Travis Kelce is breaking his silence with tons of new details from his star-studded Madison Square Garden wedding to Taylor Swift.
Travis Kelce talks for first time about wedding with Taylor Swift
Travis Kelce spoke to media at Chiefs training camp about his wedding night with Taylor Swift calling it the ‘best night’ of his life.
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By Hollywood standards, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden was a total blowout. But for the couple, it was “Actually Romantic.”
The NFL star, who married Swift at the iconic New York City venue over the summer, opened up about the ceremony during the season premiere of his “New Heights” podcast, released Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Swift and Kelce tied the knot in a buzzy July 3 ceremony. The star-studded nuptials featured a bevy of A-list guests, including Ed Sheeran, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler and Zoë Kravitz.
Kelce, 36, explained the inspiration for choosing Madison Square Garden as their wedding venue.
“We wanted to do it somewhere where we could have a very intimate and genuine setting without a lot of distractions. And we needed it to be a private feel,” Kelce said. “And MSG went above and beyond to give us that.”
While the pair’s megawatt wedding has generated headlines, details from the ceremony are scant, as photos and videos of the event have yet to be released.
“I wish it could have lasted even longer than it did. It felt like it just happened in the blink of an eye,” Kelce continued, with his brother, Jason Kelce, jokingly adding that the MSG staff “kicked us out.”
“Well, once the drinks stopped being served, everyone kind of just starts to, you know, mosey out,” Travis Kelce said.
Kelce gushed that the ceremony was a “night we’ll never forget.”
“Me and Taylor are so thankful for everybody that showed up,” Kelce said. “From the vows to just seeing everyone, to how much fun we had throughout the entire evening and hearing that kind of be relayed through everybody’s stories of the night. And it was just so magical, man.”
Travis Kelce praises wedding officiant Adam Sandler: ‘Best person on this planet’
Swift and Kelce’s special day wouldn’t have been complete without The Sandman.
During the “New Heights” season premiere, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end gave a shout-out to the couple’s friend, actor and comedian Adam Sandler, who officiated the pair’s nuptials.
“He has been just the … best person on this planet,” Kelce said. “And for him to be up for getting ordained in the state of New York and marrying me and Taylor in the way he did, in the very, you know, Sandman style and giving us more than we could have ever imagined in that moment, knowing that it was the biggest night of both of our lives. It was absolutely insane, man.”
Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, was also blown away by Sandler’s touching tribute to the couple.
“When you said Adam was going to be officiating the wedding, I initially was like, ‘Man, he’s going to be hilarious,’” Jason Kelce said. “But it wasn’t until right before the wedding that I realized, ‘Oh my God, he’s going to crush this.’ Because there’s − well, I mean, obviously, he’s an entertainer and he’s hilarious − but there’s a sweetness in everything Adam does, like all of his movies. And, like, there’s a degree of it that I think really resonates with officiating a wedding.”
Travis Kelce gets candid on no-phone wedding
Swift and Kelce’s A-list wedding may have stayed under wraps thanks in part to a technology ban at the ceremony.
Kelce shared that wedding guests were asked to leave their phones after arriving at the venue.
“It was so cool to see how everybody interacted, and with no phones comes people not having to be on guard,” Kelce said. “It makes everyone be in the moment and be present. And it was so cool seeing everyone from my childhood, not only mesh with Taylor and her childhood and her family and friends and people that she works with, to who we’ve come encounter with over our career and who we just admire as people and have become good friends with now.”
Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, said he also appreciated the eclectic mix of superstar guests and personal appearances from their loved ones.
“I saw Brad Pitt hugging Conan O’Brien. I see Paul McCartney, and then all of a sudden, I see … Mrs. Clark,” said Jason Kelce, referring to a woman who reportedly worked at the Kelces’ high school. “And I’m like, ‘What in the world?!'”