‘It’s as advertised’: Taylor Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce gives Singapore glowing review
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Taylor Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelce (left) gushed about Singapore in a chat with his brother Jason in the March 13 episode of their New Heights podcast.
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SINGAPORE – American football star Travis Kelce has gone on record to praise his visit to Singapore, calling the city state “high-tech”, exceedingly “well planned out” and “more interesting” to him than Sydney, Australia.
Kelce, 34, was in town between March 7 and 9
On the couple’s itinerary was dinner at upscale Japanese restaurant Koma Singapore and, as shared in a chat with his brother Jason in the March 13 episode of their New Heights football podcast, a gander about Gardens by the Bay.
In what appears to be a reference to the Cloud Forest attraction, Kelce said: “I got to check out the world’s largest greenhouse. How about that?”
The Ohio native, who plays for National Football League (NFL) team Kansas City Chiefs, made the comments in a nearly 10-minute segment on his Singapore stay.
He added: “I’m a big plant guy, love seeing flowers and trees. They had the world’s biggest waterfall in a greenhouse too.
“It was awesome, man. The way the whole thing was laid out. It was a very controlled space and everything was blooming at the same time. It was so unique and so nice.”
When asked by his brother – a former football player who recently announced his retirement from the NFL – if the “futuristic” pictures of Singapore were to be believed, Kelce said the country was just as advertised.
“The architecture is crazy, they have that one hotel – the Marina Bay Sands – where it looks like a boat is on top of three pillars. That thing is as advertised as well, cool as s***,” he said.
Kelce was particularly taken with the lighting in public spaces, remarking: “You’ve got the street lights, but then you’ve got the building lights, the bus stops. Everything is just nice.
“We don’t have that in America. Everything over there is just high-tech, and you can just tell it’s well planned out.”
Kelce also made nods to Singapore’s diverse cuisine and the “100 deg F” (38 deg C) heat.
Asked to make a choice between Sydney and Singapore – two cities he visited Swift in – he said: “I feel I got to see a bit more of Singapore, so I’m going to say Singapore was a little more interesting for sure.
“I was only in Australia for a couple hours.”
In a previous episode of the podcast, which the brothers co-host, Kelce said he went to the zoo in Sydney with Swift.
The couple returned to the United States on March 9.
In a prelude to her song Marjorie on the opening night of her six sold-out Singapore shows, Swift revealed that her grandmother – for whom the song is named – used to live here
Under a clip of the moment posted on Instagram, Jason Kelce commented that he had been moved to tears.
