LOADINGERROR LOADINGTaylor Swift’s visit to a Missouri children’s hospital this week included a brief ― but notable ― allusion to her boyfriend, NFL player Travis Kelce.Fresh off her record-smashing Eras Tour, the pop superstar surprised many young patients and their families Thursday when she popped into Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.Widely circulated photos and videos show Swift happily posing for pictures and signing autographs.
Advertisement One of those clips shows Swift bonding with a patient who says she’s a big fan of Kelce’s.“Yes, me too.That’s an absolute yes on that one,” the 14-time Grammy winner says to laughter as she signs a copy of an Eras Tour-related book.Moments later, Swift gives the youngster extra kudos when she names Kelce, a Kansas City Chiefs tight end, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes as her favorite players.
“These are good answers,” Swift says.“You are acing this!”Taylor Swift chatted about football and Travis Kelce with a young patient during a visit to the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City on Thursday.
pic.twitter.com/iEcaxbAEbH— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) December 13, 2024Advertisement After months of speculation, Kelce and Swift publicly confirmed their relationship last year.Since then, they’ve become one of Hollywood’s most-buzzed-about couples, with Kelce even joining Swift onstage during one of her Eras Tour concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium this summer.Swift, however, has mostly avoided speaking about the romance in interviews.
She made an exception while speaking to Time in late 2023, when she was named the magazine’s “Person of the Year.” “When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,” she told the outlet.“The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re...