Travis Kelce Shares 5 Words That Help Him And Taylor Swift Shut Down Criticism

“It’s just outside noise, dealing with others’ perspectives of things,” Kelce said of criticism. “You hear the media throughout the year if we’re not having success—you know, maybe throw it out there that maybe I wasn’t focused or that the team isn’t focussed on certain things.

If you’re in this building, you know exactly what’s going on, so you got to compartmentalize what you’re hearing and make sure you’re staying on task and giving everybody in that building and on that team the right perception when you walk in that building.”

But that’s not the reason Swifties are gushing about Kelce on social media right now. Here’s what the footballer had to say when asked if he and Taylor Swift have discussed the negative attention: “The only thing we’ve talked about is: as long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise—that’s all that matters.”



10/10 response. No notes. “This is such a small comment, but I just feel like it holds so much weight because he’s pretty much saying in five seconds, ‘Yeah, we’re happy. Yeah, we’re not listening to the outside B.S. that people are spewing,” TikTok user @brittanydelaurentis said in a video that has received over 250,000 views and 23,000 likes. “You just love to hear it—signs of a happy, healthy couple.”

“He is totally in it. They are happy. It’s love. That’s it,” one of many users replied to the fan video. Another wrote, “You know, at first I wasn’t that into it with them but I’ve changed my mind. I’m all in. Hope this is the endgame.”

Once again, Travis Kelce knew just what to say to make Taylor Swift fans buy his jersey (though we’d all really like to get our hands on a Kristin Juszczyk original).

The Kansas City Chiefs player discussed his high-profile relationship with the singer during a team press conference at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. When asked how he deals with the increased attention from dating Swift, Kelce told reporters that he “brought this upon myself.”

“I do enjoy having fun with it all, and the biggest thing is making sure my focus is right here in this building,” he said.

Kelce shrugged off “outside noise” when asked how he deals with the challenges that come with dating a pop superstar. He added that he often hears critics attribute the Chiefs’ off games to his relationship with Swift.

But the NFL tight end seemingly lets the criticism roll off his back.

He said that he and Swift focus on the following words to deal with the frenzy surrounding them: “as long as we’re happy.”

“The only thing we’ve talked about is, as long as we’re happy, we can’t listen to anything that’s outside noise,” he said. “That’s all that matters.”

Taylor Swift (left) and Travis Kelce are seen on Oct. 15, 2023, in New York City.

The Chiefs defeated the Buffalo Bills earlier this week, but the win wasn’t the only highlight of the game for Kelce.



Swift met the tight end’s older brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, who was partying shirtless in a luxury suite for much of the game.

The siblings recently discussed the celebratory day on their “New Heights” podcast, reflecting on the singer’s first impression of the Eagles star.

“Tay said she absolutely loved you,” Travis Kelce told his brother in the episode.