My Taylor & Travis Take

I actually have had a surprising number of people ask me about my stance on Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce.

Via Vanity Fair

First and foremost, I have zero say in her life. Her love life, music career, public image, personal life - I have zero say. With all due respect, you also have zero say in her life.

That being said, I have the same stance as I have with anyone in my life starting a new relationship: if she is happy, then I'm happy for her.

There has been so much debate over whether it's a real relationship or a PR stunt, and to that I say, who cares either way? How does it truly affect your daily life if she is dating Travis? I have yet to find a way it could affect other people's lives, but if you have an idea, please share.

I personally love seeing her at NFL games. I love that she gets to be semi-normal and just support her boyfriend, who has been nothing but supportive of her since they started dating. Yes, you could come at me with the whole "you don't know what happens behind closed doors," but publicly, all he has shown is support and love.

What drives me insane is when she shows up at games, football fans get mad. But this past week, she didn't show up, and everyone started speculating that there's trouble in paradise. Do you want her at the game or not?

I have also seen a few posts about how football fans reacting to Taylor's attendance at the games has been affecting their daughters or any young girl in their life who looks up to Taylor. She has to sit there and watch the guy she looks up the most bash one of the women she looks up to the most.

For the teenage Swifties, they see how childish your reactions are on Facebook and X, and they're feeling the hurt too. The boomers were the ones who taught us that words can hurt, yet they're the ones who are using their words to bash everyone on Facebook who goes against what they deem right or okay.

Swifties have been nothing but nice and welcoming to the fans Travis has brought from his camp to the Swift camp. We've been kind to him and his family members when they show up, people trade bracelets with the Kelces, and no one complains. The Swifties are shockingly not the problem in this specific scenario.

"She's just dating him because she needs new material for her album." False. Folklore and Evermore were all about fictional people and storylines. I promise you, Taylor Swift is a talented enough songwriter that she doesn't need to rifle through guys like she did when she was a teenager, like I'm sure many of you did as teenagers and early twenty-year-olds. On the other hand, she's a musician, a storyteller, and a SONGWRITER. What is she supposed to write songs about?

(Cue the deep breath) Here's what I know. In the 18 years that I have been a fan of Taylor Alison Swift, I have never once seen her smile as big and genuine as I have when she's with Travis. I have never seen her look so comfortable with another person in the videos and pictures I have seen.

Travis got onstage and performed with her for God's sake. She has never had a significant other come on stage like that with her EVER. She's dated other musicians and shared the stage with them, but never had them be a part of her show like that.

This performance got me so freaking excited. He looked so pumped to be on that stage, and he fit right into the show. The little heel click sent me. To see her have so much fun with him is enough for me. And the songs we've gotten so far from this relationship (So High School, But Daddy I Love Him, & The Alchemy) have been so great. I cannot wait to see what comes from TS12.

If this relationship is fake, then so be it. But ask yourself this: if it were a male celebrity (I honestly cannot think of an equal to Taylor but please feel free to let me know if there are any) and he were dating a famous female athlete, would you worry as much about their relationship? Probably not.

I also don't like the people who say Travis is just using Taylor for publicity. He was a famous football player before Taylor. He won a Super Bowl before Taylor. He had a life before Taylor, but yes, this has definitely amplified the paparazzi coverage he gets.

At the end of the day, who Taylor Swift is dating doesn't really affect my life. And I am one of the biggest Swifties you will ever meet. I refuse to go off the rails and spend my life savings for her, but I am still a massive fan. If only being in her top 0.5% of listeners on Spotify actually got me tickets or something. Anyways.

To conclude: I have no say in her life. You have no say in her life. None of us besides Taylor have a say in her life. The next time you find yourself bothered by the coverage of her, take a second and ask why it's bothering you. Try to figure out what about it is triggering you, and then start to work on that, and you won't even notice the coverage anymore.