Travis Kelce’s Neighbor Wes Bergmann Apologizes for His Taylor Swift-NFL Star Romance Timeline: ‘I’m … So Confused’
Before they were one of the world’s most high-profile couples, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kept things on the down low. And Wes Bergmann — who just so happens to live right next door to the tight end in Kansas City — claimed he knew the two stars were dating before anyone else realized, but now he’s apologizing.
“Omg y’all I’m so sorry and confused … [Kelce] moved in November, that’s all I know. I told Michele [Fitzgerald], who is a giant fan, hey this is serious,” The Traitors season three contestant posted on X Tuesday (March 4). “She didn’t believe me for six months. That was the intention of the comment.”
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The mea culpa comes after he appeared as a guest on a recent episode of The Social Game hosted by Michele Fitzgerald and Kellie Nalbandian. During that episode, Bergmann opened up about being neighbors with Kelce, whom he called “an enigma,” and added, “On one end, he’s like this big tough football player, on the other end, he’s probably going to have like 12 Taylor Swift songs written about him.”
“On that note, I was, like, the first person to know about any of this stuff,” Bergmann continued, referring to the 14-time Grammy winner and football player’s romance. “I tried to tell [Fitzgerald] a long time ago. ‘They’re together, just so you know.’ She didn’t believe it.”
Swift and Kelce first went public with their romance in September 2023, when the “Karma” singer attended her first of many Kansas City Chiefs games. It was the first time most of the world had any idea the two stars were together, but Bergmann claimed — incorrectly — on the show that he had known for longer. “I beat the validating of her showing up to games and stuff by, like, six months,” the reality competition star had boasted on the podcast.
The Eras Tour headliner previously shed light on the timeline of her relationship with Kelce in her December 2023 TIME Person of the Year interview, saying they “started hanging out right after” the Grotesquerie star confessed he had a crush on her on his New Heights podcast the prior July.
“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” she shared at the time. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
A year and several months later, Tayvis is still going strong. Swift recently attended her second Super Bowl in a row to cheer on Kelce and the rest of the Chiefs. However, the 2024 champions lost this year to the Philadelphia Eagles.
See Bergmann make his claims about watching Swift and Kelce’s romance unfold next door below.
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