Travis Kelce was reluctant to tell his brother, Jason Kelce, details about his budding relationship with Taylor Swift when they started dating.
“I think he was very cautious about even telling me or anybody,” Jason, 36, said in Tuesday’s episode of “The Pivot Podcast,” “because the reality is, [Swift] is under such a microscope.”
The retired Philadelphia Eagles center explained that the couple was initially quiet because they wanted to be “respectful to peoples’s privacy.”
“I think they’re still trying to do that. And, like, even now, like, I want to be respectful of them,” he continued. “And I don’t want anybody to feel like … I’m violating some type of private relationship, right?”
Jason Kelce said his brother, Travis Kelce, was hesitant to talk about his relationship with Taylor Swift in the early days in Tuesday’s “Pivot Podcast” episode.The Pivot Podcast/Youtube
“I think he was very cautious about even telling me or anybody,” Jason said.MLB Photos via Getty Images
Jason said he does not feel like it is his “place” to discuss their romantic connection.
“But he is my brother, and I’m really happy for him,” he added, noting, “You just have to be conscious of how you’re saying things because he is under such a microscope.”
While the Kanas City Chiefs tight end, 34, played coy about his relationship with the pop superstar, also 34, at first, Jason said he was not completely surprised when he found out they were seeing each other.
Jason said Swift is “under such a microscope.”GC Images
The retired NFL player noted that he wants to respect his brother’s privacy.Getty Images
Jason admitted he had a feeling they were dating after Travis’ friendship bracelet debacle last summer.Danny Mahoney/Wynn Las Vegas / MEGA
“There was a lead-up to it, ’cause there was a whole thing on the pod about him trying to get a friendship bracelet to her, so I knew that there was something,” the former NFL player said.
Jason was referring to Travis attempting to give Swift a bracelet with his phone number on it at the Kansas City, Mo., stop of her Eras Tour in July 2023.
Travis shared on his and Jason’s “New Heights” podcast at the time that he was unable to deliver the beaded trinket to the Grammy winner because she “didn’t want to meet” him and he left feeling “butthurt.”
The singer and Kelce debuted their relationship at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
They secretly started dating last summer.GC Images
However, the move apparently grabbed her attention, as the two secretly began dating that summer and went public in September 2023.
Jason has been a major cheerleader of Travis’ relationship with Swift and recently shared that his three daughters are big fans of the singer’s music.
The proud girl dad shares Wyatt, 4, Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 1, with his wife, Kylie Kelce, to whom he has been married since 2018.
