Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Announce Their Engagement

[aggiesal]

Source: New York Times

The pop star Taylor Swift and the football player Travis Kelce are engaged.

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple captioned a joint post on Instagram announcing the news on Tuesday, adding a dynamite emoji and a snippet of Ms. Swift’s song “So High School.”

In the first photo, Mr. Kelce is shown on bended knee below Ms. Swift, who is wearing a striped dress and standing under an elaborate floral arch. A later photo shows Ms. Swift sporting a large ring.

The news came just a few weeks after Ms. Swift appeared on Mr. Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, which he hosts with his brother, Jason, to reveal details about her forthcoming album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which will be released in October. In the friendly setting of a podcast hosted by her boyfriend and his brother, she gave one of her most in-depth interviews in years.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/taylor-swift-engaged-travis-kelce.html

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This will no doubt, dominate the news today.

[tanyev]

1. Trump inserting himself into the news in 3...2...1...

[Cheezoholic]

2. I don't recall my gym teacher and music teacher being worth a couple billion lol n/t

[Torchlight]

3. I know her name and that she's a popular pop performer

Either I'm older than I thought and out of touch to an absurd level, or David Brinkley would never waste his time with what passes as for-profit news these days (actually, I think it's both).




Malarkey, I'm not old. We go out to the motion picture show and make monkey-shines at least once a month!

[aggiesal]

4. I call it Infotainment. And I don't believe David Brinkley would participate in Infotainment. n/t

[RazorbackExpat]

23. None of those '60s network news anchors would have been infotainers

David Brinkley, Chet Huntley, Howard K. Smith, and certainly not Walter Cronkite

[murielm99]

5. I like both of them.

And I am old!

[Torchlight]

6. I might or might not like it

I bailed on Top 40 back in the mid-’80s and have been rewinding backwards ever since (just hit my Gershwin/Goodman phase this year). If it came out in the past 40 years and isn’t an electronic gadget or a tool for the garage, there’s a good chance I’ve never heard of it.

[synni]

7. I hope you are not joining Trump in trashing this liberal woman

She has tried very hard to use her massive influence to support Democratic candidates. She's also an incredible songwriter, who puts on a fantastic show. Taylor Swift is both culturally and politically significant, whether you listen to her music or not.

[Torchlight]

8. My ignorance of pop culture trashes me, no one else.

[Polybius]

20. If you say malarkey, you can't be young!

[GreenWave]

9. I approve this message!

[FakeNoose]

10. They'll stage their wedding for the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Called it!

[CTyankee]

11. Don't get mad at me but doesn't this belong in the Lounge?

[niyad]

14. I would think GD would be okay, since krasnov is so envious.

[twodogsbarking]

12. She didn't make the world but I would say she has offered something to it.

It ain't easy being rich, famous, all that and more and coping with it. Wish them the best.

[pfitz59]

13. For those who don't follow E-News

Kelce and Swift are very generous and left-leaning, despite their wealth. Swift especially has funded food banks and showered her employees with bonuses. She successfully sued a promoter for harrassment as well bought her catalog from her former producers. She is a shining star. He plays football, well.

[niyad]

15. Maybe consider posting it in GD instead of LBN?

[Greybnk48]

16. Thanks for the good news break! This is so sweet.

Good for them.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. After about 10 years and maybe 50 helmet hits

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"He's not the man I married!"

(Which is also the title of a bit on Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief album, but I digress.)

[FakeNoose]

18. Taylor Swift is one of the wealthiest women in America, according to the 2025 list on Forbes

Link: https://www.forbes.com/self-made-women/

The OP link has an interactive list, below is a partial screenshot:



According to Forbes Magazine, Taylor Swift is the #21 wealthiest self-made woman in America. AND she's the highest ranking musical performer to make this list. Among the female performing artists, Taylor Swift is only outranked by one other woman - namely Oprah Winfrey.

I'd say yes this is important news and it belongs on the LBN, at least on a "slow news day" like today.

[hamsterjill]

19. I don't like her music but I LOVE her!!

Yes, old fart here. Her music just isn't my thing. And I'm not a football fan.

That said, I am happy for them both. She has been the brunt of Trump's stupidity, and she has done a lot to get young people engaged in voting.

I wish them both all the happiness they can find!

[soldierant]

22. Well said.

"Geezerette" here, and I'm with you on every point you make. (And you said it so well I don't need to repeat it😊.)

[LeftInTX]

21. It's news because it was on the news.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

24. So I guess that assures another trip to the Super Bowl for KC

Cha-ching!