How Kylie Kelce Learned Travis Kelce Was Dating Taylor Swift: 'It Did Not Hit the Group Chat'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kylie Kelce (left); Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty; David Eulitt/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty; David Eulitt/Getty

Kylie Kelceis revealing when she first found out her brother-in-lawTravis Kelcewas datingTaylor Swift.

While speaking on the Wednesday, Feb. 12 episode of theCall Her Daddypodcast, Kylie, 32 — who married Travis' brother,Jason Kelce, 37, in 2018 — didn’t give too much away, but did say that the couple found out aboutTravis' romancebefore Swiftattended her first Kansas City Chiefs gameon Sept. 24, 2023.

“We were not,” Kylie insisted of them being told “in some capacity” in the lead-up to them hard launching their relationship.

“I will say we knew before everyone else knew,” Kylie told hostAlex Cooper, adding, “It did not hit the group chat.”

Jason and Kylie Kelce with their daughters.Kylie Kelce/Instagram

Kylie Kelce/Instagram

Discussing what she and Swift have bonded over, Kylie revealed they both grew up visiting the same seaside New Jersey locales. “We grew up going to the same shore points. So, her family was like Sea Isle, Stone Harbor. And that’s, like, the exact areas that I grew up going to. I’ve gone to Sea Isle City my whole life,” she said.

Elsewhere in the interview, Kylie cleared up the rumors abouthow she and the pop superstar first metat the Chiefs' game against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 21, 2024.

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Travis Kelce hugs Taylor Swift.Gotham/GC Images

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“But it was funny to me because I kept saying to people, ‘I didn’t meet Travis for probably close to a year when Jason and I were dating,’ " Kylie told the host.

“And she’s busy,” she joked, seemingly in reference to the fact that Swift was on her hugely successfulEras Tourat the time.

“It’s just so silly to me that that’s the storyline that’s written,” Kylie added.

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Swift and Travis first sparked dating rumors in Sept. 2023 before confirming their romance in October of that year when theystepped out holding handsat aSaturday Night Liveafterparty. The “Fortnight” singer was later spotted at a handful of Travis' games, including attending theSuper Bowlin both 2024 and 2025.

After theChiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eaglesat Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, Feb. 9 and Swift’s record-breakingEras Tour came to an endin December 2024, the power couple are reportedly looking forward totaking a bit of a break together.

“Their lives have been a whirlwind since they first started dating,” a source told PEOPLE this month. “Things seem great between them, and they’re incredibly happy together.”

source: people.com