Travis Kelce makes sad confession about struggling with intense scrutiny of Taylor Swift relationship

Travis Kelce has made an honest confession about what it's like being in a relationship with one of the planet's biggest stars - and the scrutiny that comes with it.

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 35, was thrust into the spotlight around the world when it emerged that he was dating Taylor Swift in the summer of 2023.

While, of course, he was famous in his own right before this as a sports star, the connection introduced him to a whole new fanbase of Swifties.

And as well as the endless amount of love their relationship has received, there's always going to be critics who have something to say when your romance is so public.

In a new interview with GQ, when asked about how the media scrutiny affects him, he had a very honest response.

Travis admitted: "You can’t block that out. If someone says something that they don’t like about you, you have to be able to understand how you are portraying yourself for them to say that."

Travis Kelce has opened up on his relationship with Taylor Swift in a new interview with GQ (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

He added: "I’m a guy who doesn’t want anyone to say anything negative about me. Some people don’t give a f**k. I’m someone who does care.

“I do want people to look at me like I’m doing good in the world, I’m influencing and using my platform for the better, being a role model, being somebody that has done it the right way.”

But, it looks like he doesn't have too much to worry about as despite there being some critics, on the whole, the internet is pretty much obsessed with Travis and Taylor's relationship.

The new interview came just before the 'Cruel Summer' hitmaker dropped the bombshell every Swiftie was waiting for - the announcement of her 12th studio album - and she involved Travis in the huge milestone.

During a teaser clip from Travis and his brother Jason's New Heights, podcast, which was shared on Tuesday (12 August), she revealed the new record is titled The Life of a Showgirl.

Taylor excitedly said in the clip: "So I wanted to show you something. This is my brand new album, The Life of a Showgirl."

Of course, the cover was blurred out and so far the release date is yet to be revealed, however, the full album cover and artwork are expected to be shared when the full podcast episode drops on Wednesday (13 August).

The singer's podcast appearances are very rare so fans were thrilled when it was unveiled that Taylor would be joining the brothers for a whole episode.

The first teaser clip for the episode, which currently has 1.6 million likes, was uploaded to the official Instagram account of the podcast earlier this morning (12 August) along with the caption: "Taylor’s about to do a f*cking podcast!"

The 13-second snippet shows Taylor complimenting Travis' blue sweater, before he responds: "It’s the colour of your eyes, sweetie. That’s why we match so well."

To that, Taylor comes back with: "We’re about to do a f*cking podcast!"

Speaking about their relationship again in the GQ interview, Travis sweetly said: “I love being the happiest guy in the world all the time. When you see me hanging out at the US Open with Taylor, it may look like the two of us are partying.

"But I’m just enjoying the fun of being at this really cool event that I always wanted to go to with the person that I love."

It's safe to say we're obsessed.

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