The singer highlighted how she hoped her future partner wouldn’t “care that much about keeping people out”
Taylor Swift manifested a fame-savvy partner long before she and Travis Kelce met.
In a recently resurfaced 2011 interview with 60 Minutes shared on the latest episode of the program’s A Second Look podcast, Swift, then 21, got candid about her wish for a potential partner to be able to handle fame at the same level she does at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.
She said to the magazine at the time, “It’s so heartbreaking when things click, but your comfort level with fame is so different than [the person you’re dating].” “Because I’m not bothered. Who is looking doesn’t matter to me, but for some others at In an interview that surfaced in 2011, Taylor Swift stated that she desired a partner whose “comfort level with fame” matched hers.
Swift, now 34, further highlighted how “You couldn’t really have a good relationship with someone who cares that much. It seems a little unnecessary to care that much about keeping people out at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.”
Thankfully for the singer’s wishes, just over a decade later she would find a boyfriend seemingly all-in on the attention that their high-profile relationship draws. In the time since she and Kelce, 34, have gone public with their romance, the pair have been spotted everywhere from the U.S. Open to the 2024 Super Bowl and lower-key romantic evenings out in New York City at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.
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The NFL star even appeared alongside Swift at her London Eras Tour show, carrying her across the stage while donning a black tuxedo at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.
In a September appearance on CBS Mornings, Kelce stated that being in Swift’s public eye is “the life I chose, I guess,” and that he enjoys it. Wanting to engage in enjoyable activities like these is natural when one’s ‘comfort level with fame’ is similar to another’s, as Taylor Swift revealed in an interview that was rediscovered in 2011.
“Everyone’s loving it. Mama Kelce is having so much fun,” the Kansas City tight end explained of his family’s reaction to the massive rise in fame he has encountered in the same interview. “I think my dad is slowly getting more comfortable with it, and Jason has always been a pro at it,” he added of his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, 36 at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.
In that same interview, Kelce opened up about why he thinks “people are rooting for him” as his profile has risen thanks to his relationship with Swift.
“I hope it’s because they see I’m just a genuinely good person and I love what I do and I love doing it with the people that I’m doing it with,” he further noted at the time. “I’d rather give everybody happiness and something to cheer about than otherwise at Taylor Swift Said She Wanted a Boyfriend Whose ‘Comfort Level with Fame’ Matched Hers in Resurfaced 2011 Interview.”