Taylor Swift had a simple message Sunday night after Travis Kelce found the end zone: “That’s my husband”
Swift was in the stands at Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs’ primetime matchup with the Indianapolis Colts, and she didn’t miss her chance to celebrate when Kelce scored early in the first quarter. After Patrick Mahomes hit him on a second-down pass near the eight-yard line, Kelce broke through a pair of Colts defenders, dove into the end zone and got Kansas City on the board.
The touchdown gave the Chiefs a 10-7 lead and marked Kelce’s first score of the NFL season.
Kelce has opened the year looking every bit like a player with more left in the tank, even as he approaches 37 next month and enters what could be the final season of his NFL career. He finished the season opener against the Denver Broncos with three catches for 71 yards, including a 59-yard catch-and-run that stood as his longest reception in five years.
After that game, Andy Reid made it clear he still trusts his veteran tight end.
“Kelce, he dusted it off, right? Three for 71 yards. Pretty good for an old man that people look crosseyed at,” Reid said after the game, via Pro Football Talk.
Kelce backed that up Sunday with another touchdown, and Swift’s reaction did the rest. The broadcast cut to her in the suite after the score, where she cheered, pointed toward her ring and shouted, “That’s my husband!”
The moment quickly set off a wave of reactions online. NBC Sports posted, “IN HER WIFE ERA! Taylor Swift had a MESSAGE after Travis Kelce’s touchdown,” while fans latched onto the change from “girlfriend” to husband with plenty of enthusiasm.
“The funniest evolution of the Taylor Swift NFL camera shot is that we have officially gone from ‘Travis Kelce’s girlfriend’ to ‘THAT’S MY HUSBAND.’ Kelce scores his first touchdown of the season from 13 yards, Taylor immediately points to the wedding ring and celebrates from the suite. They got married in July and she wasted absolutely no time upgrading the touchdown celebration lore,” a fan wrote in a post.
“I can’t believe she’s at a football game for her HUSBAND. imagine telling me 10 years ago that I’d see taylor swift at a football game cheering on her football player husband,” another fan wrote.
“taylor swift saying ‘that’s my husband’ while pointing at her gigantic sparkly ring after he just scored a touchdown healed 13 years of trauma for me like oh this is the ending we were fighting for,” someone else added
“This is the happiest Tay ever and she’s writing ts13,” anotehr fan wrote.
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