just got engaged, the country music icon could be suffering from some serious FOMO.
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