Jason Kelce has the support of Taylor Swift.
During the November 4 night game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jason visited the pop star in the team room. The two then had a sweet interaction and could be seen hugging each other in a video posted to X.
“Taylor and Jason hug,” the video is captioned.
That wasn’t all as Jason also hugged Swift’s mom, Andrea, during the interaction. Andrea whispered something in his ear, but it is unclear what she said to the former football player.
Jason recently made headlines when he defended Swift as well as his brother Travis Kelce from a critic. The heated exchange took place on November 2 and saw Jason hit by someone who used a homophobic slur to describe Travis dating Swift.
“Hey, Kelce! How do you feel about your brother dating Taylor Swift?” the person said in video from the event.
Then, Jason grabbed this person’s phone and smashed it on the ground.
“Now who is–?” Jason replied.
Despite his use of homophobic slurs, the Internet overwhelmingly sided with Jason. Despite this, Jason spoke about the incident and said he was “not proud” of the interaction.
Travis and Swift have been linked since 2023. The pop star first appeared at a Chiefs game on September 23 last year, after Travis spoke about the brothers. New heights podcast in July that he tried to give his number to Swift via a friendship bracelet at the Kansas City stop of The Eras Tour.
Recently, during Swift’s November 3 Eras Tour stop in Indianapolis, it was her brother, Austin, who stood up for a fan who was about to be evicted.
The concertgoer was dressed as Travis in full football uniform and was trying to attract the athlete’s attention in the crowd – leading to a security guard trying to evict her He left the stadium.
“He needs to get out. This is not allowed,” the security guard says in the clip.
Swift’s brother then ran over to diffuse the situation and told the security guard: “Let’s not lay a hand on you.”
Austin then turned to the fan and said, “Sorry about that. I’m sorry about that. That was a really great outfit.”
Austin then turned to the security guard to talk to him.
“We’re all okay here. We’re okay here, right? Is everyone okay?” before turning to the fan and handing her some guitar picks.
“You guys have a great night at the concert,” Austin added.
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