Travis Kelce Worried Fans Will Blame Taylor Swift if Chiefs Lose

Travis Kelce expects criticism to "rain down" on him if the Kansas City Chiefs fail to make it to the Super Bowl.

The 35-year-old NFL star acknowledged that he's become an even bigger focus for attention since he began dating Taylor Swift in 2023.

Kelce, who is now one of the most well-known sports stars in the world, said on his New Heights podcast: "I just got to keep winning.

"If we lose a game, it’s going to f--ing rain down, baby," he said, stating that he is focused on playing the game and leading the Chiefs to Super Bowl victory again.

"We gotta keep winning, staying on top," he stated.

Kelce previously admitted that he used to "lose [his] cool a lot of the time" when he under-performed on the field.

He also explained how his on-field mentality has evolved over the years.

"I stopped caring about stats about four or five years ago. I just went out there and started to play free and play for my guys. Sure enough, I think that’s the better mentality. You think about it more play by play and what your job is on that specific play," the athlete explained.

Kelce made a relatively modest start to the NFL season - but he's now much more philosophical about his own performances.

"For whatever reason, these past two games it hasn’t gone that way for me. That’s football, man. I’m not about to sit here and get frustrated about it. I used to get really, really pi--ed off and almost lose my cool a lot of the time from not having that success knowing I demand that out of myself," he recalled.

"I just like to play the game to such a high level of accountability that it’s tough for me to deal with me being mediocre or having stats that represent that," the Celebrity Jeopardy! host added.