Jason Kelce Hired Security After Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Relationship

Jason Kelce is opening up about his family’s increased need for security after reports that Travis Kelce is “struggling” with that aspect of his relationship with Taylor Swift.

The older Kelce brother, 38, opened up during a July 21 appearance on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, revealing he now travels with a bodyguard after Travis’s relationship with Taylor led to increased attention on his family.

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“I forget what rapper it was, but you end up getting a bodyguard, not so much to protect you but to protect you from doing something stupid,” he said. “And I think that having a Dutch around diffuses a lot of situations sometimes from getting to a level that’s not good. And luckily, we really haven’t had anything pop up. The vast majority of people are awesome. They’re super nice. They’re either fans of you or fans of the game or whatever event we’re at. So I never thought I would [have a bodyguard]. But it’s good to have a travel buddy.”

The former Philadelphia Eagles player says fame was “gradual” but shifted dramatically when his 36-year-old brother started dating his pop sensation wife in 2023. “It just was like a very big flip obviously when Taylor and Travis started dating, and that led to a whole [other] demographic and fan base being interested in not just me but our entire family,” Jason said. “And I went from very much being dominated by large fat men coming up to me and shaking my hand and thanking me for being an Eagle, to little girls. It was quite a shift of people that became fans.”

Jason said that Taylor coming into the Kelce family put their fame in “a whole different category.” He explained, “Now there’s people that pretty much dominate—they’re music fans, and now all of a sudden they’re coming into the football world or interested in the family because of that. So it’s definitely been gradual, but at the same time, pretty intense the last two or three years.”

In May, a source told Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice Substack that Travis is “struggling” with Taylor’s intense need for bodyguards. “Taylor’s life operates like a military operation,” one insider says. “There are armored SUVs, armed guards, advance teams, private entrances, constant surveillance. Travis respects why it’s necessary, but it’s still shocking to him sometimes.”

“He wants to be the one protecting her,” the source explains. “That’s part of how Travis sees himself. But it’s a strange feeling when highly trained security teams are always ten steps ahead of you.”

At their July 3 wedding, Travis reportedly brought Taylor to tears when he said in his vows that he promises always to protect her. However, later that month a source once again told Naughty But Nice that Travis was clashing with Taylor’s security team while trying to assert his place as her “protector.”

“Travis instinctively steps in, opens a path, or tries to guide her through a crowd,” an insider said. “Within seconds, security takes over. They decide where Taylor goes, who gets close, and when it’s safe to move. Travis has had to learn he’s not the one calling those shots.”

It seems like the Kelce family is still getting used to the magnitude of Swift’s fame and the safety procedures it requires.

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