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Travis Kelce on His Upcoming Season, Post-NFL Ambitions, and Life with Taylor Swift
After a grueling Super Bowl loss, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end spent his summer vacation focused on coming back stronger than ever. At Kelce’s under the radar gym in Florida, he answers all our questions about his redoubled training regimen, what comes after football, and life at the center of American pop culture.
By Sean ManningPhotography by Ryan McGinley
August 12, 2025
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In a dimly lit dining room in Miami, a waiter places a course of hamachi crudo in front of Travis Kelce. “We don’t get fresh fish like this in Kansas City,” Kelce says. We are sitting in a horseshoe-shaped booth, and Kelce’s voice can just be heard over that of the young woman on the restaurant’s stage, covering Sade’s “The Sweetest Taboo” and other quiet storm standards. Kelce did not encounter fish like this—raw, finely sliced, opalescent—growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, either. “Red Lobster was the nice spot for us to go to as a kid. We used to go there, see the lobsters in the tank like we were at an aquarium. We put on pants for that shit.”
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