Experts dish on what Taylor Swift’s PDA with Travis Kelce REALLY means

Taylor Swift went from being extremely personal in her relationship with Joe Alwyn to flaunting her passionate PDA with Travis Kelce virtually in all places – and now, relationship specialists have revealed why the sudden 180 could also be an indication that she and the athlete are the actual deal.

Ever for the reason that singer and the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish, each 34, began relationship in September, they have been extraordinarily open about their romance.

Taylor was noticed cheering Travis on at lots of his soccer video games, hanging out along with his household, sporting his merch, operating onto the sphere to kiss him following his group’s wins, uttering the L-word to him on digital camera, and most just lately, sharing a video with him on her TikTok account.

It’s actually a stark distinction to the best way that the Cruel Summer songstress acted in her earlier romance with British actor Joe, 32.

Over the course of their six-year relationship, the hitmaker and the film star hardly talked about each other in interviews and did their greatest to cover from cameras once they have been out collectively – they usually actually by no means shared social media posts with one another.

Due to the very totally different approaches, some have questioned if Taylor and Travis consistently flaunting their love for all the world to see is a crimson flag – however in line with a sequence of affection gurus, the 2 stars’ public affection may very well act as proof that their relationship is stronger than ever.

New York-based relationship coach Megan Weks advised DailyMail.com solely that the couple’s incessant PDA makes it ‘clear’ simply how ‘comfy’ Taylor and Travis really feel with each other.

She added that it appeared just like the pop sensation might actually ‘be herself’ round him – one thing that was ‘stunted in earlier relationships.’

‘Taylor is certainly not overcompensating by being public with Travis. What she’s doing is being herself, one thing which felt stunted in earlier relationships,’ Megan dished. 

‘She’s by no means felt so supported and liberated to be precisely who she is inside a relationship, and it reveals. 

‘She’s shining, she’s weak, she will soften into this relationship, she will lean on him. She has somebody to name and share the intimacies of public life with, and he is right here for all of it.

‘In Taylor’s TikTok shared with Travis in it, you possibly can clearly see how comfy they each are, and the way real and humorous they are often collectively. 

‘People are analyzing, and choosing issues aside as a result of these two are superstars – that is it. They aren’t a part of a “PSYOP” to sway an election, or the rest – they’re in love.’

Thalia Ouimet, a VIP matchmaker and writer from New York, shared an analogous sentiment.

She stated it was apparent how ‘safe’ Travis made Taylor really feel, and that it did not look like they’re ‘exhibiting off’ in any respect, however slightly, simply so ‘in love’ that they could not assist it. 

‘As a matchmaker and relationship coach, I see this relationship being so public as a result of Taylor is assured in her relationship and Travis makes her really feel safe,’ she advised DailyMail.com. 

‘She is not in any respect exhibiting off, the truth is she simply [seems] in love. We all know that feeling of pondering we discovered “the one” and desirous to share it with the world. 

‘Taylor is experiencing a really public relationship and popping out on high. They are each safe and family-oriented and wish the identical issues. Only time will inform if this love will likely be endlessly.’

Relationship professional Brock Olsen, who hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee, prompt that Taylor and Travis’s over-the-top affection looks as if a ‘acutely aware effort’ on her half to ‘be sure that’ that she’s ‘controlling the narrative.’

‘[It seems like she’s making] a acutely aware effort and constant choice to be sure that at any time when her and Travis are seen collectively that they’re controlling the narrative and placing on a optimistic show of the connection,’ he defined. 

‘Being an expert athlete with the kind of fan base that he has, guarding and sustaining a status is of the utmost significance when it comes to marketability, which is one thing Taylor understands fairly nicely. 

‘So since neither one in every of them are capable of conceal the connection, they’re each absolutely dedicated to leaning into it and exhibiting what optimistic PDA and what a wholesome relationship ought to appear to be.

‘They are each operating with it. It’s principally David and Victoria Beckham 2.0 and I believe we’re all right here for it.’

Betsy Chung, a scientific psychologist who ‘makes a speciality of serving to folks obtain and preserve wholesome relationships,’ identified that generally, when folks begin showcasing their love in all places, it may very well be to ‘make one other particular person jealous.’

But she added that the change in Taylor’s conduct might need to do with ‘the dynamics of the connection’ or ‘the preferences of the opposite companion.’

‘Or possibly she wished to see what it is prefer to strategy a relationship in another way,’ she theorized.

‘Sometimes we’d present extra PDA as a result of we will not maintain our palms to ourselves, whereas different occasions we’d present extra PDA to make one other particular person jealous.

‘There are many alternative causes, we’d strategy relationships in another way, however an important is that each companions are on board.

‘And [there’s] nothing fallacious with desirous to bask within the highlight of being the proud girlfriend of a serious athlete.’ 

Taylor and Joe first crossed paths on the 2016 Met Gala, however as a consequence of their excessive secrecy, it is unclear once they formally begin relationship.

It wasn’t till greater than a yr after their assembly that they have been photographed collectively for the primary time in 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

The couple went to nice lengths to maintain their relationship out of the general public eye through the six years they have been collectively – and they’d even generally don disguises to make outings collectively undetected, in line with US Weekly. 

In October 2018, Joe spoke about it to British Vogue, explaining, ‘I’m conscious folks wish to learn about that facet of issues. I believe we now have been efficiently personal.’

Taylor additionally revealed in 2020 that she was drawn to Joe due to the sense of much-needed normalcy and steadiness that he delivered to her life. 

‘I can not management if there are 20 photographers outdoors within the bushes and what they do and in the event that they comply with our automotive and in the event that they interrupt our lives,’ she stated.

‘I am unable to management if there’s going to be a faux bizarre headline about us within the information tomorrow.

‘I believe that in figuring out him and being within the relationship I’m in now, I’ve undoubtedly made choices which have made my life really feel extra like an actual life and fewer like only a storyline to be commented on in tabloids. 

‘Whether that is deciding the place to reside, who to hang around with, when to not take an image – the concept of privateness feels so unusual to attempt to clarify, however it’s actually simply looking for bits of normalcy.’

News hit the net in April 2023 that she and Joe had cut up. She was then linked to Travis in September following a short stint with The 1975 singer Matty Healy.

Since they received collectively, Taylor and Travis haven’t shied away from the general public eye on the subject of sharing the intimate particulars of their romance. 

He has revealed every part from the lovable story of how they met – he tried to offer her a bracelet along with his quantity on it at one in every of her reveals, and when that failed a mutual pal helped get them involved – to what actually goes on throughout their dates.

They’ve additionally packed on the PDA quite a few occasions on digital camera. Most just lately, they have been seen getting intimate throughout an after get together following the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win towards the San Francisco 49ers.

The couple have been caught dancing romantically, serenading one another, and smooching after her tune Love Story got here on through the bash.

In the years earlier than she dated Joe, Taylor was linked to many different huge stars like Joe Jonas, Harry Styles, Jake Gyllenhaal, Calvin Harris, and Tom Hiddleston. 

And whereas she actually wasn’t as public with them as she has been with Travis, the singer did not attempt to conceal her previous lovers like she did with actor Joe both.