Travis Kelce planned out his proposal to now-fiancée Taylor Swift in advance — including asking her parents for her hand in marriage.
“Travis asked Taylor’s parents for their blessing,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, referring to the pop star’s mom and dad, Andrea and Scott Swift.
Kelce and Taylor, both 35, announced their engagement on Tuesday, August 25, with a handful of dreamy proposal photos shared via Instagram.
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨 ,” the joint caption read.
In the snaps, Kelce got down on bended knee in the middle of a rose-filled garden and gave Taylor a diamond ring designed by Kindred Lubeck at Artifex Fine Jewelry. The bauble featured an old mine brilliant cut diamond, set on a gold band with smaller stones. It also had a thin bezel.
“Travis is incredibly thoughtful. He had a clear vision of what he wanted,” a second source exclusively told Us. “He did it almost entirely on his own. He knows her so well and what she likes — a timeless, classic, vintage touch.”
According to the second insider, Kelce was “very observant and in tune with” Taylor’s preferred style and wanted to pick out a ring that he knew she’d like.
Taylor and Kelce have been together since summer 2023, making their public debut at one of his Kansas City Chiefs football games the following September. As the pair’s romance blossomed, they started incorporating one another’s families into the fold.
Since becoming a noted fan of the Chiefs, Taylor has attended many of the games and often alongside her parents and her brother, Austin. Travis even gave Scott, a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, a Chiefs-branded lanyard. Scott wore the red-and-gold gear to Swift’s November 2023 Eras Tour concert in Argentina.
“Got him over to the good side, baby,” Travis told his brother Jason Kelce, who used to play for the Eagles, on their “New Heights” podcast at the time. “I might have persuaded him the night before at dinner when I met him. … Maybe, who knows?”
Travis’ bond with the Swifts grew even closer in the offseason. Travis and Taylor both spent a handful of the summer with Scott as he recovered from quintuple bypass surgery.
“Travis was hanging with him the other day,” Taylor said on an episode of Travis’ podcast earlier this month. “He was like, ‘So, uh, sweetie, he says he’s at 75 percent and if this is 75 percent, I’m truly terrified to give you the update.’ My dad’s like, ‘New arteries, new me.’”
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