New Heights;skyler caruso Donna Kelce may have hinted at her son Travis Kelce's engagement to Taylor Swift when speaking with PEOPLE exclusively on the red carpet of The Kingdom on Aug. 24 The NFL spoke about where her son's "happiness" is stemming from two days before the couple announced their engagement on Tuesday, Aug. 26 Travis' dad, Ed Kelce, also opened up about the Kansas City Chiefs tight end's happiness, and credited Swift as the "obvious" reason why Mom always knows! Donna Kelce may have hinted at her sonTravis Kelce's engagement to girlfriendTaylor Swiftwhen speaking with PEOPLE exclusively on the red carpet at ESPN's special screening ofThe Kingdomon Sunday, Aug. 24. When asked about what's making her Kansas City Chiefs tight end son "so happy" right now, the famed NFL mom didn't hesitate to share her — now-obvious — reason why. "I think his mind is settled. That's about all I can tell you," Donnatold PEOPLE exclusivelyof where she thinks Travis' happiness is stemming from at the moment, two days before the couple announcedthe news of their engagementin a joint Instagram post on Tuesday, Aug. 26. "I think he feels calm and he feels like he's on a mission and he knows exactly what he wants," she added. Travis' dad, Ed Kelce, also shared with PEOPLE a similar answer when asked the same question on the event's red carpet held at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City on Sunday night. "Taylor," Ed candidly admitted when he was tasked with pinpointing the cause of Travis' happiness. "There's no question about it." When asked if he tuned in to watch the couple on Travis and his brotherJason Kelce'sNew Heightspodcast earlier this month, Ed said he thought therecord-breaking episodewas "so good." "I think it was awesome," he added. "It was great to see them go back and forth. They're two people obviously very much in love." On Tuesday, the "Cruel Summer" singer and the Chiefs tight end, both 35, shared the engagement news alongside several photos from their floral-filled garden proposal. "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨," Swift wrote in the caption. Jamie Squire/Getty Travis proposed with a ring he designed with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry. The dazzling stone is an "Old Mine brilliant cut," which Swift shows off in several photos. Travis and Swiftbegan datingin 2023. After seeing the singer perform at his team's Arrowhead Stadium during herEras Tourthat July,Travis invited Swift to attend one of his gamesin September, andtheir relationship took off. David Eulitt/Getty Since then, the Ohio native has spoken about the pop superstar in a number of interviews (andSwift seemingly sings about Travison her albumThe Tortured Poets Department). They've also stepped out alongside each other at various events, including theUS OpenandCoachella. Most recently, Swift made her debut on Travis'New Heightspodcast, where the twodetailed the start of their love story— and shared a glimpse into the singer's forthcoming album,The Life of a Showgirl— over the course of its two-hour duration. Read the original article onPeople
