Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt says it’s ‘so special’ to watch Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s ‘love story unfold’ and is ‘so excited’ to have ‘young, female fans watching football’ amid the pop star’s appearances at Kansas City games
Kansas City Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt is excited about the budding romance between Travis Kelce and the team's tight end Taylor Swift.
Kelce and Swift have been dating since the summer and their love story played out on the NFL stage, with the pop star regularly attending his Chiefs games.
The presence of the twelve-time Grammy Award winner at Arrowhead Stadium has attracted a lot of media attention and with it a new target group of NFL fans.
Gracie, the daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, was thrilled with the relationship between the two-time Super Bowl winner and the pop sensation – both for them and for the franchise.
“First of all, I think we're all so excited to see two such phenomenal people happy,” she said Charly Arnolt about 'OutKick the Morning.'
Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt (R) talked about the relationship between Taylor Swift (L) and Travis Kelce
The pop sensation and Kelce have been making headlines since they started dating over the summer
“I mean, it's so easy for us to cheer and for the whole world to cheer because they're amazing for each other, and it's just been so fun to watch this love story unfold.” So it was so special to see how happy they are.
“And also to have so many young fans, especially female, who watch football, are interested in football and might consider playing flag football and also cheer on the Chiefs.”
The Hunts appeared to have given the romance their blessing earlier this month when they gave Swift a present for her birthday.
The Anti-Hero hitmaker celebrated her 34th birthday on December 13 in New York City, but she spent the weekend before in Kansas City to support her NFL boyfriend.
And during the Chiefs' loss to the Buffalo Bills, Gracie and her sister gave Ava Swift a special birthday gift.
The Hunt sisters went viral when they shared photos of themselves giving Taylor an expensive-looking gift in Kelce's suite during the team's game against the Bills.
Social media was awash with rumors about what the gift could have been and Tavia Hunt, owner Clark's wife, finally revealed the mysterious gift.
In one post, a fan asked Tavia, “IF – the world would like to know what the heck you buy as a gift for Taylor Swift!?!?!?”
And capitalizing on the pop superstar's occupation, it has now been announced that the Hunt family has given Swift a Judith Leiber Minaudieres Swarovski microphone bag, worth a whopping $4,995.
The pop star's presence at Chiefs games this season has attracted a new demographic of fans
Gracie poses with her mother, Tavia Hunt (center) and her younger sister, Ava (left) during a competition
It was revealed that the Hunts gifted a Judith Leiber Minaudieres Swarovski bag to Swift
Kelce, now infamous, first tried to get Swift's attention when he attended her Eras Tour show at Arrowhead Stadium in July, and later in the summer revealed on his New Heights podcast that he had made a friendship bracelet with his number on it to give to the pop icon. .
He didn't meet Swift backstage of her sold-out tour, but his antics on the podcast eventually caught her attention and the singer revealed that they immediately started dating.
“This all started when Travis adorably confused me with his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” she says. told Time magazine.
“We started hanging out right afterward. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I'm grateful for, because we got to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I guess some people think they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to initiate a first date.'