Rob Gronkowski Loves How Taylor Swift Inspired New Football Fans

From one tight finish to a different, Rob Gronkowski approves of Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift.

“I believe it’s nice [and] it’s nice for the NFL,” Gronkowski, 34, completely advised Us Weekly at his pre-Tremendous Bowl social gathering on Saturday, February 10, in Las Vegas. “She’s bringing much more eyeballs to the sport, as nicely and people eyeballs are sticking as a result of the NFL’s an ideal product.”

Swift and Kelce, each 34, have been courting since summer time 2023 after he famously “put [her] on blast” through his podcast relating to his crush. They took their romance public almost three months later when she attended her first Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation. (Kelce is a good finish for the Chiefs, who’re the defending Tremendous Bowl champs.)

The Grammy winner has attended 12 of Kelce’s video games — Tremendous Bowl LVIII at Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, February 11, is more likely to be No. 13 — and is proud to assist her man. The NFL has capitalized on Swift’s presence by incessantly displaying her on digital camera, which impressed extra of her followers to need to watch the video games.

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“The brand new eyeballs are loving it and so they’re sticking and watching the video games as nicely week in and week out,” Gronkowski added on Saturday at Gronk Seashore, held at Encore Seashore Membership at Wynn Las Vegas.

Whereas Gronkowski and different professional athletes have seen the constructive influence of Swift’s newfound soccer fandom, a collective of viewers had been lower than enthused. Irate followers criticized the NFL for displaying Swift on digital camera greater than footage of the particular recreation.

“I don’t understand how they know what suite I’m in. There’s a digital camera, like, a half-mile away, and also you don’t know the place it’s, and you don’t have any thought when the digital camera is placing you within the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being proven 17 instances or as soon as,” Swift advised TIME in her 2023 Particular person of the 12 months profile. “I’m simply there to assist Travis. I’ve no consciousness of if I’m being proven an excessive amount of and pissing off a couple of dads, Brads and Chads.”

For Swift, her sole recreation day aim is to assist Kelce and his profession.

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“Whenever you say a relationship is public, meaning I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re displaying up for one another, different persons are there and we don’t care,” the 14-time Grammy winner added. “The other of that’s you must go to an excessive quantity of effort to verify nobody is aware of that you just’re seeing somebody. And we’re simply pleased with one another.”

Swift is anticipated to attend Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl, with a supply telling Us Weekly that she is “doing every little thing in her energy” to get to Vegas from Japan the place she had a live performance the night time earlier than.

Win or lose, Kelce is planning to return the favor and be a part of Swift on the worldwide leg of her Eras Tour subsequent month. (As soon as the Tremendous Bowl ends, Kelce will likely be in his NFL offseason.)

Gronkowski may even be on the Tremendous Bowl to aim to kick a subject aim throughout a dwell advert for FanDuel.

“I’m tremendous enthusiastic about it. Sure, Kick of Future 2 is my redemption kick,” he quipped on Saturday. “I missed final 12 months. I’m tremendous excited to hit the kick this time and do it for America and make some cash in bonus bets for folks.”

With reporting by Hannah Kahn