Posted: 2025-10-6
The 72-year-old took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday to repost a throwback photo-filled tribute for Travis from his and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast’s account.
Donna added Swift’s “Opalite” track to the social media upload.
Donna Kelce wished her son a happy 36th birthday via Instagram with a special nod to his fiancé, Taylor Swift.
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Alongside a photo tribute to the NFL star, Donna added Swift’s “Opalite” song from “The Life of a Showgirl” album.
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The song is featured as the third track on Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” record, which was released on Friday, and is Travis’ favorite.
In her Friday interview on the U.K.’s Capital FM radio station, Swift, 35, revealed that the song is inspired by her romance with the NFL star.
“Opal can be man-made just like diamonds. And Travis’ birthstone is an opal,” she shared. “I’ve always fixated on that, [and] I’ve always loved that stone.
“I thought it was kind of a cool metaphor that … happiness can also be man-made,” the Grammy winner continued. “That’s what the song is about, the juxtaposition of those two.”
The song is said to be Travis’ favorite from the new project and was inspired by his romance with the pop star.
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The athlete’s birthstone, notably, is an opal.
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Fans are also convinced Swift threw a jab at Travis’ ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole with a line about an ex being “in her phone” while the tight end was “in it for real.”
Swift, additionally, touched on her romance with Kelce with “Wish List,” “Honey,” “Wood” — her raunchiest yet — and “The Fate of Ophelia.”
She gushed about the latter in another radio interview Friday.
Swift wanted to link man-made opalite to the concept that “happiness can also be man-made.”
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She also references her relationship with Travis on her songs “Wish List,” “Honey,” “Wood” and “The Fate of Ophelia.”
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“This song has some of my favorite moments in it,” Swift said on the U.K.’s Magic station, referencing the “post-hook section” in particular.
“When we wrote that, I was like, ‘Yes! This is why I do music,’” she recalled. “This is a song about feeling for a long time that you might have met a similar fate to Ophelia, who was driven mad over the years, slowly, by love.”
Swift had headline-making relationships with Matty Healy, Joe Alwyn, Jake Gyllenhaal and more stars before meeting Travis.
Swift and Travis became engaged in August after two years of dating.
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They have been an item since the summer of 2023.
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She and the “Catching Kelce” alum got engaged in August after two years of dating.
During her Graham Norton Show” appearance on Friday, Swift gushed over her partner’s fairytale garden proposal.
She said the three-time Super Bowl winner “crushed it,” giving his proposal a “10 out of 10.”
