Stephen A. Smith is predicting a big year for his “dawg” Travis Kelce and girlfriend Taylor Swift.
The ESPN sportscaster, 57, gave his hot takes on various topics during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, March 5, including whether he thinks Kelce and Swift, both 35, will tie the knot in 2025.
“I’m scared to get this wrong!” Smith told host Jimmy Fallon. “Travis Kelce, that’s my dawg.”
Smith continued, “A lot of ladies love Travis Kelce. Travis Kelce has loved a lot of ladies. But Taylor Swift’s a different animal.”
“She looks good. She’s incredibly talented. And she’s worth about a billion [dollars],” Smith went on. “We’re going to guess a ‘yes’ on this one.”
Fallon then chimed in, “Oh, I hope that happens.”
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end and pop superstar have been dating since mid-2023, though they didn’t go public with their relationship until September that year.
The couple have gone from strength to strength since then; Swift has supported Kelce at various Chiefs games, including the 2024 and 2025 Super Bowls. Meanwhile, Kelce was spotted at various shows on Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour last year and even performed with her on stage in London last June.
“It’s very unlike me. I’m not big, I don’t like going on stages. There were a lot of people out there, really didn’t feel at home,” Kelce recalled on a July 2024 episode of his “New Heights” podcast after his brother, Jason Kelce, brought up the “magical” surprise.
“I initially mentioned to Tay, I was like, ‘How funny would it be if I just rolled out on one of the bikes during the 1989 [section]?’ She started laughing, she was like, ‘Would you seriously be up for doing something like that?’ I was like, ‘What? I would love to do that, are you kidding me?’” Kelce said. “I’ve seen the show enough, might as well put me to work here. And sure enough, she found the perfect part of the show for me to come in. There was no, like, bike in case I ran into somebody else or hit one of the dancers or anything. It was, like, the safest option.”
During Swift’s Tortured Poets Department set, Kelce appeared on stage alongside two of her dancers following her performance of “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Kelce carried Swift down the catwalk as she pretended to throw a tantrum before singing “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.” Kelce fanned himself as Swift changed into a new costume. Once she was ready to sing again, she blew her boyfriend a kiss and he beamed on stage.
“Kam and Jan, [in] part of the Tortured Poets era of the show, are trying to bring Tay back to life, right? Trying to bring her back to life, get her ready to perform the rest of the show, so to speak, knowing she can do it with a broken heart,” Kelce explained on the podcast. “It’s such a fun, like, playful part of the show.”
As for Kelce and Swift, sources exclusively told Us Weekly in February that the couple are enjoying quality time together after the end of Kelce’s NFL season and Swift’s world tour.
A source told Us “there’s a sense of relief” for the couple, noting that their plans include “laying low” and figuring out their next steps. A second source said, “There’s no way to have a relationship when they’re all over the place with work. It’s going to be easier now to find time to go over plans and make sure everything aligns.”
