American tennis star Frances Tiafoe dished on getting non-public invitations to hold with NFL energy couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
Throughout an look on “The Pivot” podcast on Tuesday, Tiafoe recalled as soon as being star-struck whereas taking pictures with Swift — in addition to spending time in Kansas Metropolis with the Chiefs tight finish and quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“I’ve said it in real time, whoever I’m with, like, ‘Yo, I’m out here taking shots with Taylor Swift,” Tiafoe, 26, instructed former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder, who co-host the podcast. “Granted, I gotta preserve it a buck, we’re right here on ‘The Pivot’ — I’m a Beyonce man. However for the time being I’m like, man, like, that is loopy, she’s the largest star out right here.
“Then Mahomes and Travis they were like ‘yo, we gotta have you in [Kansas City]. Them saying that is wild to me and then they rolled out the red carpet for me. It’s crazy because playing tennis and being able to reach that many people and people want to meet me and hang out and actually do stuff, those are the things, it’s why you do what you do.”
Tiafoe, who didn’t share when and the place the hangouts occurred, additionally has tennis legend John McEnroe, and Knicks teammates Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart in his texting rotation.
The Maryland native has but to be seen publicly with Swift and Kelce, who took within the 2024 US Open in NYC.
The “Cruel Summer” singer and the three-time Tremendous Bowl champ attended the lads’s singles ultimate between American Taylor Fritz and Italian Jannik Sinner — the present world No. 1 — on the US Open on Sept. 8, together with Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany Mahomes.
Tiafoe was eradicated the day prior after he fell in 5 units to Fritz to finish his spectacular push for the primary main title of his profession.
Tiafoe went on to say he’s “just regular dude from Maryland,” who isn’t outlined by his sport.
“I’ve got a lot of interests outside just hitting a tennis ball, and you can feel that,” he mentioned. “I am who I am in every room. I’m not trying to put on for nobody else.”
Tiafoe added that it didn’t hit him how well-known he was till he beat Rafael Nadal on the 2022 U.S. Open.
“It’s amazing how it can just change like that. All of a sudden everybody wants to come and watch, people are hitting me, I’m going to events. It took me a while to take that because I never really saw myself like that. But now I’ve kind of embraced it and it’s helped me for sure.”
Tiafoe is presently No. 17 within the ATP rankings.
He reached the highest 10 in singles in 2023.
