Travis Kelce doesn’t appear in the last two episodes of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour docuseries, but he still found a way to sneak in some praise for his partner.
In the final installment of Taylor Swift: The End of an Era, Swift, 36, reads a card from her then-boyfriend, also 36, that was attached to flowers he sent her ahead of her final Eras shows in December 2024.
“So many unbelievable memories on this tour, but my favorite one is seeing you in concert for the first time, being mesmerized and swept off my feet by a woman who doesn’t even know me,” Swift reads from the note. “I selfishly say thank you for creating this legendary tour and to [tour manager] Robert [Allen] for making you stop through Kansas City, Missouri. That night two in KC was the beginning of me meeting the love of my life.”
Swift then paused for a few seconds before joking, “So much for no emotions on the last three shows, huh?”
Kelce famously went to Swift’s Kansas City concert in July 2023 and later complained on his “New Heights” podcast that he didn’t get to meet the Grammy winner.
“Well, I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,” Travis recalled at the time while speaking to his brother and cohost, Jason Kelce. “So, I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”
Travis went on to reveal that he put his number on the bracelet. When Jason, 38, asked whether he meant his jersey number, 87, or his phone number, Travis replied, “You know which [number].”
While the Kansas City Chiefs tight end didn’t get to meet Swift that night, they started dating soon after — which the world discovered when she attended her first Chiefs game in September 2023. She later clarified that they had already been seeing each for a while at that point, having met right after his podcast comments.
“We started hanging out right after that,” she told TIME magazine in December 2023. “So, we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard-launch a first date.”
In an earlier episode of The End of an Era, Taylor’s mom, Andrea Swift, revealed that she played a role in convincing her daughter to meet Travis.
“I’m looking at the headlines and perusing around what’s on the internet, and I see that this guy came to your show and he brought a friendship bracelet and wants to meet you,” Andrea, 67, recalled. “And so, of course, I call up my resident expert on Kansas City Chiefs, my cousin Robin, and I go, ‘Tell me about this guy named Travis Kelce.’ And she goes, ‘Oh, my God, he’s the nicest guy. And you know what? He really loves his mom.’ And I went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding.’ Then I said, ‘Now, how in the world am I gonna get her to meet him or whatever?’”
According to Taylor, her mom alerted her to the podcast. “You call me up with this tone of like, ‘Hey, so I know you’re gonna not react well to this, but there’s a guy,’” the pop star remembered. “You said something to the effect of like, ‘You gotta start doing something different.’”
Taylor apparently took her mother’s advice, because she and Travis have been dating ever since. The duo announced their engagement in August, sharing a joint Instagram post captioned, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
All six episodes of Taylor Swift: The End of an Era are now streaming on Disney+.
