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Dave Portnoy is a diehard Swiftie. Though he wasn’t initially on board with the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance, he got on that train soon after. Now, as he does with anything important to him, he will defend the power couple to the ends of the Earth. The pair have found new fans after becoming a staple of each other’s lives.

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Travis Kelce is a two-time Super Bowl winner with the Kansas City Chiefs. He is also considered one of the best tight ends in the game. The Swifties joined his legion of fans after he and Taylor Swift became an item. In fact, according to TMZ Sports via the Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 hours after Swift’s first appearance at a Chiefs game, Kelce’s jersey sales increased by a whopping 400%. Now, Dave Portnoy has pointed out another instance of the Swift effect on the Kelce clan!

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Dave Portnoy highlights Taylor Swift’s influence

Travis and Jason Kelce, his brother who plays center for the Philadelphia Eagles, have a podcast that provides a closer look at life in the NFL. Recently, after it was named the top sports podcast in the US by Spotify, Dave Portnoy shared an observation. He attempted to highlight Taylor Swift’s influence on the success enjoyed by the podcast. Portnoy took to X and wrote, “There should be an * next to #1 cause of the @taylorswift13 bump.”

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According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the podcast’s episode which dropped on September 27 was No. 4 on the Apple Podcasts Top Episodes chart as of September 29. The YouTube version of the same had roughly 1.9 million views by the same date. For context, Taylor Swift first attended a Chiefs game on September 24. Moreover, the episode released prior to this had around 722,000 views. Interestingly, when the rumors of Kelce-Swift hook-up first surfaced, Dave Portnoy was not a fan of Travis Kelce.

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El Presidente threw shade on Travis Kelce earlier

Dave Portnoy once called Kelce a doofus and termed his style cringy. Regardless, Portnoy found his views on the romance changing after a while. In fact, he rushed to the couple’s defense after Kelce’s publicist, Pia Malihi, called it a publicity stunt more than anything else.

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Dave Portnoy’s views on the romance have well and truly changed. He is now on board. Being a loyal Swiftie, it would have been folly to expect anything less from the self-styled El Presidente. Doubtless, both parties have seen an influx of new fans ever since they became an item. Should one ask Portnoy, Travis Kelce got the better end of that deal.

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I am Anirudh Haridas and I am a US Sports Writer at EssentiallySports. As a stalwart ice hockey fan, I delved into the US Sports arena, driven by the phenomenal pace of the sport. From creating insights on various Olympic avenues like surfing and swimming to covering stories around equestrian and rodeo sports, I bring versatility to my writing. Along with this, as an ardent soccer fan, and I closely follow Spanish football icon Andres Iniesta. When I am not writing about all things sports, I keep myself intrigued by fixing puzzles and putting my thoughts into poetry.

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