<p class="p1">This year&#8217;s most talked-about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Taylor_Swift_and_Travis_Kelce"><span class="s1">wedding</span></a> featured a bride who earns far more than her husband. Pop superstar Taylor Swift <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2025/12/30/the-highest-paid-musicians-of-2025/"><span class="s1">earned at least four times</span></a> as much as NFL star <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2025/09/07/the-nfls-highest-paid-players-2025/"><span class="s1">Travis Kelce</span></a> last year and her net worth is much higher than his. This reflects a broader social trend. Marriages in which the wife earns more than the husband have become increasingly common in the United States, rising from about <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/04/13/in-a-growing-share-of-u-s-marriages-husbands-and-wives-earn-about-the-same/"><span class="s1">5% of married couples in 1972</span></a> to roughly 16% today. The trend is likely to continue as young women outnumber men in universities and increasingly dominate many professional occupations.</p>
<p class="p3">For decades, sociologists and other scholars predicted that this economic shift would gradually erode the traditional male-breadwinner norm. As women became more economically successful, they argued, people generally would become more accepting of role reversals within the household, and the greater instability historically observed among female-breadwinner couples would disappear. According to this view, those higher separation rates were largely the product of social disapproval and conflict arising from violations of traditional gender norms.</p>
<p class="p1">That prediction received support from a widely discussed <a href="https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/2/4/218.abstract"><span class="s1">2016</span></a> study, which reported that although wives earning more than their husbands increased the risk of divorce among couples married in the 1960s and 1970s, this was no longer true for more recent marriage cohorts. The authors of that study argued that changing gender norms had weakened the influence of the traditional male breadwinner ideal. Other studies, however — including <a href="https://ifstudies.org/blog/husbands-with-much-higher-incomes-than-their-wives-have-a-lower-chance-of-divorce-"><span class="s1">research previously discussed on this page</span></a> — found that female-breadwinner couples continued to face a higher risk of divorce, even among recent marriage cohorts.</p>
<p class="p1">The issue has now been revisited by one of the authors of the 2016 study, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jomf.70081"><span class="s1">Pilar Gonalons-Pons, together with Allison Dunatchik</span></a>, using high-quality data on 544,911 married and cohabiting couples across 29 affluent countries between 2004 and 2020. Their findings strongly support the earlier findings: couples in which the woman is the primary breadwinner — defined as earning more than 60% of the couple&#8217;s total income — are more likely to separate in every country except Hungary and Cyprus (Figure 1).</p>
<p class="p1">The size of the effect varied across countries. In the Netherlands and Spain, female-breadwinner couples were about twice as likely to separate during the four-year study period as male-breadwinner couples. In Estonia and Bulgaria, there was little difference between couple types, while in Poland and Slovenia, the increase in risk for female-breadwinner couples was relatively small. The researchers also found that the relationship between female breadwinning and separation has diminished but not disappeared among younger cohorts.</p>
<p class="p4"><b>Figure 1. Proportion of couples separating by women&#8217;s relative earnings category </b><b></b></p>
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-1168321" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129-.jpg" alt="" width="1876" height="1338" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129-.jpg 1876w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129--300x214.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129--808x576.jpg 808w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129--768x548.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure1-129--1536x1096.jpg 1536w" sizes=" (max-width: 1876px) 100vw, 1876px" /></div>
<p class="p6"><i>Data sources: SIPP (US), GSOEP (DE), BHPS and UKHLS (UK), and EU-SILC (all other countries). Country legend: AT = Austria, BE = Belgium, BG = Bulgaria, CY = Cyprus, CZ = Czech Republic, DE = Germany, DK = Denmark, EE = Estonia, EL = Greece, ES = Spain, FI = Finland, FR = France, HU = Hungary, IE = Ireland, IS = Iceland, IT = Italy, LT = Lithuania, LU = Luxembourg, LV = Latvia, NL = Netherlands, NO = Norway, PL = Poland, PT = Portugal, RO = Romania, SE = Sweden, SI = Slovenia, SK = Slovakia, UK = United Kingdom, US = United States</i><i></i></p>
<p class="p1">Multivariate analyses controlling for factors known to affect relationship stability — including the education of both partners, marital versus cohabiting status, parenthood, and homeownership — produced similar results. Female-breadwinner couples were 36% more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples, all else equal. Equal-earner couples also faced a slightly higher risk, being about 6% more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples. As expected, higher education, having children, and homeownership were all associated with greater relationship stability, but none of these factors explained the higher separation rates among female-breadwinner couples. As other studies have found, cohabiting couples were more likely to separate than married couples, but the increase in separation risk associated with having a female breadwinner was similar for both married and cohabiting couples.</p>
<h3 class="p7">National Gender Norms or Other Factors?</h3>
<p class="p1">The authors also examined whether this relationship was influenced by differences in national gender norms. It was not. Female-breadwinner couples were more likely to separate regardless of the proportion of people in the country who: endorsed traditional beliefs such as &#8220;a man&#8217;s primary role is to be the breadwinner,&#8221; supported dual-earner marriages, believed that children suffer when mothers work, or agreed that employed mothers can develop relationships with their children that are as warm and secure as those of stay-at-home mothers (Figure 2).</p>
<p class="p4"><b>Figure 2. Average marginal effects of women&#8217;s relative earnings categories </b><b></b></p>
<div class="image"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-1168323" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116-.jpg" alt="" width="2054" height="1202" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116-.jpg 2054w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116--300x176.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116--984x576.jpg 984w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116--768x449.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116--1536x899.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/08/figure2-116--2048x1198.jpg 2048w" sizes=" (max-width: 2054px) 100vw, 2054px" /></div>
<p class="p3"><i>Data sources: SIPP (US), GSOEP (DE), BHPS and UKHLS (UK), and EU-SILC (all other countries). </i></p>
<p class="p3">Nor did the association vary systematically with broader measures of gender equality, such as the prevalence of female-breadwinning couples in the country, the country&#8217;s gender wage gap, or women&#8217;s educational advantage over men. The study likewise found little support for several other commonly proposed explanations. Female-breadwinner couples were not substantially less stable because women had greater financial independence, or because women increased their earnings in anticipation of divorce, or because husbands were unemployed, or because female breadwinning reflected financial hardship within the household.</p>
<p class="p1">So what factor did matter? The presence of children. Among couples with dependent children, female-breadwinner couples with children were 49% more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples, a much higher rate than the 23% higher risk of separation faced by female breadwinner-couples without children. The authors suggest that this pattern is consistent with work-family conflict contributing to relationship instability, although it does not fully explain the association between female breadwinning and the risk of couple instability. Even female-breadwinner couples without dependent children faced a higher risk of dissolution.</p>
<p class="p1">Overall, the study provides strong evidence that female-breadwinner couples remain more likely to separate than other couples across a wide range of developed countries. Contrary to a common expectation, this pattern cannot be explained by the prevalence of traditional gender norms or by several other leading sociological explanations. Although work-family conflict appears to play some role, much of the association remains unexplained. The authors conclude that existing theories are insufficient and call for further research into why female-breadwinner couples continue to experience higher rates of relationship dissolution.</p>
<h3 class="p7">Why These Findings Matter</h3>
<p class="p1">These findings are unexpected. With the dramatic changes in women’s educational attainment, labor-force participation, and earnings over the past half century, gender norms have changed in many developed societies. Yet despite these changes, the relationship between female breadwinning and couple instability has proven remarkably persistent. Evolutionary psychologists suggest that this is because <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-02623-005"><span class="s1">sex differences in mate preferences</span></a>, shaped over humanity&#8217;s long evolutionary history, continue to influence modern relationships. From this perspective, the association between female breadwinning and relationship instability reflects enduring psychological predispositions rather than simply social norms. Perhaps this is why there <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/travis-kelce-taylor-swift-net-worths-compared-engagement"><span class="s1">has been discussion</span></a> in the media about the fact that Taylor Swift is a billionaire and Travis Kelce a mere millionaire, even though at those stratospheric levels of wealth, it might appear irrelevant. Whether this explanation is correct remains a matter of debate, but these new findings suggest that the phenomenon of the greater instability of female-breadwinner couples is unlikely to disappear simply because societies become more gender egalitarian.</p>
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<p class="p1"><i>This is republished with permission from the </i><a href="https://ifstudies.org/"><span class="s2"><i>Institute for Family Studies</i></span></a><i>. The original can be found </i><a href="https://ifstudies.org/blog/female-breadwinner-couples-are-still-more-likely-to-split-up"><span class="s2"><i>here</i></span></a><i>.</i></p>
<p class="p1"><i>Rosemary L. Hopcroft is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of </i>Evolution and Gender: Why it matters for contemporary life (<i>Routledge 2016), editor of </i>The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, &amp; Society<i> (Oxford, 2018), and author (with Martin Fieder and Susanne Huber) of </i>Not So Weird After All: The Changing Relationship Between Status and Fertility<i> (Routledge, 2024).</i></p>


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Why More Money For Wives Can Mean Less Marriage

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In case you missed it, pop icon Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce “</span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding-just-married-message-appears-on-madison-square-garden-video-screen-266153029920"><span style="font-weight: 400;">JUST&amp;T</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” got married at Madison Square Garden. As we anxiously await further details, let’s take a New York minute to credit the woman who made this whole thing happen: her mom.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You said something to the effect of, like, ‘You’ve gotta start doing something different,’” </span><a href="https://youtu.be/nMbTZFAkG6U?t=74"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor says</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> her mom Andrea Swift suggested in her pre-bridal era. After at least </span><a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/taylor-swifts-high-profile-flames-2011163/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">15 high-profile breakups</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (and the hit songs to take the edge off), mom was right to suggest a pivot. And it seems she was right about Travis, too.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the “mom knows best” move of the century, it was Andrea who first picked up on a potential match when she discovered “this guy” Travis had gone to one of Taylor’s shows, later coming out as a Swiftie on his “New Heights” podcast in July 2023. Andrea knew nothing about the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, so she called up her cousin Robin who was a diehard fan.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I go, ‘Tell me about this guy named Travis Kelce,’” </span><a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-reveals-who-set-her-up-travis-kelce-11872998"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrea says</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “She goes, ‘Oh my God, he is the nicest guy! And he really loves his mom.’ And I went, ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding.’” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor had always been a hard pass on sports dudes because she wasn’t an athlete herself. But she soon found common ground with someone who could also hold the attention of a stadium crowd for hours at a time. Mom liked how the first move Travis made toward her daughter involved passing a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it backstage, a gesture Taylor could relate to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Then I became obsessed with him and therefore became obsessed with learning about football,” </span><a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-reveals-who-set-her-up-travis-kelce-11872998"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor remembered</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “Greatest surprise of my life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their first date was in </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/taylor-swift-travis-kelces-love-story-timeline/travis-friendship-bracelet-tktk/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">late 2023</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Nearly three years later, </span><a href="https://ew.com/taylor-swift-songs-lyrics-about-marriage-weddings-12009859"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s a love story, baby, just say ‘yes</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.’</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where would we be if mom hadn’t interrupted Taylor’s dysfunctional relationship cycle using everything she knows about her 30-something daughter? Probably just living the single-ish life at the pop star’s Rhode Island estate with her </span><a href="https://people.com/taylor-swift-fourth-of-july-party-epic-photos-11988563"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#squad</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the summer. </span><a href="https://youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk?t=48"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s me, Hi, I’m the problem, it’s me</span></i></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for the millionth year in a row.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe timing is everything, but I’d like to make the case for mom-influenced matchmaking. Yes, I personally know a bunch of happily married couples who laugh about meeting on Tinder. But the original algorithm — your mom — might be the most reliable gauge of character and compatibility we have. It appears that having spot-on maternal instinct and eyes on the back of your head could save modern society.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We used to engage in this style of conscious coupling back in </span><a href="https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Holiday07/court.cfm"><span style="font-weight: 400;">colonial America</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when relationships weren’t about feelings and love. Instead, marriages were set up by families for the purpose of survival, whether it be for financial or lineage-based reasons. To be honest, eliminating “U up?” texts and unsolicited NSFW pics from dating sounds nice. Just give me a few sturdy logs, a couple sheep, and a sixpence and call me wifey. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most fascinating elements to contractual marriage is how these relationships can blossom into the </span><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-science-of-love/201208/arranged-vs-love-based-marriages-in-the-us-how-different-are-they"><span style="font-weight: 400;">love of someone’s life</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, even in the mid-2020s. Converting total strangers to lovers, outsourced pairings can produce deep dedication, genuine contentment, and happiness. With all that community support, families pool resources to get out of poverty and preserve cultural traditions. The biggest perk is that it’s all </span><a href="https://worldmetrics.org/arranged-marriage-statistics/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">less likely to end in divorce</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Isn’t this what we’ve been looking for?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the fact that arranged marriage feels situationship-y for modern times, somewhere along the line, we left mom out of the equation and decided we’re better off infinitely swiping left and complaining to ChatGPT that all the good ones are taken. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let that sink in. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guys, I’m a woman, I do what I want, and I’ve seen enough rom-coms to know I deserve to be shot in the heart with true love and fall head over heels for an LA 10 who just sold his billion-dollar tech company, has shredded abs and charming wit, rescues dogs, loves his family, can fix anything, plays “Jolene” on guitar, and has a heart of gold. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If my parents had set me up, I might be living down the street, married to “Steve” from that thing (names and careers have been changed to protect the innocent). But maybe then I wouldn’t have spent all those years trying to love future ex-boyfriends into loving me back (a story for another time, over drinks). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The thought of having no say in choosing my forever person reminds me of “</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxO1zuoQtyA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Married At First Sight.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” On the reality show, sex therapists and psychologists rigorously match couples with partners they’ll meet for the first time at the altar. Terrifying. But </span><a href="https://www.mylifetime.com/shows/married-at-first-sight/pages/which-married-at-first-sight-couples-are-still-together"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from season one in 2014 are still happily hitched. And that’s after Jamie </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">cried </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at first sight because she was so unattracted to Doug. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As “Millionaire Matchmaker” host Patti Stanger told generations of failed daters, our “</span><a href="https://1982.substack.com/p/how-the-broken-picker-hurt-single"><span style="font-weight: 400;">picker</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” is broken. If you go for unavailable bad boys or overscheduled Pilates Barbies, this may be true for you. So maybe it’s time to let mom do the choosing. Even if it all works out, you’re not obliged to tell her she was right. (She already knows she is.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The average celebrity marriage lasts just over </span><a href="https://www.divorcesolicitors.com/celebrity-marriages-last-just-7-4-years-on-average/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">seven years</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, compared to a normie couple’s typical three decades of wedded bliss. Famous </span><a href="https://marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/celebrity-divorce-first-and-second-marriages/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">musicians are most likely to call it quits</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with professional athletes faring a little better. Only time will tell if Travis and Taylor are in it for the long haul, but for the moment, the future looks glamorous (as long as no one trips over that reported </span><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/nfl/news/taylor-swift-forces-travis-to-sign-a-40-page-prenuptial-agreement-viral-prenup-claim-involving-a-20-million-infidelity-clause-sets-social-media-ablaze/articleshow/132208164.cms"><span style="font-weight: 400;">$20 million infidelity clause</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Still reeling from the festivities, Travis’ mom </span><a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1433566/taylor-swift-travis-kelces-wedding-donna-kelce-speaks-out"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Donna Kelce</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> called the wedding “magical, man, magical.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I write songs about love constantly, so I love the idea of it,” </span><a href="https://youtu.be/nMbTZFAkG6U?t=105"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> said of a real-life commitment. “We’ll see how I end up doing with the actual thing.” Whatever happens, we already preordered the album about it.</span></p>
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<p>Conservative NFL kicker Harrison Butker was reportedly the only Kansas City Chiefs teammate denied an invitation to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift&#8217;s massive New York City wedding.</p>
<p>Despite being teammates with Kelce since 2017, Butker did not make the guest list of approximately 1,000 people, an NFL source told the Daily Mail. It&#8217;s believed that every other player on the team received an invite, the report noted.</p>
<p>Butker made journalists&#8217; heads spin two years ago when he praised stay-at-home mothers during a commencement speech at Kansas City&#8217;s Benedictine College, a Catholic school.</p>
<p>&#8220;How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career?&#8221; Butker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chiefs-star-chris-jones-defends-harrison-butker-amid-backlash-and-hes-not-alone">said</a> during the commencement speech. &#8220;Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world. But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”</p>
<p>“It cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker,” he added.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s unclear, however, if Butker&#8217;s remarks had anything to do with the apparent wedding invitation snub. Following the controversy, Kelce actually spoke highly of his kicker, though he said he disagrees with Butker&#8217;s views.</p>
<p>&#8220;I cherish him as a teammate,&#8221; Kelce said. &#8220;He&#8217;s treated friends and family that I&#8217;ve introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When it comes down to his views &#8230; those are his,&#8221; the three-time Super Bowl champ added. &#8220;I can&#8217;t say I agree with the majority of it, or just about any of it, outside of just him loving his family and his kids.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kelce and Swift tied the knot on Friday at Madison Square Garden. As noted by The Daily Wire, comedian Adam Sandler served as the officiant at the wedding. Kelce bonded with Sandler while filming “Happy Gilmore 2.”</p>
<p>“The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture,” Swift’s team said in a statement. “Their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-renewal-starts-at-the-altar?author=Lois+McLatchie+Miller&amp;category=Upstream&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=8&amp;rowHeadline=New+on+Upstream&amp;rowType=Article+Carousel&amp;title=American+Renewal+Starts+At+The+Altar">American Renewal Starts At The Altar</a></strong></p>


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Conservative Chiefs Kicker Reportedly Snubbed From Travis And Taylor’s Wedding

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<p>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wed Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, putting to bed weeks of rumors with star-studded nuptials in the heart of New York City.</p>
<p>The singer and Kansas City Chiefs star tied the knot in front of 1,000 guests, according to People Magazine. The &#8220;Blank Space&#8221; singer and three-time Super Bowl champion were married by comedian Adam Sandler, with whom Kelce bonded while filming the former&#8217;s movie &#8220;Happy Gilmore 2.&#8221; Following the ceremony, the jumbotrons outside the venue displayed the message: &#8220;JUST&amp;T MARRIED!&#8221;</p>
<p>For weeks leading up to the ceremony, rumors swirled about the lavish affair, pictures of which have yet to be released. Swift&#8217;s team <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/save-the-date-rumors-swirl-around-taylor-swifts-highly-anticipated-wedding">filed permits</a> to close the streets around the arena in the days prior to the ceremony, during which time photos showed truckloads of food and decorations being unloaded into the iconic arena.</p>
<p>&#8220;The bride and groom’s wedding ceremony looks have been created by Christian Dior Haute Couture,&#8221; Swift&#8217;s team said in a statement. &#8220;Their shoes were custom made by Christian Louboutin and the bride wore Cartier jewelry.&#8221;</p>
<p>The statement also confirmed that &#8220;Taylor &amp; Travis did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen.&#8221; Swift&#8217;s brother, Austin, served as the singer&#8217;s &#8220;Man of Honor,&#8221; while Jason Kelce — formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles — served as his brother&#8217;s best man.</p>
<p>Swift and Kelce announced their engagement last summer via a joint Instagram post captioned “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The pair met after Kelce attended Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Kansas City in 2023 and tried to give her a personalized friendship bracelet — the singer&#8217;s hallmark — with his phone number, but wasn’t able to reach her. Kelce later recalled the story on a podcast, which led to the celebrities getting together.</p>
<p>Madison Square Garden was transformed for Friday&#8217;s ceremony, with sources close to the situation telling People they had &#8220;never seen&#8221; the venue &#8220;look so different.&#8221; The wedding decor reportedly included a castle, and Swift was reported to have performed at the ceremony. Swift and Kelce reportedly donated $26 million to charity to mark the occasion of their nuptials. Recipients included Feeding America, the ASPCA, and Dolly Parton&#8217;s Imagination Library.</p>
<p>Swift and Kelce hosted a welcome reception at the Garden on Thursday night for A-list guests, most of whom returned for the main event on Friday. Celebrities spotted entering the Garden or reported to attend included actors Bradley Cooper, Dakota Johnson, and Lena Dunham; late-night host Jimmy Fallon; model Karlie Kloss and her husband, Josh Kushner; and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger.</p>
<p>The crowd also included a host of country music stars, including Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, The Chicks, and Brad Paisley.</p>
<p>Notably absent from the ceremony were &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; star Blake Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds. It&#8217;s unclear what caused a rift between Lively and Swift, longtime close friends, though it seems downstream of Lively&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywoods-biggest-legal-feud-collapses-after-millions-wasted-on-lawyers?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Hollywood%E2%80%99s+Biggest+Legal+Feud+Collapses+After+%E2%80%98Millions%E2%80%99+Wasted+On+Lawyers">contentious legal battle</a> with &#8220;It Ends With Us&#8221; co-star and director Justin Baldoni.</p>
<p>&#8220;It wasn’t one big thing, it was everything adding up,&#8221; a source close to Swift <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/07/03/entertainment/blake-lively-and-ryan-reynolds-shut-out-of-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-msg-wedding/">told Page Six</a> about the rift. &#8220;By the time Taylor was making decisions about the wedding and who she wanted there, she realized she just didn’t want that kind of energy around something so important and it really was a turning point for her.”</p>


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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Tie The Knot In Star-Studded NYC Ceremony

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It appears more likely by the day that pop singer Taylor Swift’s upcoming wedding to her NFL star beau, Travis Kelce, will take place this weekend at Madison Square Garden in New York City.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just as many followers are convinced that the rumors are nothing more than an elaborate distraction, however, as they can’t imagine someone like Swift choosing such a commercial space in the middle of a major city to tie the knot.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sources </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/01/business/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-wedding-madison-square-garden-cost"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> CNN earlier this week that MSG is set to host two events related to Swift’s wedding this week, including a rehearsal on Thursday and a big party for 1,000 people on Friday. There have also been reports that Swift’s camp filed a permit to close the streets in the immediate vicinity, which inspired backlash due to the timing. Some people argue it would be selfish of Swift to be hosting the event at MSG at the same time as America’s 250th birthday celebration. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The permits were allegedly filed to close portions of West 31 St. and West 33 St. for the two days of events, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ABC News </span><a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/2-day-taylor-swifttravis-kelce-wedding-planned-madison-square-garden-nyc-1000-guests-expected-abc-sources-say/19422243/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Those streets will reportedly be closed to both vehicles and pedestrians.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans are saying Swift chose Madison Square Garden over a more traditional venue because it was more protected from prying eyes. There have been rumors ever since the couple announced their engagement in August 2025, with the most likely option being a coastal wedding in Rhode Island. But that would add challenges about securing a perimeter, a feat which is possible at a venue like MSG.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A June 18 report from TMZ </span><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/18/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-scrapped-rhode-island-wedding-party/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Swift and Kelce &#8220;bailed&#8221; on their Rhode Island ceremony &#8220;after word got out about the venue.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressed rumors of the upcoming nuptials at a June 30 press conference. &#8220;My recommendation to all New Yorkers is to stay inside and stay cool,&#8221; Mamdani </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/06/30/taylor-swift-wedding-msg-zohran-mamdani-heat/90758958007/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> when asked about the rumored wedding and street closures. &#8220;And if you happen to be getting married at Madison Square Garden, you will be staying inside and you will be staying cool.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neither Swift nor Kelce has confirmed their wedding date or venue, but there are signs of activity outside Madison Square Garden, including trucks arriving with deliveries that could point to a private event.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The famous couple announced their engagement last summer via a joint Instagram post, which included the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They met following a missed connection. Kelce attended Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Kansas City in 2023 and tried to give her a personalized friendship bracelet with his phone number, but he wasn&#8217;t able to reach her. He later told the story on “New Heights,” which led to the pair meeting and a romance developing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neither Swift nor Kelce has been married before. Previously, the pop star dated Joe Alwyn for six years, but kept their relationship mostly private.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift is officially off the market, and it’s no coincidence that America’s most beloved pop star didn’t say yes to another brooding actor, a melodramatic musician, or even some tortured poet. She ended up engaged to 6-foot-5, 250-pound Travis Kelce, a Super Bowl champ with a well-groomed mustache and a macho swagger. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In other words, after years of dating men typically referred to as artsy “soy boys,” Swift said yes to the quintessential jock.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift may be an unapologetic lib, and Kelce may have shilled for Pfizer during the COVID pandemic, but this celebrity pairing actually bodes well for conservatives. Someone with her massive cultural influence over women is bound to start trends, and thanks to this latest development, old-school proposals and traditional marriage might be officially back in style. It’s only a matter of time before wedding-themed earworms start taking over the airwaves. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photos of the staged proposal were straight out of Swift&#8217;s wildest dreams. Kelce got down on one knee in a sun-dappled garden. The pop star is wearing a sundress and a soft smile. Swift posted a photo of the ring alongside the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this particular Hollywood love story, there was no girl bossing, no modern twists, no glorification of living in sin forever. This viral moment had everyone swooning because it was – gasp! – traditional. That makes it a cultural win for conservatives, even if the main characters are leftists through and through.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And there’s something very significant about the man Swift chose to spend forever with. This wasn’t a petulant man-child or anti-hero with a guitar and endless pathos. This is a bruising, six-foot-five athlete who knows how to win and isn’t afraid to go after what he wants.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce took the lead from the very outset of their relationship. In 2023, during Swift’s Kansas City tour stop, he confessed on his “New Heights” podcast that he tried to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it. When she didn’t get it, he joked about being “butt-hurt.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift later said she thought his attempt was “metal as hell.” The nation’s biggest pop star admitted that confidence and directness are attractive. In an age when men are told to be sensitive, to cry, to ask permission before winking at a woman or sending a DM, Kelce came in strong with a solid attempt without any creepy overture. That’s the difference between being a man who leads and a boy who cries about not getting his way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In so many ways, this isn’t just another celebrity love story. It’s a reminder of something our culture has tried to forget: women are biologically wired to be drawn to strength, confidence, and dominance. For centuries, and across cultures, overtly masculine traits like physical strength and the ability to protect and provide have been considered signs of a good partnership for women. These days, it&#8217;s written off as dated, old-fashioned, or, worse, &#8220;toxic.&#8221; But Swift’s decision to commit to Kelce speaks to the truth of women’s attraction to certain types of men on a deeper level.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women are naturally drawn to a strong jawline, a muscular build, and height as cues of sound genetic fitness. This hasn’t changed for much of human history, despite so many current attempts to downplay it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s easy to see the difference when comparing her romance with Kelce to Swift’s ex-lovers. The “Shake It Off” singer has famously dated a lineup of artsy men, including indie actors and sensitive musicians who made more appearances in her lyrics than they did in the spotlight. This may have been a boon for fans craving the next great breakup song, but it wasn’t ideal for Swift herself. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joe Jonas. Jake Gyllenhaal. Lucas Till. John Mayer. Harry Styles. Joe Alwyn. Swift’s list of exes sounds like a who’s who list in the tortured soul competition she knows all too well. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce also doesn&#8217;t appear threatened by Swift’s fame or popularity. As a professional athlete, he&#8217;s accustomed to playing for tens of thousands of fans on any given Sunday. And even if Swift is on a different level in terms of fame and notoriety, so far, he hasn’t appeared fazed by the newfound attention. The NFL star seems smitten, just like the rest of her fans. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Underneath all the glitz and glamour, this story is simple. Taylor Swift, the most successful female artist of her generation, chose strength. She chose a man who could protect, provide, and lead. She chose someone who isn’t afraid of pressure. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s not an accident. It’s not a coincidence. It’s biology at work. Real men, whether they’re referred to as jocks, providers, or alphas, are usually winners because they&#8217;re wired for it. Feminists can whine about &#8220;toxic masculinity,&#8221; but human nature is what it is. Women like Swift, at their core, seek strength that complements their own. As she sings in &#8220;So High School,&#8221; a song inspired by Kelce, &#8220;You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s poetic. After so many artsy flings with overly sensitive men, she&#8217;s going home with the jock. Ladies, take note: nature always wins.</span></p>


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No More Tortured Poets: Taylor Swift Picked The Quintessential Jock

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our household, we lean more Carrie Underwood than Taylor Swift. It’s nothing personal — though, I’ll admit, it sometimes feels personal when celebrities use their platforms not only to sing but also to lecture half the country. Taylor Swift has been explicit in her support of President Biden and left-leaning causes. Travis Kelce, for his part, was the face of a national campaign telling Americans to roll up their sleeves and get the COVID shot. So, let’s be clear from the outset: their politics aren’t mine, and their cultural influence often points in the opposite direction of what I want for my family and this country.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And yet, here we are — celebrating their engagement. And celebrating is exactly the right word.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because while my ideological Venn diagram doesn’t perfectly overlap with “Swiftie Nation” or its new hubby, there is one place where the circles meet in the middle: the enduring institution of marriage. Two people at the absolute height of their careers, perhaps the most famous singer and the greatest tight end to ever wear an NFL uniform, have chosen to stop, look each other in the eye, and say: “This is the person I want to commit my life to.” That is worth applauding.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift commands more than 280 million followers on Instagram alone. Kelce has over seven million. Combine their reach, and you have a cultural juggernaut — bigger than most cable networks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young people study their lives like Scripture. So, when two such figures choose marriage — not another “situationship,” not cohabitation without vows, not endless serial dating, but marriage — they are broadcasting a message stronger than any new single or touchdown dance: love is worth binding. Commitment is worth celebrating.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That matters in a culture where marriage is often delayed, derided, or dismissed altogether. Divorce rates may be down, but so too are marriage rates, with many young people opting out of family life altogether. Celebrities, more often than not, model instability rather than stability. Swift and Kelce choosing marriage provides an image of permanence at a time when our culture too often glorifies impermanence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make no mistake: this isn’t an argument that either of them has suddenly found their inner Ronald Reagan. I’m not suggesting Taylor Swift is about to record a country ballad praising the Second Amendment or that Travis Kelce will do the Trump dance after his next touchdown. Their politics are what they are. But we conservatives don’t need to agree with someone on everything to recognize when they’ve taken a step toward timeless truth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is older than the United States. It predates kings, constitutions, and pop charts. It is the bedrock of civilization. Even when cultural elites mock or minimize it, they cannot erase the reality: when a man and woman bind themselves together in marriage, they are creating the most time-tested foundation for family and community that the world has ever known.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s why this engagement — between two people we wouldn’t consider political allies — is so instructive. It reminds us that truth has a stubborn way of showing up in places we least expect it. It reminds us that marriage is attractive even to those who don’t share our worldview. And it reminds us that conservatives should not be shy in celebrating when culture, however briefly, affirms what we’ve known all along.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift has sung about breakups for nearly two decades. Now she’s signaling something far more meaningful than another heartbreak anthem. Travis Kelce has been praised for toughness on the field; now he’s showing a different kind of courage off of it — the courage to commit. For young people watching — and let’s be honest, tens of millions of them are — this story has the potential to shift the narrative. Instead of “just keep swiping,” the message becomes: “choose one, and choose forever.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a deeper point here for conservatives. Too often, we — myself included — reduce culture to a scoreboard of “us versus them.” Who endorsed Biden? Who took a knee? Who did the Bud Light ad? That matters, yes. Ideas have consequences, and politics shapes the future. But not everything has to be reduced to the partisan trenches. Sometimes, culture reminds us that God’s design still resonates even when people don’t recognize it as His design.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is one of those reminders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So no, I don’t expect Taylor Swift to headline CPAC anytime soon. And no, I don’t expect Travis Kelce to start quoting C.S. Lewis in the locker room. But I do expect that their engagement will make some young people pause and reconsider the script they’ve been fed — that career comes first, that love is temporary, that vows are outdated. Seeing the most famous woman on the planet say yes to marriage — and seeing one of the NFL’s biggest stars embrace that same choice — undercuts the lie that commitment is uncool.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We don’t have to be Swifties to be happy for them. We don’t have to endorse their politics to endorse their vows. In fact, it is precisely because we disagree with them on so much that celebrating this moment becomes even more powerful. It shows that conservatives can recognize and affirm the good, even in those who don’t see the world as we do.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And maybe — just maybe — Swift and Kelce will discover that the overlap between their world and ours is bigger than they think.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For now, let’s give them this: congratulations. Marriage is still worth singing about.</span></p>
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<p><i>Gates Garcia is the host of the YouTube show and podcast “We The People.” Follow him on Instagram and X @GatesGarciaFL.</i></p>
<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</i></p>


2025 Stanley Cup Final – Game Four

Love Wins: Even When We Don’t Vote The Same

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s rare </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">that </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">we have news so big, so incredibly important, that it trumps not only all the other news of the day, but all the other news of the year, the decade, the century, nay, perhaps the millennium.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes, it&#8217;s finally happened. The most important event of our lifetime: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I know. I, too, am flabbergasted. Shocked. I am also ecstatic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yesterday was a magical day in the history of the United States and perhaps all of Western civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen, I will admit when I&#8217;m wrong. Two years ago, when these two lovebirds began their relationship, I thought this was just another one of Taylor Swift’s relationships that would end with a breakup album in which she sang like a 17-year-old about how sad she was that she&#8217;d been rejected, but don&#8217;t worry, she don&#8217;t need no man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But she does need a man — and that man is Travis Kelce.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have to say, unironically, I think it&#8217;s great. I hope they have a wonderful marriage. I hope they have lots of kids. I hope she sings lots of songs about being married and having kids, and all those songs are better than her normal songs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That&#8217;s what I hope for her, because I think that would be a very good thing for the West, for America, for young women particularly — who have been taught for generations that a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, and that romance is somehow a giveaway to patriarchal institutions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A core component of human happiness has always been finding a member of the opposite sex, marrying them, having babies with said member of the opposite sex, and enjoying a long-lasting relationship built on love and mutual commitment. That is a very good thing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engaged-1236135520/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “The couple shared the big news on Instagram with a carousel of photos and the caption, ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.’”</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forget the whole idea that Taylor Swift would be a great English teacher; the pictures are quite charming and quite normal, and I&#8217;m here for it. The normie revolution is happening.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sure, she&#8217;s a billionaire, and he is a multimillionaire athlete, and that is a very, very large ring. That is some serious jewelry. They can afford it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But you know what? Good for them. It&#8217;s charming and it is good.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope that many other people take advantage of the situation to get married and follow in their footsteps, and then have long-lasting, decades-long marriages filled with children and grandchildren.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is culturally significant because over the course of the last few decades, there has been a rebellion against normality, against the very idea that men and women ought to get married to one another.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead, the idea that was purveyed was that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">any </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">decisions that men and women made with regard to relationships were equally praiseworthy, and equally useful, and equally likely to lead to happiness.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s not true. Tacitly, the reason people are celebrating this marriage is that </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">singledom is not ideal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It is not, in fact, a wonderful, happy existence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That doesn&#8217;t mean you have to be miserable if you&#8217;re single. What it does mean is that aspiring to be married, to be part of a happy marriage, is a wonderful thing. It&#8217;s an aspiration that is natural to the human heart.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And that is why people are happy for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. The idea that a traditional romance between the high school cheerleader and the high school quarterback is a platonic ideal in America is because that is the basis of the forwarding of civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marriage is the fundamental, bedrock institution of all successful civilizations. That&#8217;s good.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is tacitly a cultural rejection of the idea that the actual ideal is non-marriage, that the actual ideal is prancing around like Madonna in your 70s, being a faded pop star, and trying to convince everyone that you are super-duper happy waking up drunk in the mornings by yourself in a five-star hotel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These images of Swift and Kelce are great. They&#8217;re wonderful. They&#8217;re good for the world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Perhaps we’ll get a Taylor Swift baby boom. That would be an excellent development for Western Civilization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What&#8217;s going to be fascinating is to see what comes next for Taylor Swift, aesthetically and musically. We made fun of her album cover a couple of weeks ago on the program, a very kind of over-sexualized album cover, and pointed out that she&#8217;s been getting more and more sexual on her album covers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It&#8217;s going to be hard to do that when you&#8217;re married and you presumably go on to have kids; it won’t have quite the same sort of resonance.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So what&#8217;s going to happen to Taylor Swift?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift is amazing at marketing herself. But pop music is a teenager’s medium. It is a medium made for teenage girls and people who have a prolonged adolescence in their mid-twenties.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop music is based on certain tropes; being brokenhearted about your latest breakup, being messed up about your latest breakup, or something else about your latest breakup. All pop music is basically rooted in sexual lust in terms of its lyrics and or emotional problems. That&#8217;s what pop music is about, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">which is why people age out of it.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The minute that women stop being sexually alluring, it&#8217;s very difficult for them to be successful in the pop world.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women age out of that in the pop world pretty quickly. Katy Perry, who is five years older than Swift, is the butt of enormous mockery online for her latest tour. She&#8217;s considered to be too old for the game.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I would not be shocked if Taylor Swift&#8217;s next album moves back toward country music. It&#8217;ll be fascinating to watch.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But again, my great hope here is that an entire generation of young people — particularly young women who have been told by the feminist movement and by pop stars like Taylor Swift that relationships are bound to fail and thus they should act with teenage angst — start to mature, along with Taylor Swift.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That would be amazing.</span></p>


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Bombshell: Taylor Swift Engaged

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop star Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce have announced their engagement after two years of dating.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift, 35, confirmed the news via a joint Instagram post, which included the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” She had comments turned off, but within 15 minutes, the post had racked up two million likes from Swift’s 280 million followers on the platform.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The photo carousel includes photos of Kelce down on one knee in front of Swift, plus a close-up of her engagement ring. There are more images of the couple posing together in a flower-filled garden.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans have been speculating for months whether an engagement was imminent. Recently, the “Shake It Off” singer made a rare appearance on the “New Heights” sports podcast, which is hosted by Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce. Travis is currently the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jason retired in 2024 after playing center for 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-pokes-fun-at-male-sports-fans-sick-of-seeing-her?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Taylor+Swift+Pokes+Fun+At+%E2%80%98Male+Sports+Fans%E2%80%99+Sick+Of+Seeing+Her"><span style="font-weight: 400;">appearance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Swift poked fun at herself and the backlash she’s gotten from sports fans sick of seeing her featured during football games.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. And I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me,” Swift said during the episode.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Entertainment outlets such as Page Six have been reporting for weeks that the pair was about to get engaged as insiders confirmed Kelce was ring shopping and had asked Swift’s father for permission to propose.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The couple met following a missed connection. Kelce attended Swift&#8217;s Eras Tour concert in Kansas City in 2023 and tried to give her a personalized friendship bracelet with his phone number, but security denied him access. He later told the story on “New Heights,” which led to the pair meeting and a romance developing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Neither Swift nor Kelce have been married before. Previously, the pop star dated Joe Alwyn for six years, but kept their relationship mostly private.</span></p>


Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Announce Engagement After Two Years Of Dating

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<p>Taylor Swift poked fun at her image among NFL fans in a sneak peek from her appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce&#8217;s podcast, set to premiere Wednesday night.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 35-year-old pop star </span><a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-new-heights-podcast-upset-male-sports-fans-1236042683/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">made a joke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about being a guest on the “New Heights” sports podcast, which is hosted by Travis and his brother, Jason Kelce. Travis is currently the tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jason retired in 2024 after playing center for 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. And I think we all know that if there&#8217;s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it&#8217;s more of me,&#8221; Swift said with a laugh on the episode teaser ahead of the upcoming episode.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Shake It Off” singer was referring to NFL fans who got annoyed by Swift constantly being shown on camera during Chiefs games last season. But some league officials insisted her attendance helped bring the sport to a new audience, boosting viewership numbers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The league said in a </span><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38568388/nfl-defends-focus-swift-kelce-pop-cultural-moment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in October 2023 that they had “seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport&#8221; with Swift around and said “the vast majority” of the broadcast remained “focused on the game, our players, and [a] variety of other initiatives.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That same month, Travis agreed that the focus on Swift was overdone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I think it’s fun when they show who was at the game. I think it brings a little bit more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you’re watching. But at the same time I think…,” Travis </span><a href="https://people.com/travis-kelce-says-nfl-overdoing-it-focus-on-him-and-taylor-swift-8347224"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They&#8217;re overdoing it,&#8221; Jason suggested, prompting Travis to agree.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They’re overdoing it a little bit for sure, especially my situation. [But] I think they’re just trying to have fun with it,” the Chiefs player said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swift’s full interview with Travis and Jason premieres at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday. It’s expected to draw an above-average number of listeners after the pop star just announced her upcoming studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Tuesday.</span></p>


Taylor Swift Pokes Fun At ‘Male Sports Fans’ Sick Of Seeing Her

Taylor Swift Pokes Fun At 'Male Sports Fans' Sick Of Seeing Her

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam Sandler got everyone’s attention when he dropped the official trailer for “Happy Gilmore 2” nearly 30 years since the original movie hit the big screen.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a viral post on Tuesday on </span><a href="https://x.com/AdamSandler/status/1901966979264852389"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the 58-year-old actor wrote, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hope you all have fun and thanks for all the great times.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His post included a one-minute-plus clip giving fans a sneak peak at what they could expect when the sequel hits Netflix July 25, when he reprises the role of the unlikely golfer Happy Gilmore.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the trailer, we see his character clearly hesitant about facing off against a handful of PGA greats, saying he “hasn’t swung a club in years.” However, he finally decides to find a “new happy place” and head back to the golf course. And, as expected, all kinds of chaos is about to happen.</span></p>
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<p>— Adam Sandler (@AdamSandler) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSandler/status/1901966979264852389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans have been waiting a long time for a sequel to Sandler’s hilarious 1996 golf comedy, in which he played a hockey player turned golfer to save his grandmother’s home.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several original movie stars are returning for the sequel, including Christopher McDonald as rival golfer Shooter McGavin, and Julie Bowen, who plays Gilmore’s love interest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news comes after Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce dropped a teaser trailer in December in which he made a brief appearance in Sandler’s highly-anticipated “Happy Gilmore 2.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the clip Kelce posted to </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEP410wIt46/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the Chiefs star told Sandler’s character in the trailer, “It’s great to see you back, Mr. Gilmore!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He captioned the post, “It’s great to see you back in 2025, Mr. Gilmore! Wishing everyone a HAPPY New Year with HAPPY GILMORE 2, coming to</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> @netflix</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the new year.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce’s involvement in the film comes after the Chiefs tight end made it clear on a past episode of his &#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast that he was a &#8220;Happy Gilmore&#8221; fan, and if there were a sequel in the works, he </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae1J82fM23Q"><span style="font-weight: 400;">would love to be part of it</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sandler later appeared on the Kelce brothers’ podcast and hinted at the role the Chiefs star player would have in the movie.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Travis, we’re gonna have fun because the scene you’re doing is with so many great golfers it’s going to be amazing. You’re going to be funny as hell,” the famed actor said, </span><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/adam-sandler-travis-kelce-talk-athletes-happy-gilmore/story?id=113221086"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ABC News</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-appears-in-trailer-for-adam-sandlers-happy-gilmore-sequel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Appears In Trailer for Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel</a></strong></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce appears to have made a decision about whether or not he’s retiring from the NFL, telling podcast host Pat McAfee he’s returning for another season.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During “</span><a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1895175295520645395"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Pat McAfee Show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” on Thursday, the host said he had been hearing reports about Kelce possibly sticking around for a 13th season and decided to message his sources, which turned out to be the Super Bowl-winning tight end himself.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McAfee said his text from sources read, “I’m coming back for sure. Gonna try and get to the best shape I’ve been this offseason.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I reached out to source(s) on the future of <a href="https://twitter.com/tkelce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tkelce</a>..</p>
<p>Source(s) said I&#8217;M COMING BACK FOR SURE..</p>
<p>I&#8217;m gonna get in the best shape of my life this offseason..</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and I can&#8217;t go out like that!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/HqfpdqEjqa">pic.twitter.com/HqfpdqEjqa</a></p>
<p>— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1895175295520645395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And get back to the mountaintop,” the host added. “Got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and how I got the guys ready for battle. I can’t go out like that!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The host noted that the text ended in multiple exclamation points making it clear Kelce is coming back to play another year with Chiefs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Talk of retirement really took off following the Chiefs&#8217; failure to secure a three-peat Super Bowl victory against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following the Super Bowl loss, Chiefs star QB Patrick Mahomes seemed to be unsure if Kelce would be back.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mahomes said he would “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">let Travis make that decision on his own. He&#8217;s given so much to this team and to the NFL. And he&#8217;s been such a joy, not only for me to work with, but for people to watch.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the NFL Combines this week, Kansas City Chiefs GM </span><a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1894560760207941762"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brett Veach</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> talked about Kelce’s future.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We anticipate Travis being back,” Veach said. “We’re excited to have Travis back and that’s how we’re operating this offseason.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He [Kelce] was battling with a pretty big illness there before the Super Bowl,” he added. “I think Travis is excited to come back. He makes us better when he’s in our locker room and on the field and excited to get him back.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kelce goes into the 2025 season at 35-years-old. His </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">stats for his career prove he will definitely be in the football Hall of Fame one day, leading the pack of tight ends with a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">recorded 1,004 receptions for 12,151 yards with 77 touchdowns over 12 seasons </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">playing in </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">175 career regular-season games, </span><a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/travis-kelce-will-return-to-chiefs-in-2025"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NBCSports</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chiefs tight end&#8217;s postseason record is just as impressive with 20 touchdowns in 25 games and 178 career receptions for 2,078 yards.</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tough-reality-travis-kelce-reflects-on-nfl-future-following-devastating-super-bowl-loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Tough Reality’: Travis Kelce Reflects On NFL Future Following Devastating Super Bowl Loss</a></strong></p>


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