Kelce attempted to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it last July, just two months before it was rumoured they were dating

On Wednesday 10 April’s episode of his New Heights podcast with his older brother, Jason Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end reflected on his relationship with the Grammy winner. A special guest on this week’s episode was rapper Lil Dicky – real name Dave Burd – who offered his take on why Kelce and Swift are Hollywood’s favourite celebrity couple. During the podcast, Jason pointed out that their audience includes a decent chunk of Swift’s fans, known as Swifties.

“I just think there’s something that makes everyone feel like the world is kind of like high school, where your most popular pop star, like, beloved musician somehow met, like, your most popular beloved athlete, and they actually fell in love and it’s real,” said Burd, explaining why he believes the public loves Swift and Kelce together. “I don’t know, I think anyone who hates on it is a bitter loser. But I think a lot of people who [you] would maybe expect to hate on it actually love it and acknowledge they love it because there’s just something so American about it or something. There’s something just classic about it.”

Kelce began to laugh, replying: “I don’t know how I did it because she was not into sports. So I don’t know how the f*** I did it.”

Burd then reminded the football player that he “did it” by publicly revealing that he made Swift a friendship bracelet at her Eras Tour. “I know exactly how I did it,” Kelce replied to Burd’s comment.