CNN –
A Thanksgiving dinner together doesn’t seem to be out of the question for It couple Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift this year.
Instead, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end told his brother Jason Kelce on Wednesday’s episode of his “New Heights” podcast that he will be watching football and eating fast food all by himself while his lover Swift is on tour in South America.
“I’m going to eat KFC because I won’t have anyone here,” he said with a laugh.
When Jason, who plays football for the Philadelphia Eagles, invited his brother to his own family’s Thanksgiving dinner, Travis wryly said, “That’s exactly what I wanted to do this week.”
It’s safe to assume Kelce really wanted to spend time with Swift this week, who was reportedly scheduled to attend Monday’s Chiefs/Eagles game in Kansas City with her parents during a break from her South American “Eras Tour” run.
And with both Swift and Kelce having time off amid their busy work schedules, it seemed like a possibility that the couple could sit at the same Thanksgiving table.
Unfortunately, Swift was unable to support Kelce from the sidelines at Monday’s game after “extreme temperatures” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, forced the singer to postpone the concert from Saturday to Monday. She will also be back on stage in São Paulo on Friday for the first of three concerts planned there.
Kelce did, however, thank Swift on Wednesday’s podcast episode when he discussed his new Christmas song “Fairytale of New York,” a cover of The Pogues’ 1987 song with a duet with his brother Jason, released last week has been published.
The song reached No. 1 on iTunes and the brothers praised Swift’s fans, known as Swifties, for helping push the single to the top of the music streamer’s charts.
“Thank you Taylor, I appreciate you,” Kelce said on the podcast. “And thank you Swifties.”