It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday, August 26. In a five-photo joint post on Instagram, the superstar singer and football player revealed their engagement, the fairytale culmination of a courtship that for two years has thrilled and fascinated millions around the world, but especially Swifties, the pop star’s enormous and ardent fan base.
A joint post on their Instagram pages showed pictures of Kelce on one knee making his marriage proposal in a flower-laden garden, and then Swift, 35, displaying a large diamond ring. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the caption read, accompanied by an emoji of a dynamite stick. It was not immediately clear when and where the two got engaged.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wished the star couple “a lot of luck” after they announced their engagement, despite his earlier bad blood with the pop queen. “I wish them a lot of luck,” Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting when asked about the engagement. “I think he’s a great guy. I think that she’s a terrific person.”
Kelce was a famous football player when they met, a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs and a Super Bowl champion, but Swift’s unique level of fame catapulted him into a different orbit entirely. Their relationship was documented in countless shots of Swift celebrating at Chiefs games and fan videos of Kelce dancing along at Swift’s Eras concert tour as it traveled the globe.
There were those who speculated, with no evidence, that the relationship was not genuine but a cynical ploy for more fame, while some even theorized it was a plot to influence the United States elections. In the end, those voices were quieted by a happy couple who simply looked in love, and now with an engagement ring rivaling the size of Kelce’s three Super Bowl rings.
