The secret NEW life of Travis Kelce: Amid Taylor Swift's Blake Lively 'exploitation' drama, her boyfriend is suffering his own Cruel Summer... for very different reasons

When Travis Kelce returns to the shot tract this September, it'll beryllium the sharpest mentation of the Kansas City Chiefs prima we person ever seen.

That is, arsenic agelong as Taylor Swift keeps his hands retired the cooky jar!

After walking backmost from the brink of status pursuing February's Super Bowl heartbreak, Kelce, 35, is laser focused connected starring the Chiefs to glory erstwhile again successful what volition apt beryllium his last play successful the NFL.

In summertime 2024, it was a precise antithetic story. 

Following the Chief's Super Bowl triumph against the San Francisco 49ers, it's just to accidental that Kelce lived it ample - enjoying the partying and different excesses deserving of a champion.

With his superstar girlfriend's worldwide Eras Tour successful afloat flow, Kelce embraced the jet-setting - adjacent joining Swift, 35, connected signifier astatine 1 of her sold-out London shows past June.

But erstwhile that hedonism was followed by a play that ended successful disappointment this year, immoderate critics couldn't assistance but inquire if it had each been a distraction.

One thing's for certain: those naysayers request not fearfulness a repeat.

For a root adjacent to Kelce has exclusively revealed to the Daily Mail that the NFL prima is having a 'Cruel Summer' by his ain choosing.

It means drinking little and adjacent turning down his favourite treats - Swift's home-made popular tarts.

'Travis plans to beryllium successful the champion signifier of his beingness for this upcoming season,' the insider told Daily Mail. 'He's going to beryllium treating this arsenic his last, as it precise good mightiness be.

'Sometimes passim the past run helium wasn't astatine his peak, physically. But helium is an elite jock and though helium didn't person his champion year, helium is coming into this 1 with a vendetta, a extremity to beryllium successful the champion signifier of his beingness and play similar a antheral possessed.'

The root continued: 'Taylor is an astonishing cook, and she is truly large astatine desserts. Travis doesn't person the astir steadfast fare successful the satellite but, these days, portion helium mightiness sneak successful 1 of her popular tarts, it is not successful excess.

'And it's the aforesaid erstwhile it comes to drinking. He isn't partying, he's getting acceptable for the season. If determination are drinks nearby, helium isn't going to enactment distant but it is ne'er a indispensable person with meal oregon outings. Nor is helium going retired connected his structure and throwing backmost a couple.'

Of course, if the hard enactment pays disconnected - successful the signifier of different Super Bowl triumph adjacent twelvemonth - it volition each person been worthy it. 

'If they get backmost to the promised land, then you'll spot him partying,' our insider said.

And truthful far, it seems the hard graft is starting amusement effect. Pictures of Kelce and Swift enjoying a Mother's Day luncheon successful Philadelphia connected Sunday showed the NFL prima sporting an unusually svelte fig for the offseason.

Then, connected Monday, helium walked the reddish carpet unsocial astatine an Amazon MGM Studios Upfront lawsuit successful New York, earlier telling reporters helium has mislaid immoderate 25 lbs.

The Daily Mail understands that helium has been 'training similar crazy'.

He besides has a idiosyncratic chef, Kumar Ferguson, and a trainer extracurricular of the Chiefs that helium has worked with his full vocation successful Andrew Spruill.

Kelce is said to walk truthful overmuch clip with some men that Swift has adjacent go adjacent to them. They attended the astonishment 'Eras Tour' day enactment Kelce threw for his woman past December.

Certainly, this keen absorption connected fittingness has been made easier by the information that Swift is enjoying her ain downtime, pursuing the decision of her mammoth 21-month, 149-show circuit past year.

'They are conscionable some decompressing from that go-go-go benignant of beingness and enjoying days unneurotic with arsenic small accent arsenic possible,' our insider said.

Earlier this month, different impeccably placed root gave the Daily Mail a tantalizing penetration into the couple's quiescent backstage life.

The insider described romanticist dinners astatine location - cooked by foodie Swift - arsenic good arsenic bedtime cuddles successful their sweatpants and playtime with the singer's beloved favored cats.

As for activities of the extra-curricular variety, we learned that Kelce gives Swift massages, and that she 'likes the information that helium is similar a big, brawny guy.'

'They get their ain workouts successful unneurotic conscionable arsenic different young couples successful emotion do,' the root teased. 'She finds him the astir romanticist antheral she has ever been with, and helium is each astir making her comfortable.' 

The prolonged play of quietude has nary uncertainty been invited amid the ongoing saga with with Kelce and Swift's (former) champion friends, Blake Lively and her hubby Ryan Reynolds.

Lively's rancorous ineligible combat with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni has seen Swift's sanction unwantedly printed successful ineligible documents.

And, connected Friday, the vocalist was dramatically subpoenaed arsenic a witnesser successful the case.

Up until this year, Swift counted Lively, 37, among her closest confidantes. They ain homes conscionable a stone's propulsion distant from each different successful New York's trendy Tribeca neighborhood, and Swift is godmother to Lively's 3 daughters. 

But the temper has since soured beyond repair, with Swift present reportedly feeling 'exploited' and utilized by her one-time bestie.

Indeed, it amazed nary 1 when, successful a amusement of solidarity, Kelce unfollowed Ryan Reynolds connected Instagram past month.

It is understood that the 2 couples are nary longer connected speaking terms.

But present Kelce's attraction is turned squarely to the caller season.

On Wednesday night, the NFL volition merchandise its 2025 crippled schedule, with the Chiefs expected to bring the curtain up successful Sao Paulo, Brazil, against the Los Angeles Chargers connected September 5.

Before that, Kelce volition beryllium competing successful a personage play tourney successful Tahoe successful aboriginal July - alongside his member Jason, 37.

Then successful precocious July, Happy Gilmore 2 drops. Kelce has a cameo quality alongside Adam Sandler.

'Right now, it is important to Travis get arsenic overmuch clip with Taylor arsenic possible,' our root said. 'She has been the champion for his full wellbeing. He is highly blessed with beingness close present and that is the headspace helium wants to beryllium successful - it is going to assistance immensely with getting acceptable for the NFL play to come.'