{"id":19914,"date":"2025-01-17T03:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19914"},"modified":"2025-01-17T03:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T03:52:13","slug":"travis-kelce-reacts-to-stephen-a-smiths-taylor-swift-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19914","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Reacts to Stephen A. Smith&#8217;s Taylor Swift &#8216;Confession&#8217;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unknown how much money, if any,\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0star\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0has to shell out each time he attends his girlfriend\u00a0Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; concerts. In fact, the All-Pro tight end probably got complimentary tickets for the shows, considering how he&#8217;s the boyfriend of the concert&#8217;s headliner.<\/p>\n<p>The same cannot be said about ESPN sportscaster\u00a0Stephen A. Smith, who revealed his honest opinion on Swift and her &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; on Wednesday&#8217;s episode of\u00a0&#8220;The Stephen A. Smith Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yo, Travis, I&#8217;ve got a confession to make, bro,&#8221; Smith started. &#8220;I never really listened to her music before I went to her concert. Yo, Travis, it&#8217;s the greatest concert I&#8217;ve ever been to in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s off the chain,&#8221; Kelce agreed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Stephen A. Smith\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2667\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEwMjA5MzkyMzU4ODYwNjU4\/stephen-a-smith-on-the-espn.jpg\" \/><\/picture><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Stephen A. Smith<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">\u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Smith then went on to say how much money he spent to buy tickets for the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My daughters hoodwinked me because they got me to take 10 of their friends,&#8221; Smith continued. &#8220;Now that was two thousand a pop, I spent $20,000 on that [expletive] concert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s resale, by the way. That&#8217;s resale,&#8221; Kelce reacted, pointing out that the &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; tickets do not cost that much in the primary market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ain&#8217;t got your money, Travis,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I (expletive) sure don&#8217;t have her money. I said, &#8216;This better be worth it.&#8217; And I&#8217;ve got to confess, it was so [expletive] good I went there twice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Smith loved his experience so much that he had to go for seconds. While he no longer revealed how much he spent for the second night, it is abundantly clear that it was money well spent for the ESPN anchor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unknown how much money, if any,\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0star\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0has to shell out each time he attends his girlfriend\u00a0Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Eras Tour&#8221; concerts. 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