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The news was not an out-of-the-clear-blue-sky surprise. For one thing, the couple have been dating for two years.
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Jennifer Weiner
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By now you’ve probably heard the news, or maybe just the joyful squeals emanating from TikTok or Swifties in your neighbourhood: On Aug 26, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the Kansas City Chiefs football star and the multi-platinum pop princess (or, as the happy couple refer to themselves, “your English teacher and your gym teacher”) announced their engagement.
The news was not an out-of-the-clear-blue-sky surprise. For one thing, the couple have been dating for two years. For another, the announcement was so carefully choreographed, with such a long and deliberate lead-up and such an obviously elaborate plan for maximum media saturation, that it might as well have been the public relations plan for a summer tent-pole movie.
