Taylor & Travis IT'S ON!

A new romance is blossoming between Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce after he publicly expressed interest

The latest NFL season kicked off in September, but football wasn’t the only thing reporters wanted to talk about when they sat down with Jason Kelce. The hot topic the Philadelphia Eagles center couldn’t avoid involved a different kind of matchup: what’s going on between his little brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and music star Taylor Swift. During a Sept. 20 sports radio show appearance, Jason finally seemed to give up the goods. After claiming, “I don’t really know a lot about Travis’ love life,” Jason admitted, “Having said that, man, I think they’re doing great and I think it’s all 100-percent true, and I hope this thing goes a mile.” Then he, confusingly, took his comments back. “No, I’m joking,” Jason, 35, said, insisting, “I don’t know what’s happening.”

While sibling Jason might be feigning ignorance, others are ready to reveal what’s really going on. “They’re trying to keep it on the down-low, but the romance rumors about Taylor and Travis are true,” an insider tells Life & Style. Ever since Travis, 33, revealed that he’d tried and failed to give Taylor, also 33, a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it when he attended her Eras Tour stop in Kansas City in July, fans have wanted to know if he got a second chance to connect with the pop star. Turns out, he did. “Taylor heard about his story and got his number from her people and called Travis,” says the source. “They had a secret date in a private dining room at a restaurant in NYC and it went very well — they really hit it off.”

FILLED WITH PROMISE