Mahomes, Reid react to Taylor Swift’s appearance on New Heights, Travis Kelce’s GQ cover shoot

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KCTV) - The Chiefs have their second preseason game in just two days, yet the final day of Chiefs training camp involved a lot of questions at the podium about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Swift announced she’ll soon be releasing her 12th studio album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ in a promo clip for the podcast episode, which premieres on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. CT.

Mahomes revealed that he knew Swift would be joining the Kelce brothers on their ‘New Heights’ podcast after they finished filming it.

“I knew before y’all did, just cause they called me after the podcast was done. They didn’t call me, they called Brittany. I was in the back of the FaceTime,” he said with a laugh.

Mahomes added that he’s really excited to spend his night off watching the episode.

“I’m honestly super excited. Just knowing Taylor and seeing the process from just a little bit closer of how she makes the albums, it’s gonna be amazing, cause of how much work she puts into it,” he said. “And what better place to announce it than the New Heights podcast, where I feel like she can be herself and showcase who she is. I think people are gonna be really excited to watch it tonight.”

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Andy Reid took the opportunity to voice how happy he is for his star tight end, who’s entering his 13th year with the Chiefs.

“My grandkids will be all over it [the podcast],” he said with a laugh. “Look I’m happy for them. Both of them like each other, and what a plus that is. You know, they care about each other, and I think that’s the most important thing. The older you get, you want these guys to have somebody they can settle down with, and that whole deal. I think it’s a neat deal for them.”

On Tuesday morning, GQ revealed photos and interviews from its cover shoot with Kelce, dubbing him ‘America’s Sweetheart.’ Both Reid and Mahomes had plenty to say about his fun outfits and photo scenarios.

“It’s great to be young, man,” Reid joked. “That alligator is 175 pounds or something, they made him hold it for quite awhile it looked like. I’m not sure who was madder, the alligator or Travis.”

Jokingly, Mahomes said he’d never agree to a photoshoot like that one.

“100% not. Even in the Everglades in general, it’s not my spot. I’m not a big alligator (guy) - like in Texas, you get an alligator out there, it’s gonna shut the city down,” he said. “The pictures turned out great, he said I can borrow some outfits for gamedays.

“So I plan on getting those and see what I can look like with those outfits on. The fur, maybe the big boots with that trench coat looking thing. I thought that may be good for an away game like in Denver or something.”