Travis Kelce Channels His Inner Julia Roberts — Calls Himself Taylor Swift’s 'Pretty Woman'

Published 07/23/2025, 8:42 PM EDT

Sometimes life hands you a script so dramatic, so over-the-top romantic, it might as well come with its own theme music and Oscar buzz. From crying like Rachel McAdams in the rain to grinning like Meg Ryan over pie, we have all, at some point, become walking movie tropes. Films have offered us catharsis, chaos, and the occasional delusion. And apparently, they have done the same for Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who has chosen his on-screen soulmate: Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

Travis Kelce now gleefully claims the role of the wide-eyed, lovestruck dreamer, only this time, in cleats and in love with Taylor Swift.

Travis Kelce lives his Pretty Woman era

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Travis Kelce has cast himself in a rom-com remake, and the working title is Pretty Man. During a new episode of the New Heights podcast, Jason Kelce brought up that Pretty Woman had faced criticism for being “misogynistic.”  Travis Kelce quickly offered a twist: “I think the only way to gauge it is to flip the script.” Jason Kelce then delivered the perfect punchline, telling his brother, “You are basically living Pretty Man right now”, a nod to Kelce’s relationship with music powerhouse Taylor Swift.

In the flipped script version, the Kelce brothers imagined a version where “a CEO billionaire woman” is so rich and refined, “she does not know where she is going, she does not know how to drive a car.” And lo and behold, Julia Roberts was sitting in front of Jason Kelce all along. Travis Kelce then sealed the comparison with a rom-com-worthy visual, laughing, “I am wearing nothing but a tie when Taylor comes home.” With that, the football star confirmed what the Internet already suspected, his love life has a script, a soundtrack, and a wardrobe change.

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As if the comparisons were not enough, Travis Kelce might have experienced a full-circle Pretty Woman and Pretty Man crossover in real life.

Pretty Woman meets Pretty Man

When Travis Kelce met Julia Roberts at one of Taylor Swift’s concerts last year, the moment felt strangely familiar to him. He later joked that meeting the Pretty Woman star was like looking in a mirror, describing the uncanny resemblance between his own life and her iconic character. It was, in his words, spiritual rom-com alignment. Julia Roberts had once climbed a fire escape for love, Travis, apparently, just needs a stadium tunnel and a glittering pop star.

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Reflecting on the film, Kelce summed it all up by calling himself an “NFL hooker”, a title no agent would recommend but every Swiftie now quotes. The Kansas City Chiefs star has since gone full Hollywood, recently joining Adam Sandler in an upcoming movie, solidifying his leap from postgame interviews to actual scripts. At this rate, he might just get his Pretty Man remake, Julia Roberts-approved and a

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Iffat Siddiqui

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Iffat is an Entertainment Journalist at Netflix Junkie. A word wizard, she had the sorting hat smoke at the seams owing to her excellence in everything Hollywood and cinema until it finally declared that she belonged to the Royals, specifically Meghan Markle. Boasting over 300 articles (and counting), each one tastefully infused with the right mix of facts, wit, opinion, and essentially everything to make a perfect pop culture piece, she is the epitome of a trustworthy entertainment journalist.

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