Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce could not have began when followers suppose it did.

The pop star opened up in regards to the media frenzy surrounding her relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish in an interview with Time magazine printed Wednesday.

Swift, whom Time has named its 2023 Person of the Yer, stated she was already courting Kelce for a while earlier than she was spotted at a Chiefs game in September ― regardless of what some individuals may suppose.

“This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,” she stated. “We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.”

“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” she continued. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard-launch a first date.”

The “Bad Blood” singer was referring to Kelce’s very public attempt to shoot his shot throughout a July episode of a podcast he hosts together with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce.

Travis stated throughout the “New Heights” podcast that he’d tried to attach with Swift when he attended certainly one of her live shows for her Eras Tour that month.

He stated he had joined in on the friendship bracelet trend among Swift’s fans and made her a bracelet together with his quantity on it, however that he didn’t truly get to satisfy her that night time. 

“I was disappointed that she doesn’t talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs that she sings,” he stated. “So I was a little butthurt I didn’t get to hand her one of the bracelets I made for her.”

Things, after all, turned out nicely for Kelce in the long run.

Swift and Kelce sparked a media circus after the singer was photographed sporting a Chiefs jacket and cheering subsequent to Kelce’s mom at a recreation at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City two months later. 

The singer instructed Time that she’s not conscious of when she’s being filmed — or for a way lengthy — when she’s at Chiefs video games.

“I’m just there to support Travis,” she stated. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”

Some NFL followers have expressed frustration over the continuing Kelce-Swift references throughout soccer broadcasts. Kelce stated in October that he thought the NFL was “overdoing it” with its protection, and the league itself acknowledged that it’s “leaned into” the subject.

But Kelce has immersed himself in Swift’s world too.

He has been filmed dancing in public to Swift’s music, and dancing in a VIP tent with the singer’s dad at one of her Argentina shows on the Eras Tour final month.