Travis Kelce thinks that the basic ’90s movie Fairly Lady hits fairly near residence, contemplating his relationship dynamic with Taylor Swift.
In a hilarious second from the premier episode of New Heights posted Wednesday (July 23), the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish and his brother/cohost, Jason Kelce, joked that Travis resides out a gender-swapped model of the Julia Roberts and Richard Gere-led movie. Fairly Lady — which the siblings broke down for a film-club phase of their podcast — facilities round a prostitute (Roberts) who falls in love with a rich and highly effective businessman (Gere).
The parallels between the plot and Travis’ romance with Swift first got here up when the 2 brothers began discussing whether or not Fairly Lady might be thought of a feminist film. “I feel the one method to gauge it’s to flip the script,” the Joyful Gilmore 2 actor started. “I feel we have to make Fairly Man. “And we have to have a CEO billionaire girl be so excessive class that she doesn’t know the place she’s going.”
“Travis, you’re dwelling Fairly Man proper now,” Jason interjected, inflicting his youthful brother to burst out laughing. “You’re Fairly Man. You’re dwelling your personal Julia Roberts straight down.”
Cackling, the Grotesquerie star mentioned in reference to a racy scene from Fairly Lady, “I’m sporting nothing however a tie when Taylor comes residence.”
“You’ll be able to’t beat it, man,” Travis continued earlier than recalling the time he met the movie’s lead actress at one among Swift’s Eras Tour reveals in Dublin in 2024. “That’s why me and Julia Roberts — once I met Julia — it felt like we have been the identical particular person. She spoke to me on this film.”
The tight finish added jokingly, “I’m simply an NFL stripper, that’s it — simply an NFL hooker, man.”
As one of many highest performing gamers in American soccer this previous decade, Travis is, in actuality, a far cry from the struggling standing of Roberts’ character in Fairly Lady — however it’s definitely true that Swift, a billionaire and presumably probably the most well-known girl on the planet, has elevated him to new ranges of fame. The athlete has been open about how relationship the 14-time Grammy winner has introduced him extra consideration and alternatives.
The couple first began relationship in 2023. Swift has since ingrained herself in Chiefs Kingdom and in Travis’ household, turning into shut together with her boyfriend’s mother and father, Donna and Ed Kelce, and brother.
Additionally on the premier episode of their podcast, Jason recalled the first time he met Swift at a Chiefs vs. Buffalo Payments matchup in January 2024 — which additionally occurred to be the identical recreation the place a shirtless Jason sparked a viral second whereas cheering his youthful brother on. “That was a f–king actually enjoyable day,” the previous Philadelphia Eagles middle mentioned.
He added to his brother, “Additionally the primary time I met your girlfriend, in order that was an all-timer.”
Watch the Kelce bros talk about Fairly Lady on New Heights beneath.