Lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan Baron Corbin was amazed to join in Taylor Swift in her boyfriend Travis Kelceis the game day suite.
“(Travis and I) we’re kind of friends now,” former WWE wrestler Corbin, 40, said on Thursday, January 23. Consequence of the “Insight With Chris Van Vliet” podcast and noted that he and Kelce had reconnected at a local charity eventBig Slick KC. “He says, ‘Yo, come to a game. Let me treat you to a game (and) stay in my suite.’ He says, ‘I have a suite there.'”
Corbin (real name Tom Pestock) eventually accepted 35-year-old Kelce’s offer and invited his uncle and brother to watch a game in 2024.
“So we went (and) they took us to the suite, and then (either my uncle or my brother) they said, ‘I wonder if Taylor will be here,’ and as they say, she walked in.” the room,” Corbin recalled. “My brother freaks out a bit and goes straight to everyone, hugs her (and) hugged us like it was like we were family right away.”
Baron Corbin had nothing but praise for pal Travis Kelce’s girlfriend Taylor Swift as he recalled their first meeting at a Kansas City Chiefs game. “Travis Kelce is a buddy of mine and that’s why he invited us to the match,” Corbin, 39, said during an interview at WWE Summerslam media day on Friday, August 2. “He is (…)
Swift, 35, and Chiefs tight end Kelce were together since the summer of 2023, shortly before she started attending his soccer games. Their presence has often caused excitement both at home at Arrowhead Stadium and in away venues and online.
Baron Corbin and Taylor Swift FilmMagic; Getty Images
“It was crazy because I felt like I was in a fishbowl and I wanted to get out of the suite,” Corbin admitted. “It’s just hordes of people taking selfies of Taylor and her existence. I’ve never been with anyone like that. .. It’s a different order of magnitude. You felt like everyone in the stadium was staring at you because you were behind her.”
Despite the Swiftie pandemoniumCorbin still thought the pop star was “super dope and super humble.”
Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift celebrate a Kansas City Chiefs touchdown against the Denver Broncos. Jamie Squire/Getty Images
“(I) had conversations with her,” he recalled Thursday, noting that Swift didn’t have a large crew with her. “She may have come in with her security guard. But no entourage. They are all Kelce’s friends from high school and home. They’re all super cool; They’re all humble and no one has egos, but Taylor is super awesome.”
After the game, Corbin and his relatives also received an invite to Swift and Kelce joint Christmas party.
“Travis had a little Christmas party (and) we hung out,” Corbin added. “(She was) super strong. … She’s just a normal person who is probably the most influential person in the world right now and incredibly talented, she writes everything herself. It’s so refreshing to see someone like that.”
Baron Corbin throws punches in the corner against Angel Garza on WWE Friday Night SmackDown. WWE/Getty Images
Swift, who the most recently attended Kelce’s divisional playoff game on Jan. 19 also opened up about supporting her boyfriend’s NFL successes.
Taylor Swift is a proud member of Chiefs Kingdom and supports her boyfriend Travis Kelce. “Football is great, it turns out,” Swift, who began dating the Kansas City Chiefs tight end in the summer of 2023, told TIME the following December. “I’ve been missing out my whole life.” Swift attended her first Chiefs game in September (…)
“When they say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to watch him do what he loves. We stand up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care.” she told TIME in a 2023 profile. “The opposite of that is that you have to go to great lengths to make sure no one knows you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”
