Donna Kelce, Travis Kelce’s mother, notices numerous parallels between her son and his girlfriend, music singer Taylor Swift. “They’re both friendly [and] generous,” Donna, 71, gushed on the Wednesday, May 8, episode of the “Martha Stewart Podcast,” adding, “They’re both loving, caring individuals.” Travis and Swift, both 34, have been dating since summer 2023. After keeping their early affair quiet, they pushed their relationship to the next level the following September when Swift accompanied Travis to one of his home Kansas City Chiefs games with Donna.
During the podcast appearance, host Martha Stewart even offered “good luck” to Donna since “that is some situation.”
“Well, you never know,” Donna coyly said. “Time will tell.” Donna declined to go into detail about Travis and the Grammy winner’s romance, but she did express her admiration for the tight end individually. “He is a fashionista who takes care in his image and appearance, but he does not strive for perfection. It’s nice to be able to put a smile on people’s faces at times,” Donna remarked. “He’ll dress as he needs to, but most of the time he’s doing it to make others laugh or speak. “He enjoys being the focus of attention.
Aside from commanding a room, Donna praised her youngest son – she also shares eldest son Jason Kelce with ex-husband Ed Kelce – as a “very generous, good heart.”
Donna recently revealed in Us Weekly’s latest cover story how Travis and Jason, 36, developed those character traits. “[Travis and Jason] had phenomenal coaches, fantastic teachers and great families who were around us,” she told Us. “It was a menagerie of all those individuals with all those great qualities that rubbed off on them. I’m just very happy they turned into the men that they are.”
She continued, “I simply wanted to make sure they treated everyone equally. I answered, ‘I don’t care if they’re the people who clean the bathrooms or the CEOs of corporations. It boils down to treating everyone with the same respect that you would like to receive.
Swift has formed bonds with Donna, Ed, Jason, and Travis’ wife, Kylie Kelce, after beginning her relationship with him. (The entire team saw Travis’ Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII from a VIP suite in February.)
“Taylor has really been integrated into the family,” a source told Us back in March. “They have completely embraced her.” It’s an entirely new universe and chapter for her.” Swift even seems to mention Travis on her latest studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released last month. Donna listened to all 31 songs on release day.
“It’s her best [album],” Donna said in April. “I know there’s a few that some people think are about Travis, but we’ll just see. I’ll have to ask her when I see her [next].”
