Travis Kelce still has some tricks up his sleeve for the Eras Tour if Taylor Swift is willing to have him back for round two.
Ever since the NFL player traded in his Kansas City Chiefs uniform for a tuxedo and top hat at Swift’s third London show, fans have been wondering who came up with the brilliant idea to bring him into the vaudeville act between “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” and “I Can Do it With a Broken Heart.” During the latest episode of the New Heights podcast, we finally got to hear all about how Kelce found himself on stage at Wembley Stadium in late June.
“I initially mentioned it to Tay,” he told Jason Kelce, revealing he thought it would be “funny” to ride one of the bikes during ”Blank Space” in the 1989 segment of the show. “She started laughing,” Kelce recalled. “She was like, ‘Would you seriously be up for like, doing something like that?”
Obviously, the answer was yes—and Swift found “the perfect part of the show” to launch Kelce’s pop career.
Kelce went on to tell his brother that he took inspiration from Jim Carrey’s 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber for his little tap-dancing bit, which is one of the most Travis Kelce things I’ve ever heard. However, he didn’t reveal every move in his arsenal.
The Chiefs player admitted he wanted to do some “extra stuff” while carrying Swift from the floor to the “ICDIWABH” couch, but was primarily focussed on keeping his girlfriend safe. “The one thing I told myself is, ‘Do not drop the baby,’” he said. “Do not drop Taylor on your way over [to] this damn couch.”
He continued, “I was gonna do some extra stuff, and who knows, maybe if I ever do it again, I might do it. But the golden rule was, do not drop Taylor. Get her to that couch safely.”
Between Swift’s post-concert Instagram post, I’m fully convinced Kelce will get a chance to showcase that “extra stuff” during the next batch of Wembley Stadium shows next month.
“I’m still cracking up/swooning over @killatrav’s Eras Tour debut Never going to forget these shows,” she wrote alongside photos and videos from “round one” of her London shows on June 24. “Can’t wait to do it 5 more times in August.”
To me, her use of the word “debut” instead of “cameo” or “appearance” implies there’s more to come. Later in the New Heights podcast episode, Kelce appeared to give his fans the same coy hint. “Shout out to Tay for letting me jump on stage with her,” he said. “Who knows? It might not be the last time.”
Oh yeah, it’s (probably) on—and this time we’ll be ready for it.
