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EXCLUSIVE: <\/span>Crisis that’s driven Taylor Swift into hiding takes dark turn: ‘Desperate’ Travis Kelce is struggling to help… but there’s a crushing private battle she’ll never walk away from<\/h1>\n

After her whopping 21-month\u00a0Eras Tour<\/span>\u00a0came to an end last December,\u00a0Taylor Swift<\/span>\u00a0had been looking forward to a well-deserved rest alongside her devoted beau,\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/span>.<\/p>\n

And with tight-end Kelce, 35, in off-season down time, the couple recently took a romantic international vacation away from the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Now, having returned to the US, Swift was surely hoping to play house \u2014 in the peaceful confines of one of eight luxury homes.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, no such peace is to be found \u2014 for Swift is gripped in the maw of a stubborn and worsening personal crisis.<\/p>\n

And she’s fighting fires on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Daily Mail exclusively reported that the superstar, 35, was\u00a0‘in hiding’<\/span>, holed up with Kelce and cutting contact with many of her closest friends.<\/p>\n

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Last week, the Daily Mail exclusively reported that Taylor Swift, 35, was ‘in hiding’, holed up with Kelce (pictured in December) and cutting contact with many of her closest friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And then there’s the even more devastating fallout surrounding the custody battle over Swift’s godson. (Pictured: Swift at the Grammy Awards in February).<\/p>\n

According to our source, this battening down of hatches is by design \u2014 as she tries to avoid being\u00a0further dragged into the vicious legal battle<\/span>\u00a0between former best friend\u00a0Blake Lively<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Justin Baldoni<\/span>. (Swift has been mentioned in legal filings and has apparently been left feeling ‘used’ by Lively).<\/p>\n

And then there’s the even more devastating fallout surrounding the custody battle over Swift’s godson.<\/p>\n

In 2015, singer was made godmother to actress\u00a0Jaime King<\/span>‘s son, Leo Thames, who is now 9-years-old.<\/p>\n

Having met at a Golden Globes party in 2014, Swift and King became fast friends \u2014 and over the years, the singer has shared snippets of her clear fondness for little Leo, including dedicating her hit ‘Never Grow Up’ to him weeks after he was born.<\/p>\n

In a 2020 interview with People magazine, King shared that she had chosen the pop star to be her son’s godmother not because of ‘the name’ but because of Swift’s ‘morals and her values, the way that she treats people and how hard-working she is.’<\/p>\n

But things aren’t all happy families now.<\/p>\n

On Monday, King, 45,\u00a0lost physical custody of her two sons<\/span>\u00a0to her ex-husband, filmmaker\u00a0Kyle Newman<\/span>.<\/p>\n

A judge ruled that King only have supervised visits with her two sons until she finishes a mandated drugs and alcohol program that will last around six months.<\/p>\n

In his legal filing, Newman branded King \u2014 who has been open about taking heroin as a teenager \u2014 ‘a chronic drug addict and alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem.’<\/p>\n

All of which is said to have left Swift devastated.<\/p>\n

An insider told the Daily Mail: ‘[Swift] will always honor and cherish her commitment to being a godmother to Jaime’s son Leo and any suggestions that she has ditched Jaime or Leo is false.’<\/p>\n

Other sources have confirmed that Swift has in recent years grown more distant from King \u2014 in part due to her hectic schedule during the Eras Tour \u2014 but insisted she still ‘has so much love for Jaime, and always will.’<\/p>\n

‘Taylor has not been personally afflicted by the disease of addiction, luckily. But she has had many people who she cares about in her life who are and who have been,’ our insider said, adding that ‘[Swift] has never walked away from anyone because of this.’<\/p>\n

In the past, Taylor has faced accusations of ditching friends whenever their personal drama threaten her own reputation. When Lively, 37, filed her bombshell complaint accusing 41-year-old Baldoni, her\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/span>\u00a0director and co-star, of sexual harassment in December, Swift began to distance herself.<\/p>\n

When Baldoni, who denies all allegations against him, filed his countersuit, alleging defamation, Swift’s distance only grew stronger.<\/p>\n

She also appeared to move away from longtime friend Selena Gomez, after the 32-year-old singer faced backlash online after sharing a video in January crying about\u00a0Donald Trump<\/span>‘s mass deportation of illegal immigrants, before promptly deleting it.<\/p>\n

And, of course, Swift had to weather the public death of her close friendship with\u00a0Karlie Kloss<\/span>\u00a0in 2017. The following year, the supermodel married Joshua Kushner \u2014 brother-in-law to\u00a0Ivanka Trump<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Jamie King lost custody of her two sons to her estranged husband, filmmaker Kyle Newman. (Pictured: Swift and King in 2014).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘[Swift and Kelce] aren’t hanging out with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes right now,’ an insider told the Daily Mail. (Pictured: Taylor and Brittany together at a Championship game in January).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘The two couples aren’t avoiding each other because of any tension, they just have other priorities right now,’ the insider added. (Pictured: Swift, Kelce, Brittany and Patrick at the US Open last September).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hidden away together amid the storm, Swift’s mounting crises are said to have been tough on Kelce who is ‘desperate’ to protect his girlfriend from getting ‘sucked into anything more than she already has,’ another source said.<\/p>\n

‘Travis is Taylor’s rock, and he will do anything and everything he needs to do to keep her safe,’ this source added. ‘She is the number one priority in his life right now.’<\/p>\n

I can’t be easy \u2014 especially since Kelce appears to be without his usual support systems, too.<\/p>\n

Indeed, even his Kanas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes, 29, and wife Brittany, 29, are not getting the usual face-time.<\/p>\n

‘[Swift and Kelce] aren’t hanging out with Patrick and Brittany right now,’ a third insider tells us.<\/p>\n

‘The two couples aren’t avoiding each other because of any tension, they just have other priorities right now,’ that insider added, referencing the fact that the Mahomeses welcomed a new daughter last month.<\/p>\n

‘Travis and Taylor will get their friend and family fix in no time, but right now it’s all about the relationship.’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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