Travis Kelce Jokes He’s Living Out a Gender-Swapped ‘Pretty Woman’ With ‘High Class’ Taylor Swift
"I'm wearing nothing but a tie when Taylor comes home," the tight end quipped.
Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates with Taylor Swift after the AFC Championship football game against the Buffalo Bills, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Travis Kelce thinks that the classic ’90s film Pretty Woman hits pretty close to home, considering his relationship dynamic with Taylor Swift.
In a hilarious moment from the latest episode of New Heights posted Wednesday (July 23), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and his brother/cohost, Jason Kelce, joked that Travis is living out a gender-swapped version of the Julia Roberts and Richard Gere-led film. Pretty Woman — which the siblings broke down for a film-club segment of their podcast — centers around a prostitute (Roberts) who falls in love with a wealthy and powerful businessman (Gere).
The parallels between the plot and Travis’ romance with Swift first came up when the two brothers started discussing whether Pretty Woman could be considered a feminist movie. “I think the only way to gauge it is to flip the script,” the Happy Gilmore 2 actor began. “I think we need to make Pretty Man. “And we need to have a CEO billionaire woman be so high class that she doesn’t know where she’s going.”
“Travis, you’re living Pretty Man right now,” Jason interjected, causing his younger brother to burst out laughing. “You are Pretty Man. You’re living your own Julia Roberts straight down.”
Cackling, the Grotesquerie star said in reference to a racy scene from Pretty Woman, “I’m wearing nothing but a tie when Taylor comes home.”
“You can’t beat it, man,” Travis continued before recalling the time he met the film’s lead actress at one of Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Dublin in 2024. “That’s why me and Julia Roberts — when I met Julia — it felt like we were the same person. She spoke to me in this movie.”
The tight end added jokingly, “I’m just an NFL stripper, that’s it — just an NFL hooker, man.”
As one of the highest performing players in American football this past decade, Travis is, in reality, a far cry from the struggling status of Roberts’ character in Pretty Woman — but it’s certainly true that Swift, a billionaire and possibly the most famous woman in the world, has elevated him to new levels of fame. The athlete has been open about how dating the 14-time Grammy winner has brought him more attention and opportunities.
The couple first started dating in 2023. Swift has since ingrained herself in Chiefs Kingdom and in Travis’ family, becoming close with her boyfriend’s parents, Donna and Ed Kelce, and brother.
Also on the latest episode of their podcast, Jason recalled the first time he met Swift at a Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills matchup in January 2024 — which also happened to be the same game where a shirtless Jason sparked a viral moment while cheering his younger brother on. “That was a f–king really fun day,” the former Philadelphia Eagles center said.
He added to his brother, “Also the first time I met your girlfriend, so that was an all-timer.”
Watch the Kelce bros discuss Pretty Woman on New Heights below.
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This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
