Taylor Swift Put Distance Between Travis Kelce & His Friend

Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce has seen his life change quite a bit ever since he began dating pop sensation Taylor Swift back in 2024. And it seems like the high-profile relationship has put some distance in one of his friendships, too.

FS1’s Nick Wright is a prominent sports media personality as the host of “First Things First” as well as his podcast “What’s Wright? With Nick Wright.” He previously had a good friendship with Travis Kelce and hung out with him often. And while it seems like Kelce is still quite fond of the media personality, it sounds like his relationship has put some distance in that friendship.

Travis recently brought up his fond feelings for Wright during the latest episode of his "New Heights" podcast when he and his brother began discussing the salary cap and proposed bringing salary cap experts onto their show.

“Who should we have on?” Jason asked on the podcast. “Obviously, the two big ones for both of us are Howie (Roseman) and (Brett) Veach, the two general managers for our respective teams. … We could go outside of the organization and go with someone who maybe is used to working in the NFL or works in the media. Nick Wright threw his hat in the ring on Twitter. Known Kansas City Chiefs homer.”

“[Expletive] love Nick Wright,” Travis replied.

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift embrace after the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas.

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Wright heard the shoutout and was glad to hear from his friend, but he also admitted that he hasn't really spoken to Travis ever since he began dating Taylor Swift.

“My guy Trav; what a delight,” Wright said on his podcast on Friday. “So here is the thing, Trav and I have not like talked talked since he has been serious with Taylor Swift, since he’s become a super-duper celebrity. I don’t want to bother him during the year. And then last offseason, he was traveling the world with Taylor.

"And then at the parade last year, we were going to get together after the parade. But there was obviously the tragedy and the shooting. So everything went askew. I haven’t talked to Trav in a while."

Despite this, Wright said he would be glad to appear on the podcast if they would like to have him.

“Appreciate the shoutout on one of the world’s most popular podcasts. Also, to the ‘New Heights’ producers, I’ll do it. And I’ll waive my appearance fee just to help them out. They want someone to come on and really break down the cap. Nothing would thrill me more,” Wright wrote.

It makes sense that Travis's life got a little more crazy once he started dating one of the most famous women on the planet, and it also makes sense that the high-profile relationship put a little bit of strain on Kelce's other friendships. The good news is, it sounds like there's no hard feelings.