From one tight finish to a different, Rob Gronkowski approves of Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift.
“I feel it’s nice [and] it’s nice for the NFL,” Gronkowski, 34, completely informed Us Weekly at his pre-Tremendous Bowl social gathering on Saturday, February 10, in Las Vegas. “She’s bringing much more eyeballs to the sport, as nicely and people eyeballs are sticking as a result of the NFL’s an important product.”
Swift and Kelce, each 34, have been relationship since summer time 2023 after he famously “put [her] on blast” by way of his podcast relating to his crush. They took their romance public almost three months later when she attended her first Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation. (Kelce is a good finish for the Chiefs, who’re the defending Tremendous Bowl champs.)
The Grammy winner has attended 12 of Kelce’s video games — Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, February 11, is more likely to be No. 13 — and is proud to help her man. The NFL has capitalized on Swift’s presence by regularly displaying her on digicam, which impressed extra of her followers to need to watch the video games.
“The brand new eyeballs are loving it and so they’re sticking and watching the video games as nicely week in and week out,” Gronkowski added on Saturday at Gronk Seaside, held at Encore Seaside Membership at Wynn Las Vegas.
Whereas Gronkowski and different professional athletes have seen the optimistic affect of Swift’s newfound soccer fandom, a collective of viewers have been lower than enthused. Irate followers criticized the NFL for displaying Swift on digicam greater than footage of the particular recreation.
“I don’t know the way they know what suite I’m in. There’s a digicam, like, a half-mile away, and also you don’t know the place it’s, and you haven’t any thought when the digicam is placing you within the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being proven 17 occasions or as soon as,” Swift informed TIME in her 2023 Individual of the Yr profile. “I’m simply there to help Travis. I’ve no consciousness of if I’m being proven an excessive amount of and pissing off just a few dads, Brads and Chads.”
For Swift, her sole recreation day aim is to help Kelce and his profession.
“If you say a relationship is public, which means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re displaying up for one another, different persons are there and we don’t care,” the 14-time Grammy winner added. “The other of that’s it’s important to go to an excessive quantity of effort to verify nobody is aware of that you just’re seeing somebody. And we’re simply pleased with one another.”
Swift is predicted to attend Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl, with a supply telling Us Weekly that she is “doing every thing in her energy” to get to Vegas from Japan the place she had a live performance the evening earlier than.
Win or lose, Kelce is planning to return the favor and be a part of Swift on the worldwide leg of her Eras Tour subsequent month. (As soon as the Tremendous Bowl ends, Kelce will probably be in his NFL offseason.)
Gronkowski can even be on the Tremendous Bowl to aim to kick a subject aim throughout a reside advert for FanDuel.
“I’m tremendous enthusiastic about it. Sure, Kick of Future 2 is my redemption kick,” he quipped on Saturday. “I missed final yr. I’m tremendous excited to hit the kick this time and do it for America and make some cash in bonus bets for folks.”
With reporting by Hannah Kahn