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The high cost of Travis Kelce dating Taylor Swift: More than $8M spent on planes, gifts, a new home & more
Travis Kelce is in his splurge era.
Over the weekend, the NFL tight end and his superstar girlfriend, Taylor Swift, were spotted at the ultra-exclusive Bird Streets Club in West Hollywood where, a source told The Post, members such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet pay $10,000 a year.
The two seem to be playing it low-key while she takes a break from her world tour and he chills out after his Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. But Kelce’s wall could probably use a rest as well. One expert told The Post that his trip to see Swift in Singapore on March 8 could have cost nearly $570,000— and it’s just one of three far-flung private jet journey’s Kelce has taken, sometimes for just 14 hours, to catch up with her since their relationship went public last September.
“Travis Kelce always comes to play — not just on the field, but in his everyday romance with Taylor Swift — sparing no expense,” pop culture lifestyle expert Valerie Greenberg told The Post. “He isn’t afraid to open his heart and his wallet.”
Indeed, with three Super Bowls under his belt, Kelce, 34, is in the third year of a four-year contract worth $57.25 million — making him the fourth-highest-paid tight end in the NFL, according to USA Today.
ut he may be shelling out more than half of his annual $14+ million salary — as much as $8,232,229 million by The Post’s estimate — while dating a billionaire.
Here’s a breakdown of the cost of winning Taylor Swift’s love.
Real Estate: $6 million
Insiders dished last year that, after hooking up with Swift, Kelce felt “self-conscious” about his, uh, humble seven-bedroom abode — purchased for $995,000 in 2019 — in Kansas City’s Briarcliff West neighborhood.
So he upgraded to a larger, flashier pad that also offers more privacy from paparazzi. In October, Kelce threw down $6 million for a 17,000-square-feet mansion, hidden behind a gate, in the Kansas City suburb of Leawood.
“Leawood is one of the top 50 wealthiest towns in the US. It’s an upscale, private neighborhood … You have a lot of privacy and security compared to where he was before,” Corcoran real estate agent Amanda Baum told The Post.