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After an inconsistent regular season, Chiefs tight end Kelce returned to his outstanding best against the Houston Texans in his team’s quest for an historic third straight Super Bowl title – an ominous sign for the rest of the NFL.
With just a point between the teams at the start of the fourth quarter, the 35-year-old Kelce reeled in a Patrick Mahomes pass to score a touchdown with the game on a knife-edge.
Swift erupted with joy in the VIP suite, leaping to her feet and hugging a visibly stunned Clark. It was the key moment of the game, giving the Chiefs an eight-point lead. They would go on to record a 23-14 victory.
Overall, it was a brilliant display from Kelce. In the first quarter he signaled his return to his finest form by recording a vital 49-yard gain that sent Arrowhead Stadium – and Swift and Clark – wild.
The singer and the WNBA star were filmed hugging and high-fiving in celebration in their suite and while it was a tense game at times in Kansas City, Kelce made sure it was one that ended in celebration for his star-studded fans.
Clark, the biggest star of the WNBA, is a Chiefs fan – and a huge Swiftie – and revealed earlier this year that the singer had told her she was keen to watch the Chiefs with her. And that day came on Saturday, when Clark was pictured in the VIP suite sat in behind Swift as the NFL playoffs came to a cold and windy Kansas City.
They started the game sat apart but in the third quarter, they swapped seats and sat together with Clark laughing while Swift spoke to her with her hand covering her mouth.
Swift’s parents, Andrea and Scott, were also in the suite and so too were Kelce’s parents, Ed and Donna.
Going into Saturday’s must-win showdown for the Chiefs, rumors resurfaced that whatever happens from here, it could be Kelce’s final season in the NFL at the age of 35.
But after a day like this, how can Kelce dream of stepping back? It was another tireless, evergreen performance, underlining just how vital he is to one of the most successful teams the sport has seen – with two of America’s biggest stars cheering him on at his home patch.
‘We came out firing on all cylinders,’ Kelce said after the game. ‘If you’re stepping out on the football field, you’ve always got something to prove.
‘They’re extremely tough individuals (the Texans). They’ve got a great quarterback, I think tonight Arrowhead was rocking so much we just had a bit more energy.’
Kelce finished the game with seven receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown, and Patrick Mahomes praised his teammate in the aftermath of the game.
‘I mean, everybody was asking, ‘Where’s Travis Kelce at?’ And I think he showed the world where he’s at.’
Clark’s appearance at Arrowhead signals how she is growing close to the Kelce family. She had been rumored to be going to the game after she made an appearance on Kelce’s hugely popular New Heights podcast earlier in January.
And Clark was seen at Arrowhead just a day after the launch of the new women’s basketball league Unrivaled, which she surprisingly opted not to play in.
The 22-year-old is a Chiefs fan because she has family that lives in Kansas City and as a child, would go to a Chiefs game during the holidays.
‘I had family in Kansas City, and I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, which is only three hours from Kansas City,’ she said on her recent New Heights appearance.
‘So that’s just the closest NFL team – my dad was a big Chiefs fan growing up.
‘People think I’m like a bandwagon Chiefs fan, I’m like, ‘No, I was there before Patrick (Mahomes) and Travis.’ We were ride or dies, so we’ve been big fans.’
Clark also went to two of Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Indianapolis earlier this year and caught another Eras show the year before.
Saturday’s win means the Chiefs are now just one win away from next month’s Super Bowl.
They will return to Arrowhead next Sunday night, where they will play the winner of the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills in order to punch their ticket to New Orleans in February.
Swift will surely be back and after a day like this, it would take something to keep Clark away as well.
It emerged earlier this week that Kelce’s family suite had to be moved two blocks in the stadium after he started dating Swift.
The couple went public in September 2023 when she made a surprise appearance at the Chiefs game against Chicago Bears at Arrowhead.
A Chiefs season ticket holder explained this week that it caused such a commotion that from then on, the suite was moved along to keep spectators – and Swift – safe.
That day, when Swift and Kelce went public Clark wrote on X: ‘Taylor Swift welcome to the good side.’