When he played Kiss, Marry, Kill

There was some strange foreshadowing when Travis Kelce played a game of “Kiss, Marry, Kill” in 2016 that had him choosing between one of his future girlfriends. A resurfaced video of his interview with Afterbuzz made the Internet rounds, featuring Kelce being forced to choose between Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Katy Perry. 

For those unfamiliar, the game involves having to select someone to kiss, marry, and kill within the options given. In the clip, Kelce seems visibly uncomfortable and admits, “Damn that’s messed up; I don’t want to kill any of them.” He ultimately decides to kill off Grande, saying, “Love you, but you’re gone,” before deciding to hypothetically kiss Swift and marry Perry.

While he didn’t end up choosing TSwift as his wife, Kelce’s strange premonition did come true. The tight end has been doing quite a bit of lip-locking with the “Red” singer, and with Perry off the market, he could potentially be walking down the aisle with Swift after all.

While Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift was a love story many fans were on board for, some Swifties changed their tunes after learning about some controversial comments he made months before meeting the singer. During a February 2023 episode of “New Heights,” Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce, were joking alongside their mother, Donna Kelce, about who she would save between her sons in case of an emergency. 

“If you choose me, just know that both Wyatt and Elliotte will grow up without a father,” Jason joked in the clip. Travis then mentioned that he should start thinking of having children soon, saying, “I gotta start breeding, all the breeders out there.” Jason and their mother tried to give cautionary advice, warning him to “wait until you find the right person.” But Travis doubled down on his desire to find a partner, saying, “I’m gonna find a breeder, and I’m gonna get kids so that mom can love me again.”

Fans of Swift were less than pleased with the cringeworthy comments, and they took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to air out their grievances against the tight end. “Forever grateful that Joe Alwyn kept to himself and is private,” one user wrote, adding, “You are free to say what you want but are not free from the consequences of doing so. Women are not objects.” Another seconded that notion writing, “Yikes not a fan of that Travis Kelce comment about ‘breeding/breeders’  super misogynistic. Doesn’t matter if it’s a joke.”

In the clip, Kelce throws the ball straight into the ground, with pitcher Shane Bieber unable to grab the ball as it bounces and narrowly misses hitting the team’s mascot. Kelce immediately rushed to try and recover the ball, before he laughed off the bad throw with Bieber. The video made the rounds on social media, with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes commenting on the cringeworthy moment. “Ayyyyyy bruhhhhhhhhh,” he wrote on X (via Sports Keeda) in response to the clip. Kelce jokingly responded with: “Lmao aye man … shouldn’t have ate that popcorn.”

The tight end ultimately redeemed himself a few months later, when he was invited to throw the first pitch at a Kansas City Royals game. In a clip shared on X, Kelce threw the ball in front of several of his teammates while the Royals mascot held up a giant arrow sign pointing to the catcher to avoid another embarrassing pitch. Thankfully, his redemption throw landed safely in the mitt.