Travis Kelce’s dad Ed opens up on Taylor Swift’s ‘beautiful’ new album and his ‘romantic’ son’s GQ cover

Ed Kelce has spoken out about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s impending podcast appearance in his first interview since the death of his long-term girlfriend Maureen Maguire.

It has been a tough few weeks for the patriarch of the Kelce family, but he was on fine form for a surprise appearance on Australian television on Wednesday, speaking about Taylor’s new album, and his son Travis’ GQ cover shoot.

When asked if he knew pop superstar Swift was dropping her 12th album – The Life of a Showgirl – Ed told Today: ‘I knew nothing about this announcement… I knew at some point the boys wanted to get her on the podcast, but I didn’t know when it was coming up.’

When asked whether he had heard any of the top-secret new music from Taylor’s impending album, he insisted: ‘No I haven’t, not at all’, before adding: ‘I know Taylor’s been working pretty hard since she stopped the tour.

‘She’s taken some breaks to watch some football games, but she’s been out in LA working on this album. My guess is that, although I haven’t heard anything, it’s going to be like everything else she does, it’s going to be beautiful.’

In response, the host joked Ed was a ‘lovely father-in-law’, before the co-host jumped in to insist their colleague had ‘jumped the gun’ on that one.

When asked whether a marriage was ‘surely what we’re all hoping for’, Ed refused to take the bait and simply laughed it off, noting: ‘We’ll see, we’ll see.’ 

The father of NFL legends Jason and Travis has been keeping a low profile in recent weeks following the surprise death of his long-term partner Maureen.

She was laid to rest last Thursday at an intimate ceremony in New Jersey, which was attended by Jason and his wife Kylie, as well as other close friends and family.

There was no Taylor and Travis at the funeral, given the pair’s extremely busy schedules – with the latter in NFL training camp ahead of the new season.

Travis also stunned the world on Tuesday when he was revealed as the newest cover star of GQ Magazine, with a wild photoshoot accompanied by a wide-ranging interview in which he opened up on his life with Taylor like never before.

‘He’s so romantic,’ came the question from the host, to which Ed replied: ‘He is, and I think Taylor has brought a lot of that out.’

A further marriage question was then put to Travis’ dad, as it was noted that the pair would need to get married quickly to squeeze it in ahead of the new NFL season.

‘I really can’t say much to that,’ was the answer from Taylor’s potential father-in-law.

The next question of the interview then centered on Travis’ magnificent head of hair, with the hosts asking whether he gets it from his dad.

‘I don’t know where he gets it from,’ Ed laughed, adding: ‘He gets an awful lot from his mom.’