It’s already been two months since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot at Madison Square Garden, so the celebrating is done and they are presumably back to the day-to-day grind. Swift’s life has changed in a lot of different ways since the ceremony, though it’s worth noting that the experience up to this point — at least as far as we’ve been made to believe — suggests they’ve been settling into married life at very different speeds. An insider recently claimed that Swift and Kelce’s honeymoon phase is over, and that the former is “frustrated because football is taking up so much of his time,” according to the Daily Mail. Kelce, meanwhile, has been positively glowing whenever he’s asked about the wedding or married life.
In a preview clip for an ESPN interview with Chris Berman (via Billboard), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said marrying Swift was “more than I could have ever dreamed it to be,” a feeling he tied to the crowd of loved ones who turned out. A week earlier, Kelce called the night “insane” and “just magical” on the season premiere of the Kelce brothers’ podcast, “New Heights.”
Swift has remained tight-lipped about the whole affair, but if the Daily Mail report is to be believed, Kelce’s training schedule has left her heading out on her own, and the newlyweds are now down to weekly meetups rather than daily ones. Set next to each other, the two accounts may read like a couple already out of sync, but the more likely explanation is simple, and definitely not as ominous as the headlines make it out to be.
Swift’s frustration is being reported, while Kelce is holding the microphone
The same Daily Mail report insists the pair keeps to a standing weekly visit and stays in near-constant contact via FaceTime, texts, and phone calls. The outlet also claimed Travis Kelce keeps sending his wife her favorite flowers. In that light, this looks less like trouble in paradise than a newlywed who can’t get enough of her husband despite the machinery that runs their professional lives. Besides, it’s important to remember that none of it is unfamiliar ground for them. Swift’s touring life and Kelce’s football calendar have, in all likelihood, clashed before. In fact, they have been pulling in opposite directions since well before there was a ring involved, spending long stretches on different continents and still bringing their relationship out of it in one piece.
There’s also a distinct asymmetry in the reporting. Kelce, who recently admitted he would’ve changed one thing about his wedding, has essentially been handed a podium thanks to the podcast he co-hosts and the media attention that comes with being an NFL star. Now, the “Life of a Showgirl” singer is also under constant media scrutiny, but so far, she has not yet weighed in, and Swift’s so-called frustration is reaching us through an anonymous source.
So, the gap one feels is likely more about who’s talking than about the marriage itself. Kelce is lit up about their perfect night, while Swift is quietly living the season (and the chapter) that came after it.
