{"id":529295,"date":"2026-03-11T14:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529295\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:48:17","slug":"how-taylor-swift-influenced-travis-kelces-decision-to-play-another-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529295\/","title":{"rendered":"How Taylor Swift Influenced Travis Kelce\u2019s Decision to Play Another NFL Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week, Travis Kelce revealed he would be returning for his 14th season with the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs\u2014and shared that his decision was influenced by his fianc\u00e9e<\/a>, Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe share the same love for what we do, and fortunately we\u2019ve had this desire since we were kids in our selective professions,\u201d Kelce said<\/a> on the Pat McAfee Show yesterday. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see her keep going to the table, keep finding new things to write about, keep finding new melodies and, on top of that, still seeing her have that love and joy in what she does. Of course, that\u2019s motivating.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThat\u2019s motivating for anybody to see, let alone my fianc\u00e9e, knowing that I\u2019m going through something where I\u2019m trying to figure out exactly what the future holds for me. Something like that definitely motivates me to say, \u2018You know what, I\u2019m not done, either.\u2019 I\u2019ve still got some ideas in the back of my mind and still got some juice left to play this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, ESPN reported that \u201cKelce and the Chiefs agreed to a one-year contract worth $12 million with a maximum value of $15 million,\u201d so there\u2019s a chance next season could be his last in the NFL. \u201cIt was pretty short and brief and the Chiefs knew where I was the entire time on it,\u201d Kelce said<\/a> of his decision. \u201cYou always need to take a step back, breathe and let the emotions of the season settle down and see where the body is. Man, I\u2019m still in love with this game. I still love going to work, putting on the pads, grinding it out and just playing the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Senior News Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read This week, Travis Kelce revealed he would be returning for his 14th season with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,207814,782,207812,784,787,1642,514,201981,207811,82,207813],"class_list":["post-529295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-collection-taylor-swift","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-44a5121e-13c6-4e92-842e-d0050d97a4e9","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-us","tag-nfl","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-taylor-swift-impacted-travis-kelces-nfl-decision","tag-sports","tag-subsection-sporting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}