Taylor Swift has sparked rumors she’s engaged to boyfriend Travis Kelce after fans noticed a bizarre detail in photos from what appeared to be her recent 35th birthday bash. It all kicked off on Wednesday after Swift’s pal Brittany Mahomes — wife of NFL superstar and Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs teammate, Patrick Mahomes — shared never-before-seen snaps from the Eras Tour-themed soiree that took place last week.
Several photos showed Swift sipping on a cocktail while posing up with Mahomes, their fellow Chiefs WAG Lyndsay Bell and Swift’s close pal Ashley Avignone.
After closely examining the party shots, one Swiftie, who goes by @lizpwoods on Instagram, pointed out that the singer’s left ring finger looked ‘blurred.’
This sparked a wild theory that Swift may have purposely ‘edited out’ an engagement ring as not to reveal news that Kelce had finally popped the question.
The sleuthing continued as fans also noticed Swift was wearing a red friendship bracelet on her right arm that appeared to be an homage to her NFL star boyfriend.
A deep zoom on the bracelet revealed five white letter charms, two of which looked to be a side-by-side ‘C’ and ‘E.’
This was enough for fans to believe that the charms spelled out ‘KELCE.’
‘Hey. Um, guys? Do you feel like the pics with her hand are… blurred? Or am I hormanl,’ asked @lizpwoods via Instagram Story on Wednesday.
She then proceeded to zoom-in on each photo of Swift holding up a red cocktail with her left hand. The fan pointed out that the area where a ring would sit differed slightly in tone from the rest of Swift’s finger.
Other fans began chiming in, with many choosing to believe that Swift is now an engaged woman.
Meanwhile, others questioned why Swift, if she is actually engaged, wouldn’t ‘take off’ her ring while taking photos.
In a screenshot of an iMessage exchange shared to her Instagram Story, @lizpwoods speculated that Kelce may have popped the question during the celebration.
‘Because wearing an engagement ring after getting engaged at a party celebrating you sounds like the most perfect night ever,’ she wrote. Swift has been dating Kelce, a celebrated Chiefs tight end, since summer 2023 and they’ve repeatedly faced engagement rumors since going public with their romance.
The couple were forced to shutdown speculation in October after Monday Night Football commentator Troy Aikman accidentally referred to Swift as Kelce’s ‘missus’ on the air.
‘It’s not true and the recent erratic and unfounded speculation on this couple is just proving that media and overzealous fans do not know what’s going on with them and shouldn’t make wild assumptions based on zero facts,’ a source close to the couple told TMZ in October.
But chatter about a potential proposal picked back up earlier this month after a source dished to Us Weekly that Swift would ‘love to be engaged’ but the couple ‘aren’t rushing it.’
‘Taylor does feel like Travis is The One, but jumping in is not her style. That’s just not how she does [things]. Marriage is a big deal, and she wants [it to be] forever,’ the source explained.
Swift, who wrapped her record-breaking Eras Tour on December 8 after nearly two years on the road, is said to be ‘looking forward’ to spending the holidays with Kelce, according to the outlet.
She is reportedly ‘exhausted but so, so grateful’ after performing a total of 149 shows across the globe.
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