JD Vance ‘worried’ the NFL will have ‘a Super Bowl wedding’ for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

Vice President JD Vance said he’s concerned the NFL will favor the Kansas City Chiefs now that Travis Kelce is engaged to Taylor Swift — and is even “worried they’re going to have a Super Bowl wedding.”

“I will say as a football fan − as a Cincinnati Bengals fan − I hope that the NFL does not put a thumb on the scale for the Kansas City Chiefs just because Travis Kelce is now getting married to maybe the most famous woman in the world,” Vance told USA Today.

Vice President JD Vance speaking.
JD Vance discussed being worried about the NFL’s bias after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement.Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce embracing.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announced their engagement on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.Taylor Swift / Instagram
The Ohio-born vice president feared the NFL would be biased toward the Chiefs so the newly-engaged couple could have a storybook love story on and off the field. Kelce is the Chiefs’ tight end.

“You guys can’t sort of have this, I’m worried they’re going to have a Super Bowl wedding thing this season,” Vance added. “Can’t do it. The Kansas City Chiefs have to follow the same rules as everybody else.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at a football game.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrate the Chiefs’ AFC Championship win.Getty Images
Vance still congratulated the couple, while insisting that politicians should “focus on politics,” and celebrities should “focus on whatever it is that made them famous.”

“When I see two people who are in love getting married, I just wish them the best, and I congratulate them,” Vance said. “And I hope they have a very long, healthy and happy life together.”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at an AFC Championship game.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift cuddle after the 2024 AFC Championship game.AP
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell attempted to dismiss “ridiculous” theories that NFL officials would give favorable calls to the Chiefs earlier this year.

“That’s a ridiculous theory,” the NFL commissioner said Monday at his annual pre-Super Bowl 2025 news conference, “for anyone who might take it seriously.”

The Chiefs were defeated in all three of their pre-season games in the 2025-2026 season.

Swift was first spotted at a Chiefs game in September 2023 – sparking rumors she was dating the tight end. She continued to attend his games and sometimes brought her celebrity posse with her. Over the course of their relationship, the Kansas City Chiefs went to the Super Bowl twice.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kissing after a game.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kiss after the Chiefs win the Super Bowl in 2024.Getty Images
Kelce and his team beat the 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 but they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX in 2025.

Some conspiracy theorists previously suspected their relationship was a ploy to help Democrats keep the White House, which Kelce called “crazy” during the CBS pregame show ahead of Super Bowl 2024.

Swift endorsed Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election in an Instagram post that seemingly ended with a jab at Vance’s previous criticism of “childless cat ladies” like herself.

Vance responded on Fox News’ “The Story” and accused the “Cruel Summer” singer of being a “disconnected” billionaire.

JD Vance speaking at a podium.
JD Vance is a Cincinnati Bengals fan.AP
“We admire Taylor Swift’s music, but I don’t think most Americans, whether they like her music or are fans of hers or not, are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans,” the former senator from Ohio told Fox News’ “The Story” in Sept. 2024.

 

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” their joint Instagram post was captioned