Illinois Connection to the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Romance

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According to a timeline of their relationship on Today, Travis Kelce attended Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Kansas City on July 8, 2023, and then in his podcast talked about wanting to personally give her a friendship bracelet following the concert, but Kelce said Swift "didn’t want to meet me, so I took it personal."

By September 17, the relationship rumors between Swift and Kelce were the talk of the NFL, and during the Kansas City Chiefs broadcast against the Jacksonville Jaguars, the commentators even referred to the dating rumors when Travis Kelce scored and they found a way to use a Taylor Swift song in the commentary.

The following Sunday, all the rumors would become reality when we see our first glimpse of Taylor and Travis together.

Illinois' Connection to the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Romance

On September 24, 2023, the Chicago Bears went into Arrowhead Stadium to take on the defending Super Bowl champions, and the Kansas City Chiefs were being distracted by an outside source.

The buzz about a romance between the future NFL Hall-of-Famer and the world's biggest pop star heated up when Taylor Swift showed up in a luxury suite sitting next to Travis Kelce's mom.

But, the first time we got actual video of Taylor and Travis walking closely together looking like they were about to hold hands as a couple was after the Chiefs beat the Chicago Bears and someone from Illinois was in the "right place at the right time."