Travis Kelce's friend shares interesting inside about Taylor Swift's romance

Patrick Mahomes and his fellow teammate Travis Kelce are good friends. Considering that, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback gave a peek into his romance with Taylor Swift, adding, "We all stayed away" when they initially began dating.

Speaking to CBS Mornings, the 28-year-old shared, "Everybody stayed away" and "just let [Kelce] do what he was doing."

He continued, "Then, he started bringing Taylor around, and he realized how cool of a person she was, and she is, and so for us, there were a couple of jokes here and there at the beginning."

Expressing his admiration for the pop icon, Patrick said, "She's top-tier at her profession, and to see how she drives, and she becomes that — Dude, it's really cool to hear about and to see, and now I have a first-hand look at that through Brittany and Travis' eyes."

"She's just part of Chiefs Kingdom," the Texas native noted. "And she's part of the team."