Travis Kelce blames Taylor Swift fame for dreadful NFL form that left him weighing up retirement

Travis Kelce believes his newfound fame from dating Taylor Swift caused a dip successful his NFL signifier past season, according to reports.

Kelce had 1 of the astir underwhelming seasons of his vocation successful 2024 from a statistical standpoint, putting up immoderate of his worst numbers ever earlier going mostly anonymous successful the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl decision to the Philadelphia Eagles.

His abject showing against the Eagles besides came little than 48 hours aft helium and Swift controversially headed retired connected a pre-Super Bowl day nighttime with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes successful New Orleans, which raised concerns fixed however adjacent it was to the game.

Following the loss, the Chiefs choky extremity has seldom been seen retired successful nationalist with his woman aft opting to support a low-profile for the archetypal clip successful their relationship.

And according to US Weekly, some Travis and Taylor person realized that 'so overmuch attraction connected their narration is not the champion thing.'

A root told the mag that the brace are enjoying a much-needed breather from their whirlwind beingness successful the nationalist eye, which Kelce feels whitethorn person contributed to his struggles connected the tract past year.

'Travis wants to instrumentality [a breather] from the nationalist eye,' the insider is quoted arsenic saying. 'He was moving excessively overmuch past year, and helium didn’t play arsenic good arsenic helium wanted.'

The root added: 'He wants to person a bully play and not person the absorption beryllium connected his narration with Taylor.'

Amid the accrued level of spotlight that comes with dating the astir celebrated popstar connected the planet, Travis has thrown himself into countless caller ventures disconnected the tract arsenic helium cashes successful connected his planetary fame.

The 35-year-old made his acting debut successful the FX fearfulness bid 'Grotesquerie' past year, portion besides starring arsenic big of Prime Video's 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?'

He adjacent landed a cameo relation successful the upcoming Happy Gilmore sequel, which is being released connected Netflix implicit the summer.

Yet aft seeing his signifier plummet past play and even weighing up retirement, Kelce is taking a much-needed breather successful the offseason with Swift, who has clip connected her hands aft wrapping up the Eras Tour astatine the extremity of 2024.

The songstress has besides been overwhelmed since their romance began, having attended respective Chiefs games to overmuch fanfare portion carrying retired her worldwide tour.

Now their respective schedules are free, Taylor and Travis are understood to beryllium either watching movies oregon moving retired successful their downtime, portion besides seeing each other's families.

'Just doing thing astatine each has been a imagination of theirs for a while,' the root continued. 

'Obviously the [Eras Tour] threw them into the spotlight,' different insider said. '[Now] they’re enjoying immoderate R&R aft moving their butts off, making the astir of their clip off. 

'They’re afloat surviving their champion lives.'

In January of past year, a study emerged claiming Kelce's managers were acrophobic fans mightiness go sick of the show of him amid his endless media appearances.

The Eanes brothers, who tally A&A Management and signed Travis arsenic the company's 2nd client, had projected to marque the choky extremity arsenic celebrated arsenic Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson but aboriginal disquieted his fame mightiness person gone excessively far.

They told the New York Times that they feared the satellite could turn numb to Kelce if determination is excessively overmuch of him successful the media.

The contented has led to a caller crippled program for 2024, Aaron explained, 1 that centered astir cautiously curating his brand.

He said the New Year would bring less deals with a absorption connected 'quality implicit quantity' and 'authenticity first'.

Andre and Aaron person already successfully built up a illustration for their Super Bowl-winning lawsuit - 1 that stands retired from the mean NFL player.

Throughout 2023, Kelce landed advertisement deals with Pfizer and Experian portion adjacent hosting Saturday Night Live.

He besides starred successful commercials for Garage Beer, Pepsi, Lowe's, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast and much successful 2024.