Taylor Swift’s relationship with NFL star Tight End Travis Kelce remains the biggest story in both sports and pop culture.
But it has also gotten completely out of control.
That’s why all hell broke loose after this Taylor Swift marriage announcement went viral.
Monday Night Football’s Troy Aikman makes massive Taylor Swift marriage mistake
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-13 recently on Monday Night Football.
But the most memorable moment of the game occurred in the second quarter when Chiefs star tight end Kelce caught one of his nine passes for the game.
The ESPN camera immediately cut to a luxury box to show his girlfriend, pop star Taylor Swift, cheering him on.
“The missus likes it,” Hall of Fame quarterback and ESPN color analyst Troy Aikman stated.
That led partner and play-by-play announcer Joe Buck to jump in and quickly correct him.
“You know they’re not married?” Buck asked his co-host.
It then dawned on Aikman the level of gaffe he had just committed.
“Oh I know,” Aikman replied. “I’m sure I’m in trouble for saying that.”
Controversy over Kelce’s relationship with Swift
Kelce hauled in nine passes for 70 yards on Monday night.
While the Chiefs are 5-0, Kelce is off to one of the slowest starts in his career.
Going into the Saints game, Kelce had just 15 receptions for 158 yards through four games.
This led to speculation in the media about the cause of his diminished production.
Former ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay told The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo that he thought Kelce was out of shape after an offseason of partying and traveling the globe with Swift for her Eras Tour.
“Every show I watch, every pregame show, halftime show, postgame show, weekday show, every broadcast I watch for the last few weeks, it’s like, are we not allowed to say that he’s out of shape? That he’s been partying all offseason? He’s been jet-setting around with the most famous person, probably in the entire world. That he’s drinking… going to the U.S. Open, he’s got cocktails in…” McShay stated.
“What I do know is: I want you to take a picture from preseason 2022 and then take a picture preseason 2024; they’re barely the same human being, Ryan,” added McShay. “And everyone’s like, ‘We gotta get him the ball. Why isn’t he part of the offense? The defense is double-covering (him).’ Here’s the thing, bottom line with Kelce, the coverage and the respect he gets is the same; the athlete is not,” McShay added.
McShay said he expected Kelce to play himself into shape and be in top form for the playoffs when it counted most.
The Kansas City Chiefs are gunning to be the first team in NFL history to three-peat.
But with wide receiver Rashee Rice out for the year with a knee injury, the Chiefs need downfield passing threats.
And if Kelce isn’t playing up to snuff by playoff time, he won’t become that much needed part of the offense.
It’s time for Kelce to just shake off the partying life-style with Swift and get back to football.