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Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current ESPN sports analyst\u00a0Troy Aikman<\/strong>\u00a0is afraid he could be in some serious hot water with the Swifties.<\/p>\n On Monday, October 7, during a Monday Night Football showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints, Aikman, 57, gave\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/strong>\u00a0an impromptu nickname on-air after her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/strong>, made a big play during the second quarter.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Mrs. likes it,\u201d Aikman said and after the camera panned to Swift, 34, who attended the game at Arrowhead Stadium after missing the Chiefs\u2019 last two away games.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou know they\u2019re not married, right?\u201d his broadcast partner, Joe Buck, quickly noted.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m in trouble for saying that,\u201d Aikman said.<\/p>\n Prior to kickoff, Kelce\u2019s brother, retired Philadelphia Eagle center\u00a0Jason Kelce<\/strong>, addressed rumors that Travis\u2019 relationship with the pop star is negatively impacting his football game.<\/p>\n \u201cNow he\u2019s enjoying his life very publicly,\u201d Jason, 36, said. \u201cEverything he does, and everything our family does, is very much out there. And that\u2019s just the nature of the way it is right now. Listen, Trav \u2014 this is a guy that\u2019s always found a way to show up in the peak physical shape.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know optics are that he is all over the place \u2014 and that\u2019s not just optics that\u2019s reality,\u201d Jason continued. \u201cBut he still keeps the main thing the main thing. Football has always been the main thing in Trav\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to the current NFL season and his ongoing, public romance with Swift, the three-time Super Bowl champion is coming off a fresh, nine-figure deal for his hit podcast \u201cNew Heights,\u201d which he cohosts with his big brother.<\/p>\n During the offseason, Travis also filmed the game show\u00a0Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?<\/em>\u00a0and starred on Ryan Murphy\u2019s new FX series,\u00a0Grotesquerie<\/em>. As for Travis\u2019 relationship, a source previously confirmed to\u00a0Us Weekly<\/em>\u00a0that the pair are still \u201cgoing strong\u201d despite Swift missing two games earlier this season.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re spending as much time together as possible while balancing their careers and individual responsibilities \u2014 his game and her music empire, along with personal projects,\u201d the insider exclusively told\u00a0Us<\/em>\u00a0on October 1.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re choosing not to dwell on the noise, focusing instead on staying true to themselves and being happy,\u201d the source continued. \u201cThey simply shrug off the stories. They see it as just another example of the press lifting someone up only to tear them down.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current ESPN sports analyst\u00a0Troy Aikman\u00a0is afraid he could be in some serious hot water with the Swifties. On Monday, October 7, during… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"ESPNs](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ESPNs-Troy-Aikman-Jokes-Hes-In-Trouble-for-Giving-Taylor-Swift-a-New-Nickname-During-Chiefs-Game-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=55&strip=all\")
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