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TRAVIS KELCE, IS THAT A HICKEY ON YOUR NECK?!!!

Oh God, just when I thought 2023 couldn’t throw us anything else of course there are now tweets about Taylor Swift giving Travis Kelce a hickey on my timeline and I cannot go on. Is it a bruise? Is it a scar? Is it a fucking LOVE BITE FROM YOUR FAMOUS POP STAR GIRLFRIEND???? There is no way for us to know if it is actually a hickey or something else, but the thought of Taylor nibbling on his neck is gonna put me straight into a coma. I need to lie down.

According to Daily Mail, fans first noticed the mark on Travis’ neck during the Chiefs’ game against the Patriots earlier this month. “TAYLOR LEFT A HICKEY ON TRAVIS???? QUEENNNNNNN,” one fan wrote, while a second echoed, “WAIT TAYLOR GAVE TRAVIS A HICKEY ?!?” My exact reaction.

Even sports commentator Pat McAfee pointed it out, saying, “It did look like he had a hickey right there on his neck. That made me think him and Taylor as just having fun. Sucking necks.”

Sucking necks.

There could be a lot of explanations for the mark on his neck, so kids, let’s not get too excited. The man is wearing tight clothes and a helmet — it very much could be a mark just from the friction. He’s also, like, a football player. It could just be a scratch or a tiny injury!!  “It wasn’t there during warm-up. It’s a scrape from the game,” one fan commented. “C’mon guys, are we 12?”

On the contrary, the two have definitely been packing on the PDA lately. At the end of her Eras Tour in Argentina, she rushed backstage to give him the biggest kiss on the lips, plus they were photographed holding hands just yesterday. I don’t think a silly little hickey on the neck is too far out of the question.

Let’s look at the photo evidence and do an in-depth examination, shall we?

Is This A Hickey On Travis Kelce’s Neck? You Be The Judge.

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 17: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on during the game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Please Look Closely — Observe Every Inch.

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 17: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on without his helmet on the way to the locker room during halftime against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Travis, Are You In Pain? Do You Need Anything, Sweetie?

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 17: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on without his helmet on the way to the locker room during halftime against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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My Non-professional Conclusion? It’s A Fucking Hickey.

Katie Corvino
Katie Corvino
Katie Corvino (she/her) is the Senior Editorial Director of Web at Betches. She first gained recognition after wearing a thong on her head at Coachella in the name of fashion. She's also known very well in the medical space as her therapist's favorite patient. If you are reading this, Leslie, she is fine. Her crippling anxiety is gone. She is cured and totally OK.