Two weeks after Travis Kelce cited Taylor Swift as one of many largest influences in his determination to return to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs for a 14th NFL season, the couple made their first awards present look collectively on the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater.
Swift took house seven awards, together with Pop Album of the Yr for “The Lifetime of a Showgirl.” She additionally acquired Artist of the Yr, which was introduced by Olympic determine skater Alysa Liu, who received two gold medals on the Milan Cortina Video games.
In her acceptance speech, Swift gave a nod to Kelce.
“‘The Lifetime of a Showgirl’ was actually impressed by the vitality that I felt like wanting into crowds and seeing you guys each single evening,” she stated. “This album most likely additionally feels very pleased and assured and free as a result of that is the way in which that I get to really feel each single day of my life due to my fiancé, who’s right here tonight.”
Kelce, who appeared alongside Swift on the ceremony, not too long ago spoke about that very same mutual assist throughout an look on The Pat McAfee Present.
“We share the identical love for what we do, and thankfully we have had this need since we have been children in our selective professions,” Kelce stated of Swift. “It is superb to see her maintain going to the desk, maintain discovering new issues to jot down about, maintain discovering new melodies and, on prime of that, nonetheless seeing her have that love and pleasure in what she does.
“In fact that is motivating. That is motivating for anyone to see, not to mention my fiancée, understanding that I am going via one thing the place I am attempting to determine precisely what the longer term holds for me. One thing like that undoubtedly motivates me to say, ‘You realize what, I am not accomplished, both.’ I’ve nonetheless acquired some concepts behind my thoughts and nonetheless acquired some juice left to play this recreation.”
Kelce, 36, is coming off one other productive season by which he led Kansas Metropolis in targets (108), receptions (76), receiving yards (851), receiving touchdowns (5) and receiving first downs (45).
Now, with one other season forward and Swift persevering with to stack awards, the couple’s assist for one another will proceed to play out on each the sphere and the stage.