The Taylor and Travis show
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Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: a pop star and a tight end hit the stage, an actress hits a sour gummy, and Ben Affleck hits the bricks.
Maybe Taylor Swift can pick our next president? She did a masterful job casting Travis Kelce as her current public boyfriend — he is perhaps her first romantic partner to truly understand her fame and know what to do with it. These two are perfect for each other:
Like, can you imagine Jake Gyllenhaal doing this? Or Calvin Harris? Matty Healy???
In addition to joining Swift on stage during her Eras Tour run in London this past weekend, Kelce also spent time with her honored guests, Prince William, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte:
And he was all over the VIP tent, where he literally rubbed shoulders with such varied celebrities as Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, Paul McCartney, Greta Gerwig, and Tom Cruise. (Cruise, who basically lives in London now, skipped his daughter Suri’s high-school graduation for the concert — not that he was necessarily invited. Suri was listed as “Suri Noelle” in the program and hasn’t been seen with her dad since they took a trip to Disney World right after the divorce in 2012.)
What I appreciate most about Kelce is that he is not afraid to talk about his relationship with Swift as it is happening. On his podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce, this week, he discussed meeting the royals and called Prince William “the coolest motherfucker.” Interesting! Not the impression I have ever gotten, but okay.
Swift has a few more international dates on the Eras Tour in August and will wind down for a break just in time for NFL season. It looks like she and Kelce are committed to each other, and why wouldn’t they be ? I have yet to identify a downside, financial or otherwise, to their relationship.
In honor of the couple’s one-year-ish anniversary, Us Weekly created a special issue dedicated to their love. The cover story contains thrilling insights into their relationship such as, “despite their hectic schedules, they make it work” and “Taylor and Travis bring out the best in each other and lift each other up.”
“This has been the best year of both of their lives,” a source revealed to the tabloid. “Between the Super Bowl and their families meeting and traveling the world together, it’s been quite a ride for Taylor and Travis.”
“They’re in an easy era,” the source continued. “They have daily FaceTimes when they’re apart and send cute texts to each other. They are wildly in love.”
At least someone in this world is happy!
To all those who were hoping Jessica Biel would finally leave her cheating husband after his idiotic DWI arrest in the Hamptons earlier this month, I have bad news: She is digging in. Biel was spotted at Justin Timberlake’s tour stop at Madison Square Garden this week, singing along to some song or other. She also participated in some asinine social media content he posted about trying sour gummies backstage (no drugs or alcohol in those, of course).
Biel and Timberlake have “moved on from the arrest,” a source told People yesterday. “They have faith in their legal team and continue to focus on work and their family instead.”
Another source told Entertainment Tonight, “They both know, and understand, that everyone makes mistakes and that mistakes don’t define people. Jess knows that Justin is a great husband and dad, and a wonderful person with the best intentions.”
Okey dokey.
Timberlake also received support from an unexpected source: Martin Scorsese. The 81-year-old director showed up to the same MSG show, and Timberlake called it out on stage, of course. (Video here.) I’m sure he had a great time.
STUFF BY HILARY DUFF: Hilary Duff is threatening to stop posting on Instagram because she is too busy now that she joined a book club. Not okay with me.
Finally, I will leave you with the news, via People, that Ben Affleck moved all of his stuff out of the $60 million Beverly Hills compound he shares with Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck while she was in Paris for fashion week.
This is too much!! Summer should be fun!!!
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Matty Healy has the physique of a diseased Victorian child, so I definitely CANNOT imagine him doing what Travis did.
this newsletter makes my week on any given friday, but the summer house reference was just...chef's kiss