“He Got The Haircut”: Millionaire Dave Portnoy Deconstructs Travis Kelce’s Romantic Saga With American Idol Taylor Swift in 100 Minutes

Published 09/28/2023, 12:30 PM EDT

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2023 has been a year of unexpected couples. It started with Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner and now, it’s Taylor Swift with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. It is a case of clashing aesthetics that’s blowing everyone’s mind. 

Naturally, the puzzling rumor of Kelce dating TS piqued Dave Portnoy’s interest. After discussing the “ship” on his own Instagram and expressing his doubts on Twitter (now X), the Barstool Sports CEO chose to do a deep dive into the topic with his friends. 

Swiftie Dave Portnoy is not a fan of Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce

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There is no joy in this world equivalent to getting into a rabbit hole with the homies. That’s exactly what happened when David Portnoy got together with comedians Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh on their FLAGRANT podcast. It all started with disbelief, Dave mentioned that the “whole thing is crazy” and the two “don’t look normal” pointing at the vastly different worlds that the stars come from.

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To which Akaash Singh replied, “This is as close as Taylor Swift will get to dating a black dude…It’s Travis Kelce, He’s right there, He got the Impala, He got the Hair Cut” Singh tried to explain that the car Kelce drives, and the hairdo he has are all evidently similar to his fellow African-American NFL players.

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Hearing this, Singh’s African-American friend and fellow guest on the podcast quipped “We claim him” and the whole crew laughed. Going forth, everything about Travis Kelce was analyzed for around 100 minutes.

“Traylor” has the potential to grow on Dave Portnoy 

Flaunting his Taylor Swift bead bracelets, he dissected everything with his friends, the good and the bad. The thorough discussion made it clear that Kelce can attract anyone he wants, considering his tall, good-looking, and athletic features. However, Portnoy went on to say Kelce is “cringey” for having a dating reality TV show and asking Taylor to come and see him “Rock Arrowhead”. 

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Dave is a die-hard Swiftie who holds Taylor Swift as the greatest to ever do it. It has been really hard for him to accept that Swift is rumored to be dating Kelce. After all, Taylor has never been so publicly involved with anyone, let alone an NFL player. However, with Akaash and Andrew’s help, it seems like this is something that has the potential to grow on him.

As Schulz pointed out, the perfect synergy between the average Barstool Sports fan and Swifties was unfathomable. David Portnoy eventually ended the discussion with “God bless ’em.” To say that this podcast episode was a deeply profound realization for Dave would be an understatement. You can listen to the podcast below.

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Shifa Jahan is a US Sports editor at EssentiallySports. She comes with three years of experience in content creation and covering all things sports, and hence brings her staunch insights to the ES editorial desk. Shifa, an Olympic sports and Combat sports enthusiast started off with ES with coverage of surfing and pole vaulting.
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