Ed Kelce was in his Sunday best for Taylor Swift’s Saturday, November 23, Eras Tour concert.
Ed, who is the father of NFL stars Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, was spotted in the VIP section at Saturday’s concert at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. He wore a gray button-up shirt underneath a matching sport coat with his hair slicked back.
Ed was also seen trading DIY friendship bracelets with fans, per social media footage. Many of Swift’s fans have taken it upon themselves to make and hand out custom beaded baubles to other attendees, based on the lyrics to her song “You’re on Your Own, Kid.”
Ed watched the concert, Swift’s sixth and final in Toronto, alongside the pop star’s mother, Andrea, and stars including Brooke Shields and Faith Hill.
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Ed has gotten to know Swift, 34, on a personal level last year when she started dating Travis, 35.
“Taylor walks [into Travis’ house] with a security guy, and I look at her, and I say [to my girlfriend], ‘Oh my God, I know this kid, but I don’t know what her name is. Jeez, you know, like a real idiot,’” Ed recalled during a January appearance on Audacy’s 92.3 The Fan radio show in Cleveland. “And [my girlfriend] says, ‘You don’t know her? This is Taylor Swift, you idiot.’”
Swift met Ed hours before they attended one of Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs games in fall 2023 together. According to Ed, Swift is a “smart, grounded and a shrewd businesswoman,” per a Los Angeles Times conversation.
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Ed further praised her down-to-earth behavior on Chiefs game days.
“Every game there’s people crowding outside the front of that suite trying to get a glimpse of Taylor, wanting to meet Taylor,” Ed told the Times in January. “Taylor’s very gracious, but she can’t do everything. And she’s got security guys who don’t want her doing anything. That’s their job and she’s smart enough to know, ‘I’m paying these guys to keep me safe. I should probably listen to them.’”
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He added, “But if it was up to her, she’d be out there with everyone who wants her.”
Ed also wanted to become knowledgeable about Swift’s career, so he watched her 2022 NYU graduation speech and purchased all of her past albums — twice. Ed told Entertainment Tonight in October 2023 that he accidentally purchased and downloaded the original version of “You Belong With Me” and then went back to get the “Taylor’s Version” of it.
Swift’s first six LPs were released by Big Machine Records under a 13-year contract. The label’s founder, Scott Borchetta, later sold Swift’s entire discography to Scooter Braun for more than $300 million. Swift claimed multiple times that she was never approached about the chance to buy her masters, which she apparently wanted. Braun, 42, has since sold the rights to a private equity firm.
Swift, meanwhile, announced in August 2019 that she planned to rerelease her first six albums and brand them as Taylor’s Versions. So far, she only has her self-titled debut track and Reputation left to announce and release.
