Omnihanded Entertainmet News | What Travis Kelce Said About Marriage Before His Engagement to Taylor Swift

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Just weeks before Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement, the NFL tight end shared his thoughts on marriage.

In a feature for GQ, Travis shared, “The handful of my friends whose parents are still together and still thriving — those are situations I would love to have.”

Travis’ parents Donna and Ed Kelce were married for 25 years before splitting up.

He noted, “Not that I think my parents dealt with it the wrong way or anything like that. It’s more so, if we’re gonna start this and do it, why not try and do it to last forever? Not just in a ‘It’s just for the kids’ aspect.”

Travis opened up about how his mom and Taylor are similar, saying, “Their kindness, their genuineness, their ability to say hello to everyone in the room. Their ability to show love and support no matter what. And on top of that, their work ethic.”

He went on, “I saw my mother reach goals that she had set for herself, go from being a teller to working all the way up in the KeyBank building. I’ve seen Taylor do the exact same thing of setting goals for herself and exceeding the expectations and really captivating the world in that regard.”

More than 10 years ago, Swift expressed her desire to get married and have kids in the future.

In a 2012 feature for Cosmopolitan, Swift said, “Being a mom full-time, doing everything for my kids, having a bunch of them. One day, I’m sure.“

On Tuesday, Taylor and Travis took to Instagram to break the news on their engagement.

In a joint Instagram, they wrote, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨.”

In one of the photos, Travis is on one knee in a garden-like setting with pink and white flowers surrounding them. For the big moment, Taylor opted for a striped Ralph Lauren dress, while Travis wore a black shirt and white shorts.

They also included a zoomed-in photo of her huge diamond sparkler, which was designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry.

The post was set to Taylor’s song “So High School,” off her 2024 album “The Tortured Poets Department.” Many fans have speculated that the song is about Travis, with lyrics like, “You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.”

A source told Page Six that Travis popped the question “a couple of weeks ago,” but didn’t share the exact date.

According to the outlet, the couple broke the news to his family “long before” their public announcement.

An insider noted that the Kelces are “happy” and “thrilled” to have Swift join their family.

TMZ reports the proposal location might be Travis’ home in Kansas City.

The engagement announcement comes exactly 13 days after Taylor appeared on his “New Heights” podcast.

In case you didn’t know, Taylor’s favorite number is 13.

On the podcast, Taylor expressed her love of numerology, saying, “I love math stuff, I love dates. That stuff I find really fun.”

Kelce noted that he’s been wearing 87 for his entire NFL career “and she’s 13.”

Taylor chimed in, “13 plus 87 equals 100. That’s numerology.”

Where to Find the Scoutmaster in Peak

If you want to find the Scoutmaster in Peak to unlock the Mentorship Badge achievement, note that you first need to summon him. He’s not a random encounter, and there are specific steps to follow beforehand.

There are two methods for the Scoutmaster to appear in your game. These depend on whether you’re playing solo or with others online, and are noted below:

In single-player, you must use the Scoutmaster’s Bugle, which is a rare item in Peak.

In multiplayer, you have to defy Scoutmaster Myres’ advice and actually leave a friend in need by deviating from teammates.

For the first method, the Scoutmaster’s Bugle is a rare item, meaning that it has a very low chance to appear in the game. You have a chance of getting the item from either Ancient Luggage–which are the suitcases that have the red emblem on them–or from the Ancient Statues that appear at the summit of each biome. Note that for the latter, all players must be alive when you interact with it. Otherwise, the statue will revive any fallen climbers, instead of dropping an item.

It’s indeed possible for the Scoutmaster’s Bugle to appear in multiplayer matches as well. In either case, the chances of encountering it are quite low. In over 26 hours of playing Peak, I’ve only seen the item twice–but again, there were several instances where the statue didn’t drop an item since one of our teammates had died in the biome, so your mileage may vary.

The Scoutmaster is not messing around.

If you’re playing Peak in multiplayer, encountering the Scoutmaster is somewhat easier. You need to distance yourself from your co-op buddies, whether that’s just one more person or several of them. A way of ensuring you trigger the encounter is by having everybody else but you stay at the starting point of the Shore biome. Then, head over to the opposite side toward the peak and start climbing.

After a few minutes of gaining latitude, you’ll begin hearing a different music than the usual background environmental track, similar to bells in the distance. The Scoutmaster is designed to chase whoever splits from others, so you’re likely to see him get close to you. A good way of knowing when he’s nearby is a film grain effect on the screen, which will gradually obscure your visibility the closer he is.

If the Scoutmaster is in your vicinity, get close and you’ll see the Mentorship Badge achievement appear. There’s a chance of him falling off a ledge and interrupting the chase, but he’ll likely climb back up again shortly. From here, you can either attempt to escape–the Scoutmaster is quite fast, mind you–or let him trap you. When tackling this myself, the Scoutmaster grabbed me and promptly threw me off the mountain.

That’s all you need to encounter the Scoutmaster. Bear in mind that there’s a chance of triggering the encounter by accident if you stray from other players. It’s a punishing and quite terrifying way of ensuring that you’re lending a helping hand whenever possible.