Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce engagement, share proposal photographs

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce revealed Tuesday they’re engaged, sharing photographs of the ring and proposal in a backyard stuffed with pink and white roses. 

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple captioned a joint post on Instagram.

The 14-time Grammy winner and Kansas City Chiefs tight finish started relationship in 2023 — after Kelce attended one in all Swift’s Eras Tour exhibits in Kansas City.

After the live performance, in an episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” along with his brother and former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce, Travis Kelce mentioned he was “butt hurt” as a result of he did not get to satisfy Swift and provides her a friendship bracelet along with his quantity on it. Friendship bracelets turned a well-liked merchandise to put on and commerce on the Eras Tour as followers took a lyric in Swift’s track “You’re On Your Own, Kid” to coronary heart. 

Months later, rumors unfold that the 2 have been relationship, and Swift began attending Kelce’s video games.

In the newest “New Heights” episode, during which Swift introduced her upcoming twelfth studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Swift mentioned she owed so much to the podcast. 

“This podcast got me a boyfriend ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app about two years ago,” she mentioned. 

The pop star joked that Kelce threw a “man tantrum” about not assembly her on the live performance, however then she thought, “If this guy isn’t crazy, which is a big if, this is sort of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”

“And I was sitting there at the Eras Tour listening to every single one of those songs like, ‘I know what she wants me to do,'” Kelce mentioned. 

The publish saying their proposal is ready to Swift’s track “So High School,” from her album “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” which she launched final yr. 

Fans imagine the track is about Kelce. In one lyric, Swift sings: “You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.”

The engagement ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck, Swift’s publicist Tree Paine advised The Associated Press. The diamond is an outdated mine good minimize, she mentioned.

Lubeck, who is predicated in New York and operates Artifex Fine Jewelry, is the daughter of Jay Lubeck, a widely known goldsmith in Neptune Beach, Florida.

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