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Well, it finally happened. The news we’ve all been (im)patiently waiting for has officially broken the internet: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are officially engaged.
Frankly, here at BroBible, we couldn’t be happier for America’s new royal couple. Forget William and Kate (or, more appropriately, Kenny Powers and April); we’ve got Killer Trav and T-Swift —the high school gym teacher and English teacher combo the world truly needs. It’s a love story, baby, just say “Yes!”
As the internet collectively rejoices, I took a trip down memory lane, digging through the BroBible archives. And let me tell you, I’ve unearthed some truly prophetic lore.
Back in July 2016, a much younger, pre-Super Bowl Travis Kelce — fresh off a huge contract extension — walked into our old NYC office. He was there to promote his then-new E! dating show, Catching Kelce. He rolled in solo, wearing one of the most ridiculous outfits I’ve ever seen, no PR handlers, just a dude genuinely down to hang and talk about the wild world of dating.
And there I was, the bumbling fat idiot just back from a hot and dusty weekend at the Brickyard 500 in Indianapolis, ready to host him, never one to pass down an epic #content opportunity in the name of this insane path I’ve chosen in life as a BroBible blogger. This is long before I became a Taylor Swift fan myself.
Dude was completely gracious with his time, and awesome to hang with while he was making his media rounds to promote the show. We ended up doing a 30+ minute Facebook Live (remember those?) on a janky potato phone with abysmal audio because, well, it was 2016 BroBible and live streaming wasn’t very good back then. It kept glitching out. We also didn’t have any good quality cameras in the office, mostly because the company that owned us at the time treated us like a (very profitable, for them) redheaded stepchild. Maybe that was a reputation we deserved? I don’t know. Look, we were figuring it out. Still are, in fact. Growth and introspection aren’t linear.
During that primitive stream, I asked him what he looks for in his “dream catch.” Watching it back almost a decade later, it’s astonishingly clear why he and Taylor Swift are so perfect together. He gave a fantastic, endearing answer that makes you realize he basically willed this into existence.
You get why he shot his shot; the man has been manifesting this for years.
Here’s what the future Mr. Taylor Swift told me on that fateful afternoon:
“She has to be absolutely gorgeous. I mean, the attractive factor has to be there, that’s for every man. But on top of that, she has to be very motivated. I’m a success-driven kind of guy, right? I’m non-stop trying to figure out how to better myself and my profession, and that takes a lot of time. It’s a big reason I did a dating show—my life has been so focused on football since high school that I haven’t really been able to get into the realm of having that comfort at home after a rough day. She can’t just be arm candy. I need you driven. I need you focused on something that you have a passion for.”
I mean, come on. “Absolutely gorgeous?” Check. “Very motivated?” The woman is a global superstar, a business empire unto herself who redefined the music industry. That’s a colossal check. “Success-driven,” “focused on something that you have passion for?” It’s almost like he was reading her biography. The cultural obsession with her artistry and talent runs DEEP the longer time goes on. Turns out Killatrav was dreaming of the cheer captain while she was never the girl on the bleachers, just performing the colossal act of selling out NFL stadiums for multiple nights in a row.
Here’s the clip on my Instagram, but you can also go watch it on whatever your favorite dopamine slop payoff machine might be, IE, YouTube or TikTok. :
Anyway, Kelce’s 2016 visit to the BroBible is full of gems. As we’ve covered on this site before, Kelce also recounted a hilariously awkward story about a date with a Playboy bunny who flew to Kansas City expecting the red-carpet treatment and got a major reality check. He got the ick from her entitled attitude towards the great people of Kansas City, proving he’s always been a real one.
He also dropped some solid dating advice for the common man, stressing the importance of just owning your personality.
Also… let me say it again… Killatrav’s outfit!
I think I might remaster and re-edit the full video sometime on my YouTube channel or Substack, once I figure out how to remove the sound of me breathing directly into the mic. Then I’ll release it on my YouTube channel or Substack, because it’s good lore. Not to talk my own book here, but I believe this grainy, glitchy video is an important artifact of sports and cultural history, right up there with the moon landing footage. Lol. I don’t know. I’m starting to sound like whatever Dave Matthews is scatting about 12 minutes into a live jam of “Two Step”. Skee-ba-dee-dee-ba-dee-do-do-doooo.
So, a huge congrats to Travis and Taylor. We’re over the moon, as are our wives, fiancées, and fellow life partners. Here’s to a lifetime of happiness. Maybe now, Travis will finally get that “comfort aspect at home after a rough day” with arguably the most passionate and driven woman on the planet.
Turns out all along, there really was some invisible string, and I’m glad that we could capture a little bit of that for the history books here at BroBible.