Travis Kelce's Happiness Comes from Girlfriend Taylor Swift, Dad Ed Kelce Says: 'There's No Question About It' (Exclusive)

The "Happiness" successful Travis Kelce's life comes from 1 circumstantial root — according to his dad, Ed Kelce.

While attending nan premiere of The Kingdom successful Kansas City connected Sunday, Aug. 24, Ed, 74, said exclusively pinch PEOPLE astir really his youngest son's joyousness stems from his narration pinch woman Taylor Swift.

"Taylor," Ed candidly admitted erstwhile he was tasked pinch pinpointing nan origin of Travis' happiness. "There's nary mobility astir it."

When asked if he tuned successful to watch nan mates connected Travis and Jason Kelce's New Heights podcast earlier this month, Ed said he thought nan record-breaking episode was "so good."

"I deliberation it was awesome," he added. "It was awesome to spot them spell backmost and forth. They're 2 group evidently very overmuch successful love."

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Travis and Swift, some 35, began dating successful 2023. After seeing nan vocalist execute astatine his team's Arrowhead Stadium during her Eras Tour that July, Travis invited Swift to be 1 of his games successful September, and their narration took off.

The 2 past confirmed their romance successful October 2023, when they stepped retired holding hands at a Saturday Night Live afterparty. They yet went Instagram charismatic pinch an epic selfie successful June 2024, and precisely a twelvemonth later, nan brace made their red carpet debut at nan NFL player's Tight End University — a three-day summertime training campy successful Nashville.

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After a whirlwind summer, a source told PEOPLE Swift is "really looking forward" to supporting Travis during nan 2025-2026 NFL season. "Not conscionable because she loves supporting Travis, but because for nan first afloat play since they started dating, she’s not juggling a packed circuit schedule,” nan insider said.

Swift wrapped nan last show of her Eras Tour successful Vancouver, British Columbia, successful December 2024. The historical run, which began successful March 2023, spanned 5 continents and grossed complete $2 cardinal successful summons sales, making it the highest-grossing circuit successful history.

Back successful April, a root told PEOPLE that Travis and Swift are some "very superior and successful sync."

"They worth nan aforesaid things. Right now, nan attraction is very overmuch connected backstage clip retired of nan spotlight," nan insider added of nan tight extremity and nan Grammy Award-winner.

For Ed, he is beyond proud of each his boy has accomplished complete nan years — not only arsenic a record-breaking athlete, but arsenic a family member, friend and romantic partner.

"I deliberation his continued activity ethic is thing that really makes you happy. That, mixed pinch nan efforts that he puts distant for those little fortunate, for nan underserved communities. I deliberation it's a operation of those things," he told PEOPLE. "He has really dedicated himself this season, too. I mean, he's successful nan champion style I deliberation he's been successful a agelong time."

The Kingdom, a multi-part bid that chronicles nan Kansas City Chiefs’ 2024 season, and besides focuses connected nan franchise's spot successful NFL history, is presently disposable to watercourse on ESPN+.