Taylor Swift Takes Charge in Travis Kelce Relationship, Says Body Language Expert

Body language expert, Judi James, weighed in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship dynamics following their now-viral PDA session in a Nashville bar. 

Upon examining footage of the couple sweetly slow dancing to the 35-year-old pop star’s 2014 hit Shake It Off, James shared her keen observations on how they behave around one another in a crowded space. 

‘We have Travis serenading Taylor here, singing straight into her face as they dance like no one is watching in the middle of a busy dancefloor, suggesting the kind of exclusivity ritual you can get when a couple focus so intently on each other that they really do become oblivious to the rest of the world around them,’ she begins.

James points out that Swift ‘responds with a very exaggerated display of approval’ as she places her hand on his head and strokes him like ‘an adorable dog’ more than once.

‘Their togetherness signals do seem to be becoming less inhibited (for Travis, Taylor was always looking like a smitten teen) but it is still Taylor doing the heavy lifting in terms of showing their love and their romantic narrative off to the world,’ she notes. 

James continues: ‘She’s the one throwing her head back in a gesture of loving surrender on the red carpet, baring her neck to signal trust and offering her mouth up to Travis for a kiss, while he seems to convert the offer into a less passionate cheek kiss.’ 

Body language expert, Judi James, weighed in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship dynamics following their now-viral PDA session in a Nashville bar

‘When they walk together it’s his huge paw containing her hand in a protective clasp but it’s Taylor doing all the face-watching as though unable to keep her eyes off her man,’ the expert added. ‘And the dance floor kiss involves Taylor holding Travis’s face in place to ensure his undivided attention and to make sure that she gets the mouth kiss she wants.’

James concluded: ‘It’s probably good that Taylor is in charge of the romantic choreography while Travis looks a little more diffident but happy to be led, but it does hint that she’s the more focused and certain one in the relationship.’

In late 2023, Swift revealed their love story began long before she attended her first Kansas City Chiefs game.

‘This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,’ she told TIME magazine. 

‘We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.’

Kelce, now infamously, first tried to capture Swift’s attention when he attended her Eras Tour show at Arrowhead stadium by making her a friendship bracelet with his number on it.

He failed to meet Swift behind the scenes of her sold-out tour but his ‘metal’ podcast antics eventually caught her attention with the songstress revealing they began dating immediately.

‘When you say a relationship is public, that means I’m going to see him do what he loves, we’re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don’t care,’ she added.

Upon examining footage of the couple sweetly slow dancing to the pop star’s 2014 hit Shake It Off, James shared her keen observations on how they behave around one another in a crowded space

In late 2023, Swift revealed their love story began long before she attended her first Kansas City Chiefs game

‘The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.’ 

In January, experts at GroomsDay.com predicted the pair as the most likely Hollywood couple to get engaged.

In April, it was reported that Travis believed his newfound fame from dating Taylor caused a dip in his NFL form last season.

Kelce had one of the most underwhelming seasons of his career in 2024 from a statistical standpoint, putting up some of his worst numbers ever before going largely anonymous in the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Following his team’s devastating loss, a source told Us Weekly: ‘He wants to have a good season and not have the focus be on his relationship with Taylor.’

As Kelce preps for the upcoming NFL season in Florida, Swift has remained dutifully by his side. 

While speaking to a patient at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Florida, the singer confirmed she was in the Sunshine State because her ‘boyfriend is training here.’