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‘Giddy’ Travis Kelce breaks silence on Taylor Swift engagement on ‘New Heights’



Travis Kelce is going back to August.

The “giddy” and “excited” Kansas City Chiefs player addressed his engagement to Taylor Swift on Wednesday’s episode of “New Heights.”

“It’s been really fun telling everybody who I’m going to be spending the rest of my life with,” the athlete, 35, told listeners and his brother, Jason, while expressing gratitude for the well-wishes he’s received.

Travis Kelce broke his silence on his and Taylor Swift’s engagement on the latest “New Heights” episode. Taylor Swift / Instagram
The Kansas City Chiefs player did not address the relationship milestone last week. newheightsshow/Instagram

He raved about how “cool” it feels to “[call] someone your fiancée,” which he did at the University of Nebraska versus University of Cincinnati game last week.

“It was the first time introducing Taylor as my fiancée to a few of my teammates,” Travis recalled.

As for advice on popping the question, he said, “You gotta know your gal … and you can’t let how somebody else does it make you feel like you gotta do it that way.

“You might be able to get some ideas from how other people did it,” Travis noted. “It might get the creative juices flowing. But know your partner, know who you’re doing it for. Everything else will be beautiful.”

“It’s been really fun telling everybody who I’m going to be spending the rest of my life with,” the groom-to-be said. newheightsshow/Instagram
He raved over how “cool” it felt recently introducing Swift to teammates as his “fiancée.” newheightsshow/Instagram

Travis and his Grammy-winning fiancée, also 35, shared pictures of their engagement in a joint Instagram post last week.

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” the duo captioned the Aug. 26 social media upload, which was set to “So High School.”

When “New Heights” aired the following day, fans were disappointed when the tight end did not speak about getting down on one knee.

His conversation with brother Jason Kelce aired one day after the news went public. Taylor Swift / Instagram
Jason called it a “gigantic piece of new news.” New Heights Podcast

Jason, however, did congratulate the couple on the “gigantic piece of new news” at the beginning of the Aug. 27 release.

The retired NFL player, 37, gave a “giant congratulations for being engaged” after the “proposal heard around the world.

The former Philadelphia Eagles center gushed, “F–k yeah!”

Travis and the pop star jointly shared proposal pictures via Instagram on Aug. 26. Taylor Swift / Instagram
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the duo captioned their joint announcement. Taylor Swift / Instagram

Travis did, however, look back on interviewing Swift on “New Heights” earlier that same month as a special way to announce her forthcoming “The Life of a Showgirl” album.

The Super Bowl winner admitted that it was “hard” to interview his partner, praising Jason for “crush[ing] it” with “Barbara Walters”-esque queries.

Eagle-eyed Swifties have speculated that Travis proposed the day they filmed the episode due to Swift’s manicure and hair creases — and Page Six confirmed on Tuesday that this was the case.

The Kansas City Chiefs player co-designed his partner’s stunning sparkler himself. Taylor Swift / Instagram
The couple began dating in the summer of 2023. New Heights/Youtube

The engagement took place on Travis’ Leawood, Kan., estate “a couple of weeks” before the pair went public with their news.

The “Catching Kelce” alum spent six to eight months planning as he was co-designing a ring with jeweler Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry, sources told us.

Swift was a “little antsy” for the sparkler, Travis’ dad, Ed Kelce, revealed during an ABC News 5 interview.

We hear the athlete had been planning for six to eight months to get down on one knee. New Heights Podcast
He popped the question “a couple weeks” before sharing the news on social media, a source told us. New Heights/Youtube

He confirmed that his youngest son asked the pop star’s dad, Scott Swift, “permission” to marry the “Cruel Summer” singer.

Ed claimed the conversation took place a month before the proposal.

Travis began dating Taylor in the summer of 2023 after shooting his shot on “New Heights” following a failed attempt to give her his number at one of her Eras Tour shows.


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