For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift joined her guy on the Chiefs, Travis Kelce, on the field after the team's AFC Championship win. But . . . did it feel different this time? We had an expert take a look.
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00:00For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift joined her guy on the Chiefs, Travis Kelce,
00:05on the field after the team's AFC Championship win. But did it feel different this time?
00:10We had an expert take a look.
00:12The Kansas City Chiefs eked out a 32-29 win on January 26th in the 2025 AFC Championship
00:18game over the Buffalo Bills. In remarks after his team's big win, Kelce couldn't hide his
00:23joy and Swift applauded and cheered him on as he let it all out.
00:27"...Kansas City! Hey, before you guys get out of here, just do a little dance!"
00:36Shortly after that, Kelce found Swift among the crowd and they embraced. The couple kissed,
00:40and she put her gloved hands on his cheeks as the two of them continued to greet others
00:44gathered on the field.
00:46Kelce could later be seen with his arm around Swift as they both went toward the locker
00:49room. Amateur lip readers also believed the two told each other,
00:52"...I love you."
00:53To some viewers, these public displays of affection weren't up to snuff. One person
00:58wrote on X,
00:59"...That's a business relationship if I've ever seen one."
01:01Given what the doubters had to say, we asked body language expert and behavior analyst
01:05Tracy Brown, CSP, to take a look at the tape. According to her, these two lovebirds still
01:10seem to be enamored with each other. As the Chiefs head toward a Super Bowl showdown with,
01:15well, the Birds, the Philadelphia Eagles, she said,
01:18"...My thought is that they're doing great. On track for a long-term relationship."
01:22Brown compared the footage to last year's after the Chiefs notched a more comfortable
01:26seven-point AFC Championship victory over the Baltimore Ravens. In that case, after
01:30Kelce finished hugging his mom Donna, Swift wrapped her arms around his neck and didn't
01:35leave his side.
01:36Swift's reaction was very similar after the Super Bowl two weeks later, with that same
01:40neck-wrapping hug. Their embrace this time was a little different, with Swift's hands
01:44on Kelce's back rather than always around his neck. And Brown definitely noticed, saying
01:48that the arms-around-the-neck hugs indicate a deep closeness.
01:52"...Thank you."
01:57But Swift did something else after the more recent game that indicates just as much of
02:01a close connection. Brown said,
02:03"...This time she's playing with his hair, which shows a closer connection and familiarity
02:07between the two, and they go from kiss to hug several times, which is different than
02:11the neck hug."
02:12Brown also noticed Swift putting her hands on Kelce's cheeks to bring him in for a kiss,
02:16something that's common to all three post-game celebrations. Of course, Swift and Kelce's
02:21pairing has been the subject of accusations that it was nothing but a publicity stunt
02:25since before the couple publicly confirmed they were dating. That's why fabricated documents
02:30from Kelce's PR firm purportedly having to do with how to handle a breakup got so much
02:34traction last September, after all.
02:37There are at least a few signs that a breakup is far from Swift's mind at the moment. She
02:41recently bought a house in Nashville, and a source told Page Six that it was because
02:45it's closer to Kansas City than New York and L.A. are. Another insider told the Daily Mail,
02:50She feels that it is time for her to establish roots in the ground for her future. Ideally,
02:54she and Travis will live together in one home as they start a family.