Taylor Swift's Romance With Travis Kelce: What We Actually Know

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's romance has set the gossip mills on fire as the popstar and the Kansas City Chief's new relationship has played out before the cameras.

News of the pair's coupling has come thick and fast—they were pictured leaving the Arrowhead Stadium together on Sunday—despite there seemingly having been no official announcement.

Newsweek has gone back through the major stories that have followed this superstar couple.

How the Love Story Began

Kelce said on the July 26 episode of his New Heights podcast that he tried to send Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number at one of her shows; although he appeared unsuccessful, this marked the start of their story. On the August 31 edition of the show, Kelce shot down questions from his brother Jason about what Swift thought of his newly grown mustache.

A report in The Messenger on September 12 said the pair had been "quietly hanging out," with Kelce seemingly confirming that the rumors were "100 percent true" during radio interviews before backpedaling.

By this point, the pair weren't trying to keep things much more secretive, with Swift seen at a Kansas City Chiefs game with Kelce's mother Donna on September 24. Swift returned to the stands throughout the month of October. The pair made outings elsewhere as well. They were seen together in New York attending the Season 49 premiere of Saturday Night Live on October 14.

Everything Has Changed

After her first meeting with Swift, Donna Kelce said on October 6: "It's fairly new. So, I don't like to talk about it. It's just one of those things, obviously everybody saw me. I was in the boxes with her. It's just another thing that's amped up my life."

Asked if her son and Swift were dating, Kelce added: "I honestly can't tell you. It's just too new."

Speaking about the media storm during an episode of the Got It From My Momma podcast also released October 6, Donna Kelce said: "I thought it would be over at that point, but it seems to just continue."

"Every week just seems to trump the week before. So it's really kind of wild, a wild ride."

Travis' brother Jason made a more emphatic acknowledgment of the union, telling NBC's Peter King on Sunday: "I'm happy for my brother that he seems to be in a relationship that he's excited about, that he is genuine about.

Jason also described how there had been "a lot" of paparazzi attention.

"There's paparazzi talking about him fueling his car before the game today and I'm like, 'Is that really necessary information to share?'" he added.

"This is another level of stardom that typically football players don't deal with. And so on one hand, really, really happy for my brother and where he's at in his current situation with Taylor but on the other hand, there's some, I think, alarms sometimes with how you know, over-in-pursuit people can be."

Jason and Travis Kelce have joked on their podcast earlier this month about how odd it was to see their father, Ed Kelce, interacting with Swift in a Chiefs luxury box.

"If you know Dad like I know Dad," Travis started.

"He should not be talking to Taylor Swift," Jason finished.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Photos

Perhaps the most captivating proof has been the steady stream of photos showing the two together.

Kelce was seen in late September with Swift's arms wrapped around him at a postgame party

Both were pictured in New York for the SNL premiere with Kelce seen holding Swift's hand outside Waverly Inn.

Travis was also part of a skit that lampooned NFL coverage for being so Swift-centric. After a mock cast of FOX NFL Sunday sang "Bad Blood" and made constant Swift references, SNL comic Kenan Thompson, portraying host Curt Menefee, grew fed up.

The two were pictured on Sunday driving away from the Kansas City Chiefs game on a golf cart, later heading to Travis Kelce's' mansion for a postgame party.

A photo posted on Instagram by Chariah Gordon—girlfriend of Chiefs player Mecole Hardman—after the game also showed Swift kissing Travis on the cheek with her hand across his chest.

The attention may well have led Kelce to take further measures to protect their privacy. According to TMZ (later confirmed by Page 6), Kelce recently purchased a $6 million mansion in part because his old house was "far too accessible" and was "starting to become a tourist attraction."

When Swift visited Kelce in Kansas City last week, TMZ reported that paparazzi waited outside his house to catch a glimpse of the couple, which helped convince Kelce to make a move.

Newsweek has contacted Taylor Swift's representative for comment.