In the past, Travis Kelce and Odell Beckham Jr. appeared to be a possibly perfect fit as teammates. At the 2016 Super Bowl, the tight end and wide receiver performed a synchronized celebration dance after a touchdown. Years later, in October 2022, Kelce was excited by the rumors of Beckham Jr. joining the Kansas City Chiefs. “I want them to come true,” he said on his “New Heights” podcast at the time. “I have not heard anything in the locker room or anything around the facility … but I think something’s in the air,” Kelce added. Beckham Jr. did not join the team, but the following season more rumors circulated that the receiver could become a Chief. That time around, Kelce was not as hopeful. “I get it Odell, D-Hop [DeAndre Hopkins] top-tier guys … We don’t have very much, I don’t think,” he said on a March 2023 episode of his “New Heights” podcast. Rumors about Beckham joining the team in 2024 were complicated not only by money, but by the history between the players’ girlfriends.
Tension between Kelce’s girlfriend Taylor Swift, and Beckham Jr.’s rumored sweetheart, Kim Kardashian, dated back to 2016 (more on that in a bit). During the 2024 Super Bowl, Swift had a star-studded luxury suite to watch her beau play. At the time, TMZ compared the pop star’s suite to Kardashian’s lackluster luxury box, while mentioning the bad blood. Even though the beef was old, there were signs Swift and Kardashian were still feuding.
