FAME-HUNGRY TRAVIS SMOTHERING TAYLOR!
Swift orders pigskin star to back off!
FREE SPIRIT Taylor Swift is feeling smothered by her overly fond football fanboy Travis Kelce and has told the clingy caveman in no uncertain terms to back off and give her some air, sources squeal!
“He’s obviously making the most of his relationship with Taylor,” snips an insider. “He’s getting free VIP passes to her shows, entry into A-list clubs in New York and L.A., and using his newfound popularity as Taylor’s arm candy to cut commercial deals.
“But Taylor isn’t THAT smitten with him — and she needs her space! She finds him increasingly annoying, and the way he blabs about her on n his podcast is just so wrong in her book of etiquette!”
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end barely left his superstar sweetheart alone for a second when he visited her on the Australian leg of her tour, sources dish.
And the moment the blabby beefcake got back from Singapore — where he watched Taylor perform a double-header in two consecutive concerts — he dished the details on his podcast with his jock brother and co-host, Jason Kelce!
“He plans on showing up at her European concerts in May, too, regardless of whether she asks him or not,” huffs an insider. “He’s probably got his bags packed!”
As GLOBE previously reported, sources say the bloom is already off for the rosy-cheeked songstress as she frets about her guy’s gaffes and cringeworthy public displays.
“Pals are telling her that Trav Travis is taking advanta tage of her and her level of fame,” dishes an insider. “Everywhere he goes, he’s basking in the attention and s shamelessly namedr dropping her!”
T Travis earns up to $5 million a year in endorsements, a figure sports insiders say is likely to double this year with his newfound fame as Taylor’s plus-one. Since hooking up with the leggy entertainer last September, the pigskin powerhouse has gained more than half a million Instagram followers and
sales of his merchandise have soared 400 percent.
The networking nut seems happy to be attached at the hip to Swift, a notorious mogul magnet — even en Disney honcho Bob b
Iger couldn’t resist approaching the couple to say hello when Tay-Tay and Travis hit the exclusive Bird Streets Club in L.A. last month. Tay- lor’s Eras Tour movie e is setting viewership records as it streams on Disney+.
Travis also hitched a ride with his famous flame to Madonna’s Oscar party, and they later mingled with Jay-Z and Beyoncé at another bash that night.
Travis’ smother-love isn’t the only thing getting under Swift’s skin. Sources say the I Knew You Were Trouble
temptress isn’t too keen on the gridiron great’s explosive temper — including when he infamously shoved head coach Andy Reid and nearly knocked him over during the Super Bowl, which the Chiefs eventually won.
That, and Kelce’s bottomless boozing, are ringing warning bells — with one fan calling him a “belching, farting slob” and another tattling of the twosome: “This is not a good look!” As GLOBE readers know, insiders say Taylor’s pals have been urging her to cut Travis from her team, the sooner the better.
“I feel like Travis is a narcissist,” says Maya Benberry, the winner of his 2016 dating show Catching Kelce — who also claims Kelce is not a one-woman man!
“Once a cheater, always a cheater,” she warns.
And Taylor was apparently appalled at her beau’s tonedeaf singing-and-selfie-taking spree right after a gunman left one fan dead and 21 injured at a post–Super Bowl parade!
“His anger issues and partying and boozing are a big turnoff to Taylor and now he’s stifling her with his overbearing presence,” trills a tattler.
“If he keeps on like this, he’ll be history before the next NFL season kicks off!”