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A former cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs is offering details on where Taylor Swift meets up with Travis Kelce after his games.
Stefanie Hills, who cheered for the Chiefs up until 2023, shared in a recent TikTok — which is now circulating online, several months after she posted the clip — that Swift, post-game, “would always meet Travis by [his] locker room” at Arrowhead Stadium.
“All those pictures of her game-day outfits walking down [the] red tunnels at Arrowhead are right next to the players’ locker room, which is right next door to the Chiefs cheer locker room, and there were so many close encounters,” Hills said, recalling how she and her fellow cheerleaders had waited “a really long time” outside the locker rooms to get their picture taken with Swift.
When Hills first learned that Swift and Kelce, both 35, were an item, she could not believe it.
Taylor Swift has loved being the girl in the bleachers amid her blossoming romance with Travis Kelce. Swift made her first appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023, watching them defeat the Chicago Bears from the Kelce family’s private suite. After cheering alongside the tight end’s mom, Donna Kelce, she and Travis […]
“My initial thoughts were, ‘There is no way that Taylor Swift is dating Travis Kelce. Like, this must be a publicity stunt,’” she recalled in her September 2024 video. “We’re talking about the same Travis Kelce that just under 10 years ago, had his own dating show where he dated one woman from each state in the United States. … You can see why I was a bit confused.”
When Swift attended her first Chiefs game in September 2023, Hills said that she “almost pooped” herself amid the excitement, adding, “And I’m not even a freakin’ Swiftie.”
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At the time, “we performed my choreography in the end zone and I looked up, and no joke, she was on the screen and she was clapping,” Hills remembered. “And I was like, ‘She just watched our team dance and is now applauding and she liked my choreography.’ If she didn’t like it, she wouldn’t have clapped.”
Hills’ only complaints: That the pop star’s attendance was driving up game-day ticket prices, and that the cameras capturing live footage consistently panned to Swift rather than the cheerleaders and fans.
Taylor Swift is a proud member of Chiefs Kingdom in support of boyfriend Travis Kelce. “Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift, who started dating the Kansas City Chiefs tight end in summer 2023, told TIME the following December. “I’ve been missing out my whole life.” Swift went to her first Chiefs game in September […]
“Which she can’t control and I’m sure she would rather them not show her 24-7,” Hills said. “I personally, if I’m at a Chiefs game drinking, like: Do not point a camera at me. Like, that would really irk me.”
She added: “Because Chiefs games get rowdy.”
Swift has been cheering on her boyfriend — from his team’s VIP section — for nearly a year and a half. On Saturday, January 18, she showed up to Arrowhead dressed in head-to-toe Chanel, arriving alongside her parents, Scott and Andrea, and younger brother, Austin. The rest of the Swift family wore Chiefs-branded gear as they sat with Kelce’s family and basketball phenom Caitlin Clark in the box.
There, Swift burst into a raucous round of cheers when Kelce scored a touchdown during the Chiefs’ divisional playoff game. After defeating the Houston Texans, Kelce was asked by a reporter if his notable performance on the field had made him feel 10 years younger.
“Twenty-two, baby,” Kelce replied, referring to Swift’s Red song of the same name.
