It’s a love story, the likes of which could be lifted from any number of Taylor Swift albums. TayTay’s engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce, however, was no surprise in their inner circle.
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On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Kelce, the Super Bowl-winning tight end, officially put a ring on it when he and Swift announced they were tying the knot.
That’s old news in the Kelce family. Kelce’s father, Ed Kelce, says his son proposed to TayTay earlier this month.
Speaking with News 5’s John Kosich, Ed Kelce remarked, “Travis actually did the proposal, oh, maybe two weeks, not quite two weeks ago.” Kelce’s father continued, “He was going to put it off till this week. I think she was getting maybe a little antsy, but he was going to put her off till this week, to, you know, make some grand thing, to make it a big special event. And I told him repeatedly, you know, you could do it on the side of the road, do it any place that makes it a special event … when you get down on one knee and ask her to marry you.”
On the big day, Travis popped the question in the garden at his home in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. “He got her out there, they were about to go out to dinner, and he said, ‘let’s go out and have a glass of wine,’ … they got out there, and that’s when he asked her, and it was beautiful,” Ed Kelce remarked. “They started FaceTiming me and their mother and her folks to make sure everybody knew. So, to see them together is great.”
The Kelce family is thrilled to welcome the new, superstar addition.
“They’re just two young people very much in love, cast in a spotlight that they really haven’t sought but kind of followed with their success in their respective fields,” Ed Kelce says.
In what will be remembered as one of the pop culture moments of the decade, Swift and Kelce delivered the good news via a joint Instagram post, sharing a photo of the footballer down on one knee as Swift lovingly cradles his face. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” they quipped in the caption.
The post also features photos of the couple embracing in a garden of flowers, as well as a snap showing off Swift’s gold engagement band with a massive diamond in the center. The romantic update comes after about two years of dating, during which Swift and Kelce dominated headlines across sport, music and every other beat as America’s golden couple.