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A former girlfriend of Travis Kelce has lifted the lid on the Kansas City Chiefs star, and whether he and Taylor Swift are a good match.

Avery Schlereth was among the women who dated the NFL tight end on his 2016 reality TV show ‘Catching Kelce’.

Now happily in a relationship of her own, the model and OnlyFans star has revealed more about Kelce – including whether he’s a good kisser.

Speaking to In Touch, she said: ‘He’s a goofball! He’s sweet. He’s very attentive… and he was a good kisser!’

Kelce has been in a relationship with pop superstar Swift – potentially the most famous woman on the planet – since September, with their romance going from strength to strength.

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She attended the majority of his NFL games through the 2023 season, including the Super Bowl in Las Vegas last month – which ended in him lifting the Lombardi Trophy.

Their romance has taken the world by storm, but given how notoriously private they both are, it has been difficult to decipher how it’s going behind closed doors.

Schlereth, though, has given her thoughts on whether they’re compatible, adding: ‘They’re a good match!’

She also spoke more about the reality TV show ‘Catching Kelce’, in which she reached the final four women, before eventually losing out to Maya Benberry.

Calling it a ‘fun experience’, Schlereth said: ‘A lot of people went on to have fun, and if something came out of it, that was great.

Travis has previously poked fun at the TV show – most specifically when he hosted Saturday Night Live this time last year.

‘The show was kind of like The Bachelor,’ he explained, ‘but instead of roses, I handed out footballs.

‘And instead of watching, people did not. That show is owned by NBCUniversal, so it should be on Peacock, but Peacock said, “Nah, we good.”‘

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All’s well that ends well for the superstar Chiefs player though, as he continues to enjoy time with Swift in the offseason.

He recently caught three of her Eras Tour shows – one in Melbourne and two in Singapore – with a boys’ trip to Vegas sandwiched in the middle.

Currently, he is out on the west coast staying at Swift’s $25million mansion, with the pair enjoying their ‘nesting era’, according to recent reports.

It is claimed they are ‘enjoying downtime and planning a private vacation’ before her new album drops next month.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are not planning to get married in the near future, according to a new report – despite the Super Bowl winner flying around the world to follow her latest Eras Tour dates.

Kelce is currently in Singapore, where has seen the final two shows of her current tour before a two-month break. He also flew to Sydney to be with her in February.

But according to US Weekly, the couple are not planning on taking things forward anytime soon – and it comes amid some questionable antics from the Chiefs star in recent weeks.

Kelce screamed in the face of his coach Andy Reid, a 65-year-old grandfather, during the Super Bowl in February, before appearing to be drunk during the team’s ensuing parade to celebrate their win, which was marred by a shooting.

US Weekly quoted a source as saying: ‘Travis and Taylor are still in the “honeymoon” phase and the relationship is serious. They are on the same page about the future but are not rushing marriage or the next step.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are reportedly not planning on getting married in the near future

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Kelce was criticized by Swifties when he screamed in Andy Reid’s face at the Super Bowl

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He also appeared to be very drunk at Kansas City’s Super Bowl parade the following week

‘Travis is going the extra mile to make sure he is showing support for Taylor during his off time.

He is so happy he can be there for her, and show up for her even during the international leg of her tour.

‘Things are going really well and they have a great system going on. They both understand how busy they are and are very accommodating to schedules. They FaceTime and text a lot when they aren’t together.’

Many Swifties who saw Kelce’s outburst at his coach Reid on the sidelines in Las Vegas were left stunned, with some taking to social media to brand the moment ‘a red flag’.

One fan wrote on the time on X: ‘And just like that I’m suddenly less excited about Travis Kelce. You don’t get to ape up someone all aggressive like just because you’re frustrated. Taylor, my darling, my dove, my lamb, this is a big red flag.

Another said: ‘Travis Kelce is a red flag. That aggression isn’t what Taylor needs.’

His older brother, Jason, was unimpressed and said as much on their New Heights podcast.

‘You crossed the line, I think we can both agree on that,’ the older Kelce brother said. ‘Let’s be honest, the yelling in his face is over the top. I think there are better ways to handle this retrospectively.’

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Kelce is currently in Singapore and has watched Swift’s last two shows in the country

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Swift now has a two-month break before undertaking a mammoth four-month Europe tour

Travis said: ‘I can’t get that fired up to the point where I’m bumping coach and he’s getting off-balanced and stuff.’

The day of the Chiefs parade, Kelce was clearly very drunk as he downed beers with fans and seemed to slur his words as he addressed supporters on a microphone.

Later that day, hours after a shooting killed one and injured several children, pictures emerged of Kelce in a bar, with a number of teammates, as the Super Bowl celebrations carried on.

Kelce later donated $100k to a family whose two daughters were shot during he parade, through his Eighty-Seven and Running Foundation.

The 34-year-old is expected to follow Swift to Europe later this year for the first half of her four-month run of tour dates across the continent.

He will likely return to Kansas City around late July as his team bids for an unprecedented NFL ‘three-peat’ next season.

Taylor Swift and a devastated-looking Travis Kelce were spotted holding hands as they left Arrowhead together on Sunday night, after the pop superstar flew halfway across the country to watch him lose a second straight game.

Swift hot-footed it from New Jersey to Kansas City on Sunday morning in time to watch Kelce’s Chiefs play against the Bills – her sixth game of the season – but it ended in another defeat for the reigning Super Bowl champions.

For Kelce, though, the blow of the loss may be softened slightly by the presence of his superstar girlfriend, as the pair prepare to spend some more time together ahead of Taylor’s 34th birthday on Wednesday.

Shortly after the game had concluded with a 20-17 win for the Buffalo Bills, Kelce and Swift were spotted holding hands as they left the stadium, before jumping in a golf cart to be whisked away to a waiting vehicle.

In a picture of the loved-up pair, Swift can be seen trying to console a disappointed-looking Kelce, who had showered and put on his pre-game fit to head home.

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Taylor Swift gazes lovingly at her boyfriend Travis Kelce as they leave Arrowhead together

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Swift then waved back at fans as her and Kelce were carted away to a waiting vehicle

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Kelce, meanwhile, remained stony-faced and stared straight ahead after the big defeat

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift leave Arrowhead Stadium after game

Swift, meanwhile, had ditched her red and black Chiefs jumper and was dressed in an all-black outfit – perhaps matching the mood of her man after a tough day.

In an exclusive DailyMail.com video taken seconds later, Swift can be seen waving to fans as the cart whisked them away, while Kelce remained stony-faced beside her.

The pair will now get to spend some time together before Swift celebrates her birthday on Wednesday, when she will turn 34.

It has been an incredible week for the pop sensation, after she was named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, and spoke out about her relationship with Kelce in an accompanying interview.

‘I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in,’ she said of the attention she receives at Chiefs games. ‘There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the-camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.

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Swift looked downcast during the first half at Arrowhead with Kelce’s team losing to the Bills

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In Travis’ suite, Swift posed for a selfie with a fan before settling down to watch the game

Taylor Swift waves before ride from Arrowhead Stadium parking lot

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Sunday was the sixth Chiefs game of the season that Swift attended to watch Kelce in action

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Swift screams her support for boyfriend Travis during the game, and felt a range of emotions

Taylor Swift enjoys Chiefs vs. Bills game and supports beau Travis

‘I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and p****ng off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.’

There will have been plenty of Chiefs-supporting ‘dads, Brads and Chads’ leaving Arrowhead disappointed on Sunday night, after a late offensive offsides call by the referee put a stop to a game-winning play by Kelce.

The superstar tight end was nearly the hero when he produced a moment of magic to help teammate Kadarius Toney score a touchdown, but the play was called back because Toney was inches offside when the ball was snapped.

The decision left quarterback Patrick Mahomes so furious that he threw his helmet to the floor and had to be held back from the referee by his teammates, and although Kelce remained calm on the field he is sure to have also been frustrated by the decision.

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s romance began to struggle over their career differences as the superstar’s career overshadowed her beau’s once the pandemic ended, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

The Anti-Hero hitmaker, 33 and the Brit actor, 32, shocked fans with the revelation they had gone their separate ways after six years last week – with a source close to the star saying Joe had struggled to get his career off the ground, driving a wedge between the pair, especially as Taylor headed back on tour.

The source told DailyMail.com: ‘The bottom line for the difficulties in their relationship was that Taylor’s career took priority over Joe’s – which can be awkward for a couple when it’s not balanced.

‘This drove them apart and ultimately, they both realized they were not on the same page anymore.

‘It’s been hard for Joe trying to make it in Hollywood and not quite becoming leading man material while dating one of the most famous women in the world over the last six years.

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Happier times:  Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s romance began to struggle over their career differences as the superstar’s career overshadowed her beau’s once the pandemic ended, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal (pictured 2020)

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Back at it: The source told DailyMail.com: ‘The bottom line for the difficulties in their relationship was that Taylor’s career took priority over Joe’s – which can be awkward for a couple when it’s not balanced’ (Taylor pictured on her Eras Tour last month)

‘It was easier during the pandemic when it was just the two of them, but once things returned to normal, Taylor Swift the superstar emerged, and their differences were even more apparent.

‘They really made a go of it and tried everything they could but ultimately were unable to save the relationship.

Taylor has thrown herself back into her career of late, releasing acclaimed new album Midnights and heading back on the road for The Eras Tour

ET claimed last week that the Lavender Haze songstress – who is currently on tour – and the UK actor allegedly had an amicable split that was ‘not dramatic.’

‘The relationship had just run its course. It’s why [Alwyn] hasn’t been spotted at any shows,’ the insider added, with Page Six claiming that the pair broke up ‘a few weeks ago.’

It comes as there had been conflicting reports just weeks ago where a source said everything was ‘fine’ between them, according to PEOPLE.

Just two weeks ago, a source gave a glimmer of false hope to PEOPLE : ‘Joe will travel with her [on tour] when he can. They are great together. Joe is super supportive of her career.’

Swift and Alwyn have been romantically linked since 2016 and the hitmaker has frequently voiced her feelings for the British hunk, 32, in her songs over the years.

The relationship came soon after Taylor’s headline-making fling with Loki actor, Tom Hiddleston.

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The Anti-Hero hitmaker, 33 and the Brit actor, 32, shocked fans with the revelation they had gone their separate ways after six years last week – with a source close to the star saying Joe had struggled to get his career off the ground; pictured in 2019

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Rise to fame: While Joe has starred in acclaimed series like Conversations With Friends (pictured), his star has yet to eclipse Taylor’s

Taylor and Joe are notoriously tight lipped when it comes to their relationship and they’ve made an effort to keep it out of the spotlight.

In an interview with Vogue back in 2018, Joe acknowledged the public’s curiosity surrounding his romance with the Grammy Award-winner.

He also praised the pair’s dedication to privacy.

‘I’m aware people want to know about that side of things. I think we have been successfully very private, and that has now sunk in for people,’ he said.

Despite being together for years, Taylor and Joe have never made their red carpet debut as a couple.

Joe has co-written music with Taylor under the pen name, William Bowery, on her past three albums: Folklore, Evermore and Midnights.

Last year, Taylor seemingly shutdown engagement rumors in the lyrics of the track ‘Lavender Haze’ which opens her 10th studio album Midnights.

It appeared to be a direct hit at a July 2022 report that Taylor had been engaged to her boyfriend for a ‘few months.’

October: Taylor Swift ignores ‘weird rumours’ about Joe Alwyn

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Music icon: ‘It’s been hard for Joe trying to make in Hollywood and not quite becoming leading man material while dating one of the most famous women in the world over the last six years’

In Lavender Haze she sings: ‘All they keep asking me/ Is if I’m gonna be your bride/ The only kinda girl they see/ Is a one night or a wife.’

She then appeared to hit back at the outdated line of questioning: ‘I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say/ The 1950s s*** they want from me.’

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal last year, Joe also hit back at the persistent engagement rumors, declaring that he would never confirm or deny any marriage speculation.

He quipped, ‘If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins.

‘I mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer was no, I wouldn’t say.’

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn arrive hand in hand to SNL party in 2019

On the same album of Lavender Haze, Taylor detailed their love on a track named Sweet Nothing, and even enlisted his help as a co-writer.

In Sweet Nothing’s, she sings: ‘I found myself running home to your sweet nothings, I’ll take their pushing, shoving. You’re in the kitchen humming, all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing.

She implies that whilst everyone else wants something from her, Joe is the one person who has remained genuine and true.

She also appears to reference her love on Snow on the Beach – which features Lana Del Rey – crooning: ‘Now I’m all for you like Janet/ Can this be a real thing/ Can it?’ in reference to Janet Jackson’s hit, All for You.

Kicking off her record-breaking Eras tour last month in Glendale, Arizona, Taylor declared to 70,000 fans that she loves teaching ‘men how to apologize.’

The superstar opened up about ‘recurring themes’ in her music as she candidly spoke to State Farm Stadium with a guitar in her arms.

‘So, sort of a recurring theme in my music is that I love to explain to men how to apologize. I just love it,’ said the 12-time Grammy winner, per footage posted to Twitter.

‘It’s kind of my thing,’ added Taylor. ‘I love to tell them step-by-step, “Here’s how simple this is to fix things if you just follow these easy steps that I’m laying out for you in a three-minute song.” I just love the idea of men apologizing.’

The U.S. leg of Taylor’s sixth headlining tour will be taking the country by storm for the next five months, concluding with a slate of Los Angeles concerts in August.

The massive launch comes after Ticketmaster’s catastrophic pre-sale debacle, which left pre-verified fans waiting in a virtual line for hours and others unable to purchase tickets at all.

The organization finally apologized to Swift and her fans, citing bot attacks and massive demand as the culprits.

Fortunately, Swift still had reason to celebrate last month after she made history at the Grammys yet again, winning Best Music Video for her romantic drama, All Too Well: The Short Film – making her the first person to win the category with a sole directing credit for their own music video.

Taylor Swift has come under fire since a wild new theory has emerged over why she specifically attended Travis Kelce’s game in New York against the Jets last weekend.

The pop star was shown on MetLife Stadium’s jumbotron during the Chiefs’ narrow 23-20 win on Sunday several times, to the delight of Swifties and anger of NFL fans.

But, now, the 12-time Grammy-winning artist is being called out on social media for a a perceived clever SEO strategy to try to detract people from knowing about her use of private jets.

Swift fan Britney Muller outlined her theory on X, calling it a ‘PR Masterclass’, as she essentially wanted to look up Swift’s contribution (or lack of) to the ongoing climate crisis by searching for keywords including the singer’s name and ‘jet’. But, Google only showed information pertaining to her appearance in Week 4 of NFL action.

Swift owns two multi-million dollar planes: a Dassault Falcon 7x, registered N621MM under Island Jet Inc.; and a Dassault Falcon 900, registered N898TS under SATA LLFC. Both companies are tied to Taylor Swift Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, according to documents from the Tennessee Secretary of State.

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Taylor Swift is facing backlash for deploying an SEO strategy to hide her carbon footprint in ’23

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Swift owns two multi-million dollar planes including a Dassault Falcon 7X (pictured in 2022)

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Swift also travels aboard a Falcon 900 jet. Both planes are registered in Nashville, Tennessee

Swift appeared to have consumed seven days worth of time spent in the air onboard her jet, or about 166 hours, flying to and from concert venues, according to aircraft-tracking website JetSpy.

What’s more, is that the ‘You Belong with Me’ hitmaker took 104 flights this year, with 86 of them taking place ever since the start of her ‘Eras’ Tour in Glendale, Arizona, in March, Insider reported.

A spokesperson for Swift previously told the financial and business news website that the 33-year-old is working to lessen her jets’ carbon emissions by traveling less frequently than in previous years.

‘Before the tour kicked off in March of 2023, Taylor purchase more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel,’ the spokesperson told Insider.

The average flight time experienced by Swift during her nationwide tour was just under two hours. Her shortest flight was an eight-minute trip from a small airport in Van Nuys, California, to Burbank, California on March 26. Both airports are located in Los Angeles.

Swift’s longest flight was on July 2, when she flew her Dassault 7x jet to Bob Hope Airport in Burbank from Groton New London Airport in Connecticut. That flight was roughly five hours and apparently a part of a return trip from an airport near one of her houses in Rhode Island.

Swift would also regularly make duplicate flights in one day or flew from several spots to the same destination, usually Nashville – her adopted hometown. Swift also owns homes in New York and Beverly Hills, according to The Wall Street Journal.

While she was still touring, Swift’s jets would often depart from tour location late at night – usually around the hours of 11 p.m. to midnight – to return to Nashville as early as 4 to 5 a.m. on the next day.

When she traveled back east from Kansas City after watching Travis Kelce – her new beau – and the Chiefs for the first time last month, Swift rented a Hawker Beechcraft 4000, instead of taking one of the two jets she owns. The Beechcraft burns around 2,600 pounds of fuel over its first hour of flight time and subsequent hours are 1,800 to 1,900 pounds.

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Swift travelled across the country to watch her new beau, Travis Kelce, play twice last month

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Swift rented a Hawker 4000 to return east from Kansas City instead of using her private jet

Swift’s total flight emissions for the year come in at 8,293.54 tones, or 1,184.8 times more than the average person’s total annual emissions, according to Yard, making the ‘Shake It Off’ singer the  biggest celebrities CO2 polluter of the last 365 days so far.

Swift’s spokesperson previously told E! News that she regularly lends her jets out.

‘To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect,’ said the singer’s representative in July of 2022.

Swift is planning to take her ‘Eras’ Tour to Canada, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia later this year and in 2024. She also announced her intention to tour again in the US next year.

Swift is on track to rack in more than $1billion in ticket sales, which would make her tour the highest-grossing one of all time, according to Pollstar.

Taylor Swift fans have long praised the singer-songwriter for her powerful lyrics – but could being a wordsmith be in her blood?

Well, genealogy network Ancestry has now revealed that the 34-year-old is in fact related to iconic American poet Emily Dickinson, according to Today.

Taylor, who is preparing to release her latest album The Tortured Poets Department, is said to be sixth cousins, three times removed with the 19th century writer.

Dickinson, who died in 1886, was celebrated for her departure from literary conventions and challenge of societal norms.

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Taylor Swift fans have long praised the singer-songwriter for her powerful lyrics – but could being a wordsmith be in her blood?

Ancestry told the outlet: ‘Swift and Dickinson both descend from a 17th century English immigrant (Swift’s ninth great-grandfather and Dickinson’s sixth great-grandfather who was an early settler of Windsor, Connecticut).

‘Taylor Swift’s ancestors remained in Connecticut for six generations until her part of the family eventually settled in northwestern Pennsylvania, where they married into the Swift family line.’

The Bad Blood singer had previously made reference to the legendary poet during her acceptance speech after winning the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade Award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International in 2022.

She revealed one of the secrets to her songwriting process was sorting lyrics into three ‘dorky’ pen-themed categories – affectionately titled Quill Lyrics, Fountain Pen Lyrics and Glitter Gel Pen Lyrics.

Delving deeper into the Quill Lyrics group, the popstar said it evoked words and phrasings that are ‘antiquated.’

‘If my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain, that’s me writing in the Quill genre,’ she quipped.

Swifties had previously speculated that Taylor’s ninth studio album Evermore was inspired by the poet since it was released on her birthday – December 10.

The title of the 2020 release also had echoes of one of Dickinson’s most well-known works titled One Sister Have I In Our House.

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Well, genealogy network Ancestry has recently revealed that the 34-year-old is in fact related to iconic American poet Emily Dickinson, according to Today

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The 34-year-old singer revealed the final version of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, will include a bonus track titled The Black Dog

The final word of the poem seemed eerily similar to the album title as the piece concludes: ‘From out the wide night’s numbers — Sue forevermore!’

It comes after Taylor made an exciting announcement during her Eras Tour concert in Singapore on Sunday.

She revealed the final version of her upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, will include a bonus track titled The Black Dog.

In front of over 50,000 fans for her second night at the Singapore National Stadium, she unveiled the fourth and final version of her forthcoming album — which will be released on April 19.

The album artwork appeared behind her onstage while she sat at her piano, according to posts shared by concertgoers on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The previously unseen album artwork was a black-and-white photo of the multi-Grammy winner — who was recently in Sydney — with one hand running through her hair and another caressing her face.

Later, the Cruel Summer hitmaker took to Instagram to extend the news to her 282 million fans and followers.

Taylor Swift’s loyal fans believe the popstar and her boyfriend Travis Kelce have landed in the Bahamas for a romantic vacation together.

The couple have been enjoying some downtime ever since the singer finished the latest leg of her Eras Tour in Singapore earlier this month.

Kelce flew out to watch his girlfriend perform after also traveling to Australia to see her following the Kansas City Chiefs’ win in the Super Bowl last month.

They had been spending time at Swift’s $25million home in Los Angeles since returning from Singapore but Swifties believe they have now gone to the Caribbean.

Fans who have been tracking the popstar’s private jet believe it flew from LA to North Eleuthera on Sunday.

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It’s been claimed the couple are on the dock at Valentines Resort & Marina at Harbour Island

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Swift and Joe Alwyn are enjoyed a tropical getaway to the Bahamas together in June 2022

Then, on Monday, popular Instagram account DeuxMoi posted pictures of what looked like Swift and Kelce on a dock in the Bahamas.

Although it doesn’t specify where they are, TMZ have claimed it is the dock at the Valentines Resort & Marina at Harbour Island.

It would not be the first time Swift has taken her beau to the island. She visited Eleuthera with her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn in June 2022.

Back then, the couple were pictured exchanging a passionate kiss during a swim in the sea on their tropical getaway.

Their romance would not last though as Swift and Alwyn decided to break up in April 2023 due to ‘differences in their personalities’.

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Kelce and Swift have recently been enjoying some downtime together over in Los Angeles

She then made her first appearance at a Chiefs game in September 2023, watching Kelce and his teammates beat the Chicago Bears from his family’s private suite.

Their whirlwind romance has gone from strength to strength in the months that have followed with Swift on the pitch in Las Vegas after Kelce won his third Super Bowl ring in February.

After she finished the latest leg of her Eras Tour, the couple have been enjoying each other’s company and relaxing after a hectic few months.

At the weekend, the pair dined at Bird Streets Club in LA, per Page Six, even surprising a fellow celebrity in Disney CEO Bob Iger.

Kelce is expected to be with her through the European leg until he and the Chiefs start the preseason as they look to win their third straight title.

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Kelce and Saltburn star Barry Keoghan were pictured together at Justin Timberlake’s LA show

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has lifted the lid on his first meeting with Swift on New Year’s Eve and admitted he was wowed by the popstar, despite not previously being a big fan.

‘I wouldn’t say I’m a Swiftie,’ Butker began in his interview with EWTN News in Depth. ‘She was just so humble and gracious.’

Incredibly, he went on to reveal that not only did she know lots about him, but gushed over his on-field ability.

‘She thinks that’s amazing that I can kick the ball so far through the uprights,’ he laughed.

‘I was a little nervous to meet Taylor Swift… I mean, it’s Taylor Swift,’ he added. ‘So maybe I am a Swiftie, if I was nervous to meet her.

‘But it was a great experience, and I can’t say enough great things about her… I hope they get married and start a family!’

Sammy Sosa abruptly left an interview when questioned about his history with performance-enhancing drugs

Sammy Sosa was unpleased with the question regarding PEDs (Image via Imago/X)

Sammy Sosa, thе former star of the Chіcagо Cubs, rеcеntlу camе back tо thе cіtу оf Chіcagо. This marked his first appearance in Chicago in almost 17 years, as he made his way for an event. As a result of this the excitement among fans was on a high level as they got to witness him live. However, his visit did not turn as smoothly as he hoped for as a question regarding his alleged usage of PEDs stunned him.

The 55-year-old is one of the nine players in MLB history to hit over 600 home runs. While this feat in itself shows how good of a player he was, many have claimed he used Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). This allegation have always put a bad mark on his career.

So as Sosa made his return to Chicago, he perhaps wanted to avoid this question once again. During an interview, the seven-time MLB All-Star claimed he was willing to recognize some of his former mistakes and rectify them.

This lead to a reporter asking him whether this “mistakes” were the usage of PEDs. Sosa would get so upset about this question that he would abruptly leave the interview in the middle while taking shots at the reporter.

This is, um, um, not a question that I expected from you. This is not an interview that I’m really going to sit down and do with you with that piece right now. But, like I said, I feel great. Let’s see what happens.

Sammy Sosa as per Fox News.

Sоsa has a hіstоrу оf dеnуіng hіs usе оf реrfоrmancе-еnhancіng drugs. Dеsріtе hіs іmрrеssіvе statіstіcs іnvоlvіng bеіng thе оnlу рlaуеr tо havе thrее sеasоns оf 60-рlus hоmе runs and rankіng nіnth all-tіmе іn hоmе runs, Sоsa has nоt bееn іnductеd іntо thе Basеball Hall оf Famе duе tо hіs alleged tіеs tо stеrоіds.
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Sammy Sosa trying to patch his relationship with Cubs

Any MLB player who has had their name involved with PEDs have meet with some huge backlash. The same goes for Sammy Sosa whose relationship with the Chicago Cubs had been affected due to this allegation. The Dominican Republic International is now trying to patch his relationship.
Sammy Sosa (Image via Sports Illustrated)
During the time this allegations were made, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts called him out and urged him to speak the truth and admit the usage of steroids. Sosa though kept on denying it and thus saw his ties with the organization go down.

Appearing at The Steve Cochran Show, Sosa admitted he was getting close to mend his relationship with the team.

We’re getting close. I don’t determine any of that. I’m here, I’m available, and let’s see what happens. I think it’s going to happen, but in time.

Sammy Sosa on his mending his relationship with the Cubs.

However, when the team were asked about this development, spokesperson Julian Green claimed, “There’s nothing new to report.” It seems the team are still not in the mood to forgive one of the greats for the damage his alleged PEDs usage brought to the team name. It will be interesting to whether Sosa will be successful in getting in the good books of the Cubs in the future.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Like a lot of people in the fight game and peripheral to it, Dewey Cooper wound up with two key words when he heard Mike Tyson was going to box Jake Paul.

“Mixed emotions.”

On one hand, hearing “Iron” Mike is going to fight again brings up plenty of emotions, given he’s an all-time heavyweight boxing great. But on the other, this isn’t the Tyson from his championship days. It’s not even the Tyson from his cameo in “The Hangover,” which was 15 years ago – more than a full career ago for most combat sports athletes.

The Tyson of 2024 will be 58 when he fights Paul, who will be about 30 years his junior.

“Mixed emotions,” Cooper told MMA Junkie while in Saudi Arabia to work with Francis Ngannou this past week, and Tyson worked with Ngannou for his boxing debut. “I brought guys for Jake Paul to spar when he was getting ready for Nate Robertson and Ben Askren. I’ve seen him in the gym a lot. I used to be BJ Flores’ coach, his coach at those times. So I was in the gym with him a lot. By the way, real cool guy. Nothing like the people probably would think.

“I’ve been knowing Mike Tyson since the ’90s. Mike’s an awesome guy, an incredible guy. He’s helped our team. It’s a sensitive situation for me.”

Cooper said Tyson’s age has just about everything to do with his take, even if he understands the financial stakes for everyone are too good to pass up.

“At 58, the way Mike looks on the pads and everything, he can still do it,” Cooper said. “Just, will he be dedicated to training a real camp? And will he take Jake Paul seriously? Does Jake Paul have enough to motivate Mike Tyson, is the biggest question in my mind. If he does, it’s a serious fight for Jake Paul. If he doesn’t, then Jake Paul has an opportunity to beat an iconic legend.

“I would rather Jake Paul fight some young boxers – have a rematch with Tommy Fury, something like that, vs. Mike Tyson. But I understand that it’s going to be (big) box office and people are going to be excited about it. I just hope both fighters are okay. That’s a high number in age to be fighting young guys. But if the world wants this, wants to see it, and both men are willing, let’s do it. We’ll see what happens there.”

The internet is already picking sides.

When it was announced earlier this month that Jake Paul would face off in an exhibition fight against Mike Tyson, the general reception was that the YouTuber-turned-pro boxer was essentially signing his death warrant. And after Tyson shared video of the start of his training this week, it seems unlikely that any minds will be changed.

Indeed, it seems like Iron Mike has still very much got it, as evidenced by the video of the 57-year-old sparring with his trainer, which he posted to social media on Wednesday. “It’s day 1, the fun just begun,” Tyson says at the end of the video, in which he demonstrated his lightning-fast moves.

In all fairness to Paul, the 27-year-old has earned himself an impressive 9–1 boxing record in the four years since making his professional boxing debut in early 2020, with six knockouts. And not to mention, the former heavyweight champion has also got nearly three decades on Paul, who will be 28 at the time of the fight.

Yet Tyson is still widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, having reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. As such, the reaction to Tyson’s video hasn’t been much different from when the fight was initially announced, with many users resorting to simply posting reaction GIFs and memes to indicate how doomed Paul is going to be.

The Ballislife Bets X account even used a GIF of Paul against him, to demonstrate what the influencer must be thinking having watched the video.

For better or worse, the highly-anticipated fight between Tyson and Paul will take place on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, and stream exclusively on Netflix.