Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Mike Danna might use Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s engagement as a catalyst to return a favor to the pop star.
Danna, 27, was asked if he had thought about a present for Kelce and Swift, both 35, who announced they were engaged on Tuesday, August 26.
“I’ll think of a good little engagement gift,” Danna told reporters at Chiefs practice on Tuesday, shortly after the engagement news dropped. “It will be something special for them. Maybe some Pop-Tarts back to her. It won’t be homemade.”
Swift’s homemade Pop-Tarts have become the stuff of legend, especially within the Chiefs organization.
The singer baked a batch of them for the team’s linemen last season, which Danna remembered fondly.
“Listen, them things will get you in trouble,” he said Tuesday. “Those are dessert and those are fire. If you have one, best believe you’re gonna want two. Maybe three. She did Pop-Tarts for the whole position groups. The D-line was all over those.”
Danna continued, “As soon we we found out it was from her, we were like, ‘Yeah, we need about four more boxes of those.’”
Swift’s baking skills were so impressive that offensive lineman Chris Jones had to get the recipe.
“You know what, shout-out to Tay Tay,” Jones, 31, told the Kansas City Star in February. “Her Pop-Tarts are amazing.”
Jones continued, “I was asking Trav [because] I don’t know how she gets the crust of the Pop-Tarts so fire. The crust tastes like biscuits, I swear to you. But, shout-out to Tay Tay, she’s a real one.”
Danna took the podium before Chiefs practice on Monday, and barely had time to digest news of Kelce and Swift’s engagement.
“I just got told 30 seconds ago,” Danna told reporters. “But that’s awesome. I’m so happy for them — Trav, Taylor, that’s a wonderful time in their life. A wonderful part of their journey. That’s a beautiful thing to see.”
Danna said he has only been around Swift “once or twice,” but gushed about her future with the Chiefs superstar tight end.
“That’s a great thing to see,” he said. “Seeing them settle down, seeing all [those] happy smiles and happy faces between the two.”
Kelce returned to practice on Tuesday, just hours after the engagement post dropped via Instagram.
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” read the post, which featured a carousel of photos from the proposal.
The Chiefs travel to São Paulo, Brazil, to open the regular season against the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday, September 5.
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