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American tennis star Frances Tiafoe dished on getting private invites to hang with NFL power couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
During an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast on Tuesday, Tiafoe recalled once being star-struck while taking shots with Swift — as well as spending time in Kansas City with the Chiefs tight end and quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“I’ve said it in real time, whoever I’m with, like, ‘Yo, I’m out here taking shots with Taylor Swift,” Tiafoe, 26, told former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder, who co-host the podcast. “Granted, I gotta keep it a buck, we’re here on ‘The Pivot’ — I’m a Beyonce guy. But at the moment I’m like, man, like, this is crazy, she’s the biggest star out here.
Frances Tiafoe is a Beyoncé guy, but he can’t believe his star shines bright enough to find himself taking shots with Taylor Swift. Playing winning tennis is always the goal, but the perks aren’t bad!So, whether his hanging with the world’s biggest up star or popping up in KC… pic.twitter.com/uVoi8vZOXe— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) January 8, 2025
“Then Mahomes and Travis they were like ‘yo, we gotta have you in [Kansas City]. Them saying that is wild to me and then they rolled out the red carpet for me. It’s crazy because playing tennis and being able to reach that many people and people want to meet me and hang out and actually do stuff, those are the things, it’s why you do what you do.”
Tiafoe, who didn’t share when and where the hangouts took place, also has tennis legend John McEnroe, and Knicks teammates Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart in his texting rotation.
The Maryland native has yet to be seen publicly with Swift and Kelce, who took in the 2024 US Open in NYC.
The “Cruel Summer” singer and the three-time Super Bowl champ attended the men’s singles final between American Taylor Fritz and Italian Jannik Sinner — the current world No. 1 — at the US Open on Sept. 8, along with Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes.
Tiafoe was eliminated the day prior after he fell in five sets to Fritz to end his impressive push for the first major title of his career.
Tiafoe went on to say he’s “just regular dude from Maryland,” who isn’t defined by his sport.
“I’ve got a lot of interests outside just hitting a tennis ball, and you can feel that,” he said. “I am who I am in every room. I’m not trying to put on for nobody else.”
Tiafoe added that it didn’t hit him how famous he was until he beat Rafael Nadal at the 2022 U.S. Open.
“It’s amazing how it can just change like that. All of a sudden everybody wants to come and watch, people are hitting me, I’m going to events. It took me a while to take that because I never really saw myself like that. But now I’ve kind of embraced it and it’s helped me for sure.”
Tiafoe is currently No. 17 in the ATP rankings.
He reached the top 10 in singles in 2023.
