On Friday, July 3, Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said “I do” in front of a crowd at Madison Square Garden with Adam Sandler as the officiant. However, a classmate of Swift’s recalls their teenage years and reveals something about the international superstar.
Classmate Says Travis Kelce Is Not like the Guys Taylor Swift Dated in High School
Speaking with “The Telegraph,” Christina Hamilton, a former classmate and friend of Swift’s, recounted their high school years.
The interviewer said that she had been told that Swift was a bit of an “outsider” and “wishing that she was dating the football player,” though she never actually dated one.
Hamilton said that she never saw Swift in that way. In fact, she (Hamilton) thought she was the outsider and that Swift was the “pretty, popular girl” and added that “everyone loved her,” referring to Swift.
Not only that, but Hamilton’s read on teenage Swift was that she wasn’t really into football players, but of course, didn’t exactly know. She also said that it seemed like Swift would be more friends with someone like Kelce. In fact, the guys she was into were “very opposite” of Kelce.
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Hamilton said, “Everyone loved her. I just saw she wasn’t really into the football guys. I don’t know… Very opposite. It seemed like she would be like friends with guys who were like Travis.”
She mentioned one guy in particular who was more reserved and “really into his car.”
Swift and Kelce began dating in the summer of 2023. From there, they announced their engagement on August 26, 2025, just before the start of the 2025-26 NFL season.
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Last season, Kelce, 36, caught 76 passes on 108 targets for 851 yards and 5 touchdowns. He finished fifth in PFSN’s TE Impact rankings with an 80.6 grade. This was the worst season the Chiefs have had since going 2-14 in 2012, before Kelce was even drafted to the team.
Kelce announced he would return to the Chiefs in 2026-27 after last season ended, not only with six wins but also with his starting quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, sidelined with a torn ACL.
Kelce will turn 37 on October 5, and it’s safe to say that this could be his final season and first as a married man.
Among those attending the Kelce-Swift wedding was New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, who’s been dealing with ample controversy this offseason after images of him and former reporter for “The Athletic” Dianna Russini surfaced in April. He attended the wedding with his wife, Jen.
Kelce and the Chiefs open the 2026-27 season at home against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football, and one can only assume he’ll be accompanied by his new wife in what will surely be an opening-week spectacle.