Anytime CBS’s Tony Romo has been on the mic this season for a Kansas City Chiefs game that Taylor Swift has attended, he’s kept up calling her Travis Kelce’s “wife.”
Swift, as far as we know, isn’t engaged to the Chiefs tight end … yet.
Romo and his broadcasting partner Jim Nantz will be calling the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, and with Swift likely attending, we’ll see if we get another “wife” reference.
But in speaking with reporters this week, Romo revealed what the deal was with those references: as expected, it’s a joke. Here’s what he said this week, via CBS Sports:
“It’s a joke,” Romo said. “Someone did that to me back in the day. … People come up to me all the time (asking), ‘What do you know?’ People love it and go crazy for it.
“It’s Taylor. She’s just as big a personality as anybody in the world right now. I think it’s a great thing that she’s at football games. I think it just adds value, and I think our team does it the right way. … It just comes out organically.”
NFL on CBS analyst Tony Romo confirms he's not serious with calling Taylor Swift Travis Kelce's wife. "It's just a joke. It's just more fun."
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