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Travis Kelce has confirmed that he will not accompany Taylor Swift to the Grammy Awards because he needs to focus on the Super Bowl.

In an interview, the Kansas City Chiefs president said he would not attend Sunday's music awards ceremony, where Swift was nominated for six awards.

“I wish I could support Taylor at the Grammys and watch her win every award she was nominated for,” Kelsey said during an interview on TV. The Pat McAfee Show. “But I think I have practice on Sunday.”

The Chiefs will head to Las Vegas for Super Bowl Sunday on February 11 where they will take on the San Francisco 49ers. Due to his training schedule with his soccer team, he will not be able to commit to traveling to Los Angeles, where the Grammy Awards will be held.

“Unfortunately, I have to get ready for the big Super Bowl we have in a week,” Kelce added.

Swift has been supporting Kelce throughout the NFL regular season and cheering on the player from the stands after the season. The extra coverage the pair received was not a distraction, according to Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who praised the way the duo handled the situation.

“It was amazing,” Reid said in an interview during an appearance on the show. Let's go! Podcast hosted by Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Jim Gray. “Listen, she's a good girl and I'm happy for Trav, and there was no distraction that way at all. “Trav handled it right, she handled it right, and we're moving forward, so it's never been a problem.”