Travis actually showed up for the post-game interview last night. When a reporter asked him about retiring, he said, "The only time it ever crossed my mind was when I was driving in the other day and I saw how much the Powerball was, and I was like, 'Man. If I could just win that. I wouldn't have to work another day in my life.'"
Huh. Isn't he engaged to a billionaire? That's basically the same as winning a billion-dollar lottery. And he said this thought crossed his mind "the other day," not years ago. Is the wedding not guaranteed? Or is money the only thing he ever thinks about?
Edit: I forgot to clarify that the post title is the actual headline of the article. People Magazine, known mouthpiece of Tree Paine and 13 Management, subtly shaded Travis with their headline.
So tacky and out of touch.
It’s like Taylor writing about “kitchen table bills” in one of her songs, implying that her family struggled for money, even though she’s literally never known what it’s like to struggle for money.
The desire rich people have to pretend they’re just like the rest of us is so weird. You could already drop everything and never have to work again Travis.
That lyric was so annoying even when i was a fan. I didn't know she was a uber wealthy but I saw that poor little bitty Xmas tree farm. She wasn't on the strugglebus with the rest of us. Poor people cosplay.
"yOuR eNgLiSh TeAcHeR aNd YoUr GyM tEaChEr ArE eNgAgEd"
Especially in today's times. Oof.
Even without his billionaire fiancée, he’s a professional athlete. Why is he acting like he has to work a 9-5 he hates just to survive? And who the fucks says this publicly while at work??? You can quit anytime, dingleberry.
And him and his brother’s podcast just received a $100 million deal. Then his multiple endorsements that most likely cost tens of millions of dollars. Like there are real people out here actually struggling to pay rent dude. After retiring you’re basically cruising on easy street w/o a billionaire gf.
How much does Little Golden Books pay him in royalties for pity sakes
It IS possible he cannot pay his rent and is swimming in debt, can’t pay his bills. It happens. The more you make the more you can barrow and celebrities are immune to it. No way am I condoning his comment at all. Just saying. You can make a mill and still want to spend a mill.
Yea that's the thing when a lot of these wealthy celebs complain about not making enough. Many of them don't live frugally like the rest of us. They spend a lot so they claim they don't earn enough. They want the life of a celebrity and it ain't cheap.
Because they want to maintain a certain lifestyle while never working another day, being normal is the same as homelessness to rich people
I think you’re overlooking one key thing…. Spending habits. You’d be surprised (or maybe not) how many 8 figure earners spend waaaay more than they should or have)
Exactly! Omg lol people here are sounding like hardcore swiffers defending his wealth as if people worth (even though net worth ≠ cash to hand) millions don’t lose it all or come close to losing it all month to month because they blow through the money faster than it can an accrue interest!
I read an article maybe a few years ago that he made big mistakes early on and was “broke”.
So when I see headlines about him spending a big number for her on Christmas, I think about how much he regularly spends keeping up with her lifestyle. Sure, he’s making a lot more now. He has hundreds of millions of dollars. But he’s not like, paying $1,200 rent and a $400 car note. He’s spending it as it comes in.
Exorbitant lifestyle. These people live with 6 or 7 figure monthly expenses. They actually have to generate that kind of money to keep up with it.
Exactly, hence we see the Kardashian-Jenner’s always doing something, they literally cannot afford to stop making money lol
Saying this after he supposedly spent $140k on presents for Taylor too lol.
Chappell Roan white privilege PR school.
Except Chappell Roan was a small indie artist who couldn’t pay her rent with less than a million listeners up until 2024, and Travis Kelce is a multi-millionaire who’s been playing professionally for years. I doubt CR even had the money for media training by the time those videos came out. Kelce, on the other hand… 🥴
Kelce went broke early on. Thats why he did Catching Kelce for example. His brother even laid it all out at how bad he was with his money. Gronk on the other hand said he never spent one dime from his rookie contract. Cause his agent got him some endorsements early on and he was willing to do some lowkey things that essentially kept the lights on til he was making some big bucks and he wasnt worried about his financials. Plus he didnt blow his money on bs. he kinda goes into it here
Interesting bit of interview, thank you for sharing
i’ve always regarded the Gronk as more intelligent than Travisty.
You clearly don’t know much about CR then, she’s not the struggling artist she’s been painted as when she came on the scene
Do you have a source for that?
About time CR caught a few strays, she’s not called out enough imo
What have I missed about her?
Nothing. Right wing bots are in every discussion about her cancelling her for being "problematic." It is literally endless. I'll cut and paste my answer from a few days ago. Sorry if it's long. Feels free to TLDR.
Oh boy it's a list.
She's a lesbian. She's a leftist and she openly and enthusiastically supports trans rights. Three reasons internet discourse really really doesn't like her.
She got huge in a shockingly short time and that always brings out haters. In reality it was because she put out a good album and puts on a good live show but any time a hater can say industry plant they will.
She made the not media savvy (very dumb) move of refusing to endorse Kamala because Kamala is a centrist that supported genocide and rolling back trans rights. Chappell stated she would be voting for Kamala regardless. As you can imagine this pissed off every democrat that dislikes critical thought.
Shortly after going from 2000 cap shows to massive festival crowds, she went on Tiktok and called out stalkers, harassment and assaults from "fans" and told them to fuck right off. Having boundaries makes her "a mean lesbian who hates her fans" and you will get one of these people in every thread about her.
She has bipolar two and isn't smiling at all times. Once again, mean lesbian.
She came out as a lesbian over the course of writing her debut album that took 5 years to write. Some of the songs are about men. This brings out the nastiest sort of hater: the lesbians that think she's gay for clout. I have no idea how they think being a lesbian helps her in any way but there you go. There's often a direct crossover between those lesbians and TERFs.
Most recently, she took a brand deal with MAC cosmetics so now you get the militant leftists calling her "problematic." They seem to think MAC is on the official Palestine ban list. It is not. Moreover a number of famous pop stars are currently in brand deals with companies that are on that ban list. Not that they care. They're repeating right wing talking points without critical thought.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Not to worry she'll be cancelled for something else soon enough.
None of this is true.
Goddamn. Thanks for the detailed post!
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Its because she has violent goons like blandie that will send you death threats.
here we go again with chappell catching strays 🙄
edit: if anyone wants to know, i did vote for kamala. ok bye
Given that most retired football players go broke, he would have to work. And he’s under contract so he could’ve quit but he would be forfeiting money.
His contract ended yesterday and the NFL isn’t his only source of income. Also, he’s a multimillionaire, he can retire now and be set for life. He doesn’t have to work like most people. If he goes broke that’s on him but he really never has to work again.
I’d be so pissed if he won the powerball.
They have a game January 4th.
Season is practically over. The point is he doesn’t have to play again. Especially if it’s such a drag for him. He sucks now anyway.
He’s not gonna play again and he knows this. He said a stupid comment to get out of announcing his retirement before the season is over and he has a press conference. Let’s be so real.
Be so real about what? It was a stupid thing to say, no one is disagreeing with that. I literally asked who the fuck says that and stated that he doesn’t have to play again. Not sure what you keep going on about and I’m not sure you even know either.
Unless he’s good at hiding his assets he’s going to have a lot of tax to pay and his money isn’t really his until everyone else working for him gets paid. He needs to make even more to be truly comfortable, chances are he’s not liquid rich, and the money is tied up in other things. People really need to stop thinking that the money is just there and he can chill. Their greed as well as the money they have to pay their people and continue to earn to keep their lifestyle going at the rate they’re going means they will eventually need more money and it’s not just the cash they want, they need to be seen, the narcissistic supply also funds them.
Money is the only thing he cares about, lol. And to be honest, what a jerk. Ordinary people would have to work their whole lives to even reach one percent of the money he has. Screw you, Travis. You don't need to work EVER AGAIN. But I guess being a dumbfuck with money doesn't help your situation.
so true, him saying that about the powerball is extremely ignorant. what an idiot, and how embarrassing to have him as a fiance lol
I'm a single mom struggling after the holidays. I'm not sure how I'll pay my rent after January due to an issue out of my control. But sure, numb nuts.
I am sorry to hear that. Hope you are going to get through it.
And you're not washed like he is. Dude sucks at his job now.
I’m so sorry for you. I’ll definitely be praying for you. Honestly I think lotteries shouldn’t exist or at least should cap
Retire and disappear. “We tell the world to leave us the fuck alone and they do”. Great, fuck off already!👋
Taylor's like Steve Martin in The Jerk taking fucking forever to leave the house, picking up random stuff like "well i can't forget my thermos," just loudly stalling desperately waiting for everyone to break and plead with her to "pleaseee stay pleasspleaseplease we're soo sorry jesus-mommy please keep yammering on loud as hell about nothing some more!!!" . but it keeps not happening. and they keep looking more ridiculous
"I was born a poor black child" and it's Taylor. Dead. The image is so fucking funny.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have a strong feeling that Taylor isn't that generous with spending her money on him.
Billionaires hoard cause they get to a point to where they really dont buy anything cause everyone just gives em free stuff. Like probably only pays for groceries? Apparently a lot of flour cause she has been baking a lot lately?!
Bangin Sourdough, I hear.
Which is such a joke. Does she know how long it takes to make sourdough?? Who is feeding her starter when she’s on tour? Does she bring it along like she does the cats?
Of course she isn’t. She’s Taylor lol.
why did he say that 💀
He was feeling so bejeweled that he forgot he’s engaged to a billionaire?
Their money will never intermingle. Like ever. That’s what prenuptial agreement are for. And knowing her parents, if you think he’s going to get any of their fortune that they built themselves on the back of enslaving their only daughter then the world has officially gone mad. He’ll get what she wants him to have and not a cent more lol. Are these comments about him having access to her money jokes or just naive ?
I don't think it's about him being able to spend up her money on things. But moreso that he'll never have to worry about anything financial as long as they're together.
Because Taylor is MANY times richer than him, she will likely never bother to "split" the cost of major things with him because that would mean she would have to stoop down to a shittier version. They will never move into a house that he could afford to pay half of... so she'll just say don't worry about it and they'll probably move into a much more expensive house that she buys all her own, go on vacations that she chooses and pays for, she'll probably pay for everything for their kids if they have any, he'll probably be driving cars she buys. Watching the gigantic TV she bought, sleeping in the bed she bought, swimming in her pool and playing in her tennis courts. Even if she never gives him cash or let's him have official ownership of any property, he will still essentially be "taken care of" as long as she chooses to keep him around.
crazy how when you put it like that in writing it sounds nice at face value but also makes me feel claustrophobic at the same time.
The Swift family already owns a lot of properties around the US. They might just give one of their existing ones to Travis (by which I mean they let him live there, not sign away ownership to him).
He would just have to get her pregnant and then he could get child support money if he did joint custody
Right! But wouldn’t that be pre determined in the prenup? I just can’t imagine a world where he’d get anything other than what she wanted him to have.
Well I highly doubt he'll be living in squalor as her husband
He most certainly will not. Even though I’m of the belief that it’s so staged that they’ll barely see arch other but alas- I’m just talking about people saying he’s making a run / doing a money grab for her fortunes. She probably has a little 20 person legal team to make sure she’s protected lol.
Pop culture. So very, very important.
This is the truth. Taylor and her family are too Scrooge like to ever share their wealth.
Bejeweled??
So he doesn’t actually like his job, it’s all for the money and the fame.
Ever since he said it, I can’t stop wondering why. 😜 it’s so awkward and open to sooo many interpretations
He's a MAGA. Intelligence is not their strong suit.
I didn’t watch the clip but with the right deadpan delivery it could very well just be a somewhat self deprecating and self aware joke about how he’s already rich
Travis doesn’t do deadpan and self aware. I don’t see how that statement alone would sound any different in a dead pan tone. He’s still a millionaire bitching about having to work a dream career as a professional athlete while millions starve and wonder how they’re going to pay their rent (not to mention he’s marrying a multi billionaire)
He’s too stupid to have even a remotely subtle sense of humor
I watched the clip and it’s not what you’re describing.
Yeah I just did too and it kind of isn’t. It’s a joke but not self aware in the way I described
My jaw dropped as I watched it live. It’s so confusing. As I read more comments, the majority of people say he can’t touch her money, which leaves a huge financial disparity between them, and so maybe he was telling the truth. He WILL play one or 2 seasons, for the $.
He was asked about retirement and if he had thought about it. He said nope. Then said the other day he saw the powerball being a billion dollars and contemplated it. 🤷🏻♂️
Its People, is this a subtle foreshadowing of the break up? He used her for money and fame knowing he was going to retire soon.
Yup, that's why this caught my attention (other than the dumb, tone-deaf joke from Travis). People didn't just report on this, they kinda shaded him with their headline.
Lol, maybe this is part of their breakup contract! Like this is a scripted line he is supposed to deliver in advance of their breakup, to plant some seeds in Taylor's favor about him using her for money.
Her first breakup song will be called Powerball.
ignore his fiancé. he’s made millions in the nfl and from endorsements. STFU
Like I get rich people have more expenses but dude just get yourself a nice apartment somewhere and talk to a financial planner.
His brother and sister-in-law also act as though they absolutely must work, when they’re beyond set for life already. The other day I saw a clip of Kylie saying when her kids are sad she has to travel for work, she tells them it’s to pay for their beach house. Jason Kelce is worth $30M but lol ok. It’s fine that they want to work even though they don’t need to, but don’t act like it’s a necessity to be away from your children in order to survive. They can’t own up to the fact they just like the attention.
With this comment from Travis, I really don’t get it. Beyond his engagement to Taylor, Travis has enough money to last him several lifetimes. Invested properly, which I’m sure it is, it’ll just keep growing.
The Kelce documentary was eye opening for me with Jason wondering about the different ventures he would have to go through to survive. This family is all about the money.
I haven’t seen it, but that’s interesting. It’s strange to me they have this engrained fear of financial insecurity, as they seem to have had a pretty stable upbringing. For people who grew up financially insecure, sometimes it feels like there’s never enough money to protect them, but I don’t believe that was what the Kelces childhood was like.
I think their fear of financial insecurity comes from their refusal to dial back their spending.
Their dad took a seasonal job to afford Christmas. Their mom was the breadwinner. They were regular degular Midwestern middle class. Just enough to get by okay but not enough to be affluent.
Wasn’t their mom a senior exec in banking? Doesn’t matter whether it’s the woman or man who’s the breadwinner, they were what I’d call more than comfortable.
I wouldn’t consider having to take a second job to afford Christmas as comfortable but we can agree to disagree. I was just denoting that Donna wasn’t a SAHM and that despite her income, it wasn’t enough.
It’s called he got slammed a w 45 page prenup lmao
89 because ✨her mind✨
More like 1989 lmao
Oh it’s a hell of a lot more than 45 pages.
You right. A 445 page prenup in APA format
He's notoriously terrible of money, so maybe he doesn't have as much going on in terms of finances as people think. That's a big reason why I think he got taylor. he's probably going broke.
Exactly, even if his reported net worth sounds like a lot, it’s not the same as being cash rich even asset rich at this point. A lot of people who make him happen have to get their cut before he gets paid. Taylor is the best thing to happen to his bank balance.
I was going to say he's already won the power ball, but then realised Taylor is never going to let him near her money
Came here to say this
He’ll get an 🤏🏾 allowance 😂
Omg I’m so exhausted of rich people saying they’re not rich and complaining about money
What a fucking tonedeaf thing to say
I know it was a joke but, man, the irony is just too good.
Can he not already do this??? If I made even a quarter of what he makes in a single year, I could be set for life.
It sounds like a PR answer his people gave him, but it is such a strange thing to say. He's a professional athlete engaged to a popstar.
There’s few things I hate more than out of touch rich fucks
Privacy might have been an issue for Taylor and Joe but money is definitely gonna be an issue for Taylor and Travis from this weird comment.
His quote was code for: “Taylor, if you want me to quit, you better let me get some of that sweet Grift…..er…Swift money.”
If he actually managed to swindle Taylor out of a large percentage of her money, I would 100% change my mind about his intelligence. He would be the real mastermind here. 😂
Maybe that was his plan? Take advantage of a rebounding Taylor, win the Superbowl, give her the cool highschool jock dream she always wanted, lock her in... and then just keep failing until she's so humiliated about his losses that she pays him so he can stop playing 😂. Cause her ego could never cancel the wedding now that she made a whole album about how she finally found the one.
I thought "People" mag was in tree's pocket. I'm surprised they released this 😂
Either a) one of the editors was annoyed by his tone-deafness and went rogue, or b) Taylor and Tree have given them the all-clear to start smearing him.
For now I'm going with a rouge article, but if we start seeing more then it's a breakup before the altar, and a whole album about "heartbreak" ... her 13th album too
Tacky fucking joke to make when you’re a multi-millionaire who just spent $140k on your fiancée’s Christmas gifts.
the more alarming thing here is that someone worth $90 million implies they have to work because they need even more money. He already has an OBSCENE amount of money. Just leave his money in the bank untouched and it earns him $4.5 million a year. He's so completely out of touch with the real world. These two have bankrupt souls.
Yep, Americans are just tone deaf when it comes to money. Their culture loves money whether you have it or not.
Hmm. It’s almost like their “relationship” is completely fake. If i was in love with and in a secure relationship with a billionaire and about to marry them, i would feel like i had “won the lottery” so to speak. I certainly wouldn’t be worrying about money! This is so revealing. (And pretty gross & offensive too, to be honest, given that he’s a multimillionaire many times over.)
First, there are so very many people struggling hard to put food on the table, much less presents under the tree…I think the urgency of their job attendance is much higher stakes than his (and for much, much less.)
Secondly, I’m wondering what the pre-nup must look like for him to say this!
I cannot stand this tacky meathead 😩
What a dipshit.
He's in love with money and riches, not his fiancee. Where is the romance, he should be saying "the beautiful woman I'm about to marry is the lottery and worth more than all the powerballs in the world". How doesn't Taylor feel used?
He's a multi-millionaire. Football players always receive multiple million dollar sport talk contracts after retirement, and they still make money from endorsements. He and his brother just signed a hundred million dollar contract for their podcast. His brother has four kids and a wife and Jason is nowhere near broke. Travis, you are not a great comedian.
Depending on how many people he has to pay and continue to pay from that money as well as his lifestyle expenses, debts, and investments, we have no idea how much he actually has in liquid cash, chances are it’s not much, the millions don’t just land in their pocket for them to piss up the wall. So many sports folk go broke it’s almost expected.
So weird that in his attempt at saving face he says he'll discuss retirement with his family, friends, Chiefs - and doesn't say "with my future wife." Grifting loser.
To be fair, his fiance would probably fall under "family."
For most people it would. Not sure about Travis
That prenup is gonna be airtight. He’s gonna keep what he brings in and nothing more. Bet on it.
So fucking down to earth, eh trav?
I thought at first it was a joke on the internet. But then I actually researched it and was appalled. It’s so out of touch and like I’m at a loss of words right now. Like what is he on about right now. Even if he did retire right now he would be good financially.
Eww. Everything about him is eww
He's so unlikeable.
He's marrying a billionaire, is rich himself, has an incredibly high-paying job, lots of brand deals, podcast money, just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying Christmas presents... But yeah, if only this poor baby could win the lottery so he didn't have to go to work any more!
How much money do people think they need?
What an absolutely ridiculous comment to make.
Even without Taylor, in 2024 he signed a $34.2M deal, that’s an average of $17M a year. NFL players get paid weekly… so that’s an average of $250,000 a week.
Also, that’s without the bonuses they receive (or any other brand deals / income he has).
So… not quite sure why he’s making such a ridiculous comment.
Let’s say he has $34M in the bank, if he was to put that in an account with investment returns of 3%… that’s $1.02M a year, or $85,000 a month without even touching the $34M.
He’s not allowed to touch her money…
I saw this live last night and was like "And I'll be seeing this dumb fucking tonedeaf comment in the sub soon."
He’s with Taylor just for money and clout.
all those things Swifties blame Joe for is actually this man
so out of touch it’s funny at this point
Lmaooo I’m starting to believe the rumours that he spent all his cash before him and Taylor dated
This asshole...
The real test to their relationship will be when he does officially retire from football. If his dream of being a mega movie star like Dwayne Johnson doesn't work out, being nothing but a football podcaster and Mr. Taylor Swift is going to get old for him very fast. Taylor doesn't have much power in the film side of Hollywood. I don't know how much she'll really be able to help him get that off the ground.
People with money only think about money & how to get more.
He makes $17,125,000 a year from his Chiefs contract alone. It's incredible how out of touch he is.
Wish he'd go away.
Maybe they finished the prenup and he won't be getting anything when they divorce
sidenote it was 1.8 Billion oh I'm sure Taylor is PISSED a rando has just as much money as her
Watch the Kelce documentary on Prime and you'll see Jason worrying about money after football. I think he was going to get into farming and Travis was helping him garden. Just get a weird vibe from this guy I don't know.
Sports media pay these retired dudes millions.
These retired dudes also have a lot of people who got them there to pay, so they don’t see as much money as people seem to think
I thought he wanted to be a gym teacher.
Eat him
Somebody's getting fired from People Magazine for this headline 💀
Dude is so out of touch
When has he ever worked? Lmao
Travis used up all his money on rollercoasters so he's worried.
Eh, no big deal, Scott Swift will be up in that man child’s wallet in no time. He’ll be ballin’ on a budget.
Damn with a headline like that, I thought the content of the article might actually criticise him but nope 😒
He really isn’t very bright to say the least. He’s an athlete and that’s the extent of his abilities. Together they can barely manage a cohesive thought between them.
Rich people are the WORRSTTTT.
LMAO, he is her best PR.
actually romantic 💕
This statement pissed me off so much!
I know it was a joke, but jfc, how tone deaf. Between this comment by Travis, and Taylor comparing her fiance's job to putting his life at risk on a battlefield, do they think themselves too amazing to get media trained and the need for someone to tell them how stupid they sound?
Considering People magazine is one of the media outlets her team uses to push out fluffy, glaze pieces, I'm guessing the intent here is to say "celebrities, they're just like us - tee hee". Just all around brain rot.
I hope Taylor makes him get a part time job lmao
Pretty sure he will be signing an iron clad pre-nup.
You know Tree slammed the table when she saw this one.
I'm going to go against the tide here and say that what this says to me is that the Prenup is soo bad for him that she won't share any assets with him and if he wants something he has to use his own money. Taylor isn't going to fund anything for him
Meanwhile, his niece are getting soap in their mouth for cursing like their family does.
He’s joking and trying to appear relatable. Also important to remember that Taylor is going to have an iron clad prenup. They aren’t going to combine assets and have a joint bank account, what’s hers is hers and what’s his is his. He will mainly benefit by assimilating into her lifestyle, vacations, private jet, bills already paid, etc… But Taylor aside, his football paycheques should be enough to retire and live off of for the next 60 years if he spends wisely.
Also proclaiming the narrative that millions aren’t not enough to escape the rat race. You will soon need billions and shortly after trillions to escape the instability of the lowly underemployed working class. These people are demented, addicted cult followers. They can only be considered leaders if we the masses buy into it.
It is interesting to me, that they both have careers of passion. They want us to accept that there no longer is such thing as engaging in a labour of love or finding meaning by inspiring others without considerable profit attached. This idea might be more dangerous to the future than corporate corrupt ladder climbers who were always in it for the money.
He thinks he won Powerball? Try Rollerball dude! Hope he is satisfied with his dystopian life.
I think he's smart enough to know that Taylor can and will dump his ass at any time so her money is not something he can bank on. Of course he's made enough money of his own that if he invested and lived on a budget, he already would never have to work again.
But two things happen to people like Travis: when you grow up without a lot of money, there is a feeling like you can never make enough even when you have a ton, because you know how it feels to go without. You also see that once you get a taste of the good life, it's hard to go back to normal living. He probably wants to maintain his current lifestyle, which will be much harder to do in retirement.
What a dildo
But I thought he loved her for her, not for her money or fame. Only her past boyfriends loved her money and fame. He loves Taylor the person 🤣
The powerball has never come close to Taylor's net worth. Even if you assume he only gets half in the divorce, if it were the powerball you only get half a jackpot anyway when you opt for lump sum.
I think ppl like him only say this to make more money off people who don't have a lot.