00:03For Swifties, Travis Kelce is the man who won Taylor Swift's heart, but for the US,
00:08he's much, much bigger than that.
00:11Standing at 6 feet 5 inches and weighing 110 kilos, Kelce is one of the most physically
00:16imposing stars in American football.
00:18Yet, it's not just his size that makes him famous, it's what he does on the field.
00:23Travis plays for the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL, the US's biggest sports league.
00:27His position is called a tight end, a role that demands the strength of a heavyweight
00:32and the speed and skill of an elite receiver.
00:35In simple terms, he is expected to bulldoze defenders one moment and make spectacular catches
00:40the next.
00:41And he's done it better than almost anyone in history.
00:44Kelce has won three Super Bowls, the NFL's biggest prize and is widely regarded as one
00:49of the greatest tight ends the game has ever seen.
00:51Despite being one of the country's biggest sporting icons, he is known for being funny,
00:56self-aware and incredibly easy going.
00:58He's the guy dancing at victory parades, cracking jokes on his podcast with his brother Jason
01:03and never taking himself too seriously.
01:05Of course, Taylor wasn't the first woman Travis dated.
01:08Back in 2016, he even starred in his own reality dating show called Catching Kelce, where he
01:13chose contestant Maya Benberry.
01:15The relationship was short lived.
01:17His longest public relationship was with sports broadcaster and influencer Kyla Nicole.
01:22The pair dated on and off for nearly five years from 2017 to 2022 before eventually calling
01:28it quits.
01:29Then came the moment that changed everything.
01:31It all began with a friendship bracelet.
01:34In 2023, Travis attended Taylor's era store hoping to give her one with his phone number
01:39hidden inside.
01:40He never got the chance so he joked about it on his podcast.
01:44Taylor heard it, the two started dating and the rest is pop culture history.
01:47Since then, Travis hasn't just become Taylor Swift's boyfriend, he's become one half of
01:52one of the world's most talked about celebrity couples.
01:55But if there's one thing to know about Travis Kelce, it's that long before he became a Swifty
02:00favorite, he was already an American sporting legend.
02:05Long.
02:06Long.
02:06Long.
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