{"id":215599,"date":"2025-07-18T01:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/215599\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T01:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:18:11","slug":"chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-shares-update-on-derek-green-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/215599\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Heiress Gracie Hunt Shares Update on Derek Green Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gracie Hunt is proud to say she\u2019s dating her best friend.<\/p>\n<p>Three months after soft-launching her relationship with Derek Green, Hunt, 26, shared a montage of moments with him via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMLqwj4O7PW\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, captioned \u201cFriends since 2017 \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffc.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The text \u201c\u2018You look happier.\u2019 Thank you I\u2019m dating my best friend\u201d appeared over the video, which was set to Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cYou Belong With Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video showed Green, 24, and the Kansas City Chiefs heiress doing everything from paddleboarding and riding bikes to dancing and axe throwing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chiefs-owners-daughter-gracie-hunt-praises-brilliant-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Chiefs-Owners-Daughter-Gracie-Hunt-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Brilliant-Taylor-Swift-at-NFL-Games.jpg?crop=0px%2C121px%2C1600px%2C905px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\"   alt=\"Chiefs Owners Daughter Gracie Hunt Opens Up About Meeting Brilliant Taylor Swift at NFL Games\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Chiefs-Owners-Daughter-Gracie-Hunt-Opens-Up-About-Meeting-Brilliant-Taylor-Swift-at-NFL-Games.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chiefs-owners-daughter-gracie-hunt-praises-brilliant-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    Related: Chiefs Heiress Gracie Hunt Opens Up About Meeting &#8216;Brilliant&#8217; Taylor Swift<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift is officially a member of Chiefs Kingdom, and the team owner\u2019s daughter couldn\u2019t be happier. During a Wednesday, December 27, interview with OutKick, Gracie Hunt, the eldest daughter of Kansas City Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, opened up about bonding with Swift, 34, who has become a staple at NFL games this [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Hunt, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/clark-hunts-family-meet-kansas-city-chiefs-owners-wife-and-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">daughter of Chiefs owner Clark Hunt<\/a> and his wife, Tavia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/chiefs-heiress-gracie-hunt-and-bf-cody-keiths-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously dated Cody Keith<\/a>, before breakup rumors began swirling in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Like Keith, Green is a former college football player, suiting up Southern Methodist University from 2019 to 2021. He is also the son of former Chiefs quarterback Trent Green and now works in sports operations in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Though their romance may be new, Gracie, also an SMU alum, appears to have her family\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m crying \ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\udd25,\u201d Tavia wrote in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis makes me so happy,\u201d her younger sister, Ava, added.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kansas-city-chiefs-organizations-best-quotes-about-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Kansas-City-Chiefs-Organization-Best-Quotes-About-Taylor-Swift.jpg?crop=275px%2C125px%2C1569px%2C885px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\"   alt=\"The Kansas City Chiefs Organization Best Quotes About Taylor Swift\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Kansas-City-Chiefs-Organization-Best-Quotes-About-Taylor-Swift.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kansas-city-chiefs-organizations-best-quotes-about-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    Related: The Kansas City Chiefs Organization&#8217;s Best Quotes About Taylor Swift\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPerry Knotts\/Getty Images Taylor Swift won over the entire Kansas City Chiefs organization after she started dating tight end Travis Kelce. \u201cEverybody stayed away [and] just let [Travis] do what he was doing,\u201d starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes said during a December 2023 interview on CBS Mornings. \u201cThen he started bringing Taylor around. He realized how [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Gracie first teased their relationship in early April when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/gracie-hunt-sparks-romance-rumor-with-taylor-swift-reference\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she shared photos<\/a> of them at Arrowhead Stadium with her arms around his neck via her Instagram story. She did not reveal Green\u2019s name at the time.<\/p>\n<p>She captioned the photos, \u201cAfter meeting 7.5 years ago in this place\u2026all along there was some invisible string \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d (The caption is a nod to Swift\u2019s song, \u201cInvisible String.\u201d Gracie and Swift have become close since the singer began dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.)<\/p>\n<p>That post came just days after Keith appeared to hint that the two had broken up, sharing a carousel of photos with Gracie nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarch dump!\u201d he wrote in the caption. \u201cThere was a little bit of work, a little bit of play, but most importantly, spectacular memories were made!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThank You!<\/p>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks after teasing Green\u2019s identity, the couple appeared at the White House Correspondents Dinner, sitting at the Fox News table and posing for photos together.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Green has been a frequent presence on Gracie\u2019s social media. In mid-May, Gracie shared a carousel via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJyt5tEud0Y\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> with many images featuring the two of them together, including shots of them holding hands, working out and doing shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is full,\u201d she captioned the post. \u201cGrateful for some much-needed time to rest, reflect, and reset after a whirlwind few months post-football season. So thankful for time with the people who keep me grounded, remind me I\u2019m loved, and never fail to make me laugh. Swipe for a few favorite snapshots from life lately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gracie Hunt is proud to say she\u2019s dating her best friend. 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