Bejeweled Taylor Swift broke Instagram records on Tuesday when the pop star and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement in a joint capacity.
Fans were eager to learn everything they could about the involvement in this TBD white veil case.
Here’s what we know so far about the involvement of your English teachers and gym teachers:
When did Swift and Kelce get engaged?
The couple announced their engagement on Aug. 26, 13 days after Swift’s episode of “New Heights” dropped. Fans were quick to speculate about when Kelce popped the question — and they didn’t have to wait long before getting a timeline from Kelce’s father, Ed, who told News 5 Cleveland that the couple got engaged about two weeks ago.
Ed said he was at a Philadelphia Eagles public practice on Aug. 10 when he got a FaceTime from the newly engaged couple. He said on ” The Jimmy & Nath Show ” that Travis was planning to propose the following weekend.
“He was going to make a big production out of it,” Ed shared, explaining that Travis wanted it to be “Uber special.”
“And I told him the same thing [Swift’s dad] Scott told him: Ask her what’s going to make it special, not where you’re doing it. You could do it on the side of the road.”
Ed said Swift’s dad told him to “just do it.”
Where did Kelce show the question?
Kelce proposed on the grounds of his $6 million Missouri home, which he purchased back in 2023. Engagement photos show a dramatic display of flowers adorning the arch and surrounding the couple.
Florist Ashley Greer told People magazine that the “Enchanted Garden” scene, which featured thousands of flowers, likely cost nearly $40,000. Featured – Ivy and Willow are likely nods to two songs on Swift’s ninth studio album, “Evermore.”
What do we know about the ring?
Kelce skipped the paper rings and went for a custom-made old mine in a brilliant-cut yellow gold frame. A Swift representative said New York-based Goldsmith Created by Lubeck, who specializes in hand engraving, designed the ring.
Old mine brilliant cuts are often box-shaped with rounded corners and soft curved edges. They typically have 58 large facets and the style dates back to the 18th century. The voluminous nature of the cut was intended to sparkle in candlelight.
Where it all began
As both Swifties and mainstream fans know by now, their relationship began after Kelce’s failed attempt to meet Swift at Arrowhead Stadium. He spoke about the show on a July 2023 episode of his “New Heights” podcast, telling his brother Jason Kelce that he was disappointed he couldn’t give her the friendship bracelet he had made with her number on it.
After the episode aired, Swift heard from people close to Kelce, including head coach Andy Reid, urging her to reach out to him. And the rest is history.
In Swift’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast, which aired on August 13 and broke the Guinness World Record, she said that the friendship bracelet gesture made her feel like she was in a 1980s John Hughes movie.
“[It’s like] He was just standing outside my window with a boombox, just being like, ‘I want to meet you! Do you want to go on a date with me? I made you a friendship bracelet! Do you want to meet me?'” she said. “I was like, ‘If this guy isn’t crazy… that’s kind of what I’ve been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.'”
“This podcast has done a lot for me,” she said. “This podcast got me a friend.”
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