Pop superstar Taylor Swift touched grass for the first time on the field at M&T Bank Stadium last year and she hasn’t forgotten the “magical” moment.
Swift, appearing Wednesday on New Heights, the podcast hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason, said that she made “cherished memories” in Baltimore when she visited last January to watch Travis and the Chiefs take on the Ravens in the AFC championship game.
“What is your welcome to the NFL moment?” Jason Kelce, a Super Bowl champion who played 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, asked Swift, who thought about it for mere seconds.
“I’d say it was the first time I stepped on the field, when he won the AFC Championship,” she said, just as Travis chimed in: “Baltimore.”
Describing her excitement about the game, which her boyfriend’s Chiefs won, Swift said she was surprised when Travis’ mom, Donna Kelce, said they were leaving their suite to go down to the field for the celebration.
“Did he say that’s OK? … Is he gonna be like ‘what are you doing down here dude?’” Swift asked his mom, who assured her that Travis would want her there on the field.
Travis said he didn’t want to jinx a win, so the couple never discussed what would happen if his team won.
Swift, who also announced her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl” on the podcast, said that moment was “euphoric.”
“So I’m walking out on this field and it’s like ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,’” Swift explained. “There’s so many lights. I’ve never seen this many cameras. I’ve never seen this much media in my life and I’ve seen a lot of media.”
“It’s one of my most cherished memories because I was so proud of you,” Swift told Travis.
“It was so magical,” she said, later adding “I had such a good rookie year. It was crazy.”
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