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When Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce by saying her fans’ English teacher is marrying their gym teacher, you just knew the pair would continue to be 100% cringe. And when they appeared in Cleveland, Ohio, at a Cavs game in the NBA playoffs and Travis chugged beers in the crowd, they proved just that.
Now, people are calling out the former Super Bowl champion for his behavior as a grown adult who is past his mid-30s. Does the criticism also stem from a place of being annoyed with him and Taylor in general? Sure, it’s possible. But it’s also hard to ignore how incredibly uncomfy it is to watch a 36-year-old man chug a can of beer proudly.
Travis Kelce is just a frat boy at heart.
Travis Kelce is a 36-year-old man, why is he acting like a 19-year-old at a frat party? pic.twitter.com/mLZbWByEuF
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) May 24, 2026
Apparently, despite never being part of a fraternity in college, Travis is just a frat boy at heart. In footage from the game, which was shared on X (formerly Twitter), the user wrote, “Travis Kelce is a 36-year-old man, why is he acting like a 19-year-old at a frat party?”
t’s a fair question, especially because he truly is not some young buck out at a game with his significant other. In the clip, Travis proudly chugs from a can of beer while Taylor watches.
In response to the rhetorical question, someone wrote on X, “Because this is what people who are surrounded by far too much money, attention, and yes-men do.”
“His girlfriend caters to 13-19 year olds who think that’s cool,” someone else wrote. “He isn’t going to make football money doing podcasts.”
Another user commented, “It would have been fine if he didn’t make that face at the end.”
Someone else wrote their own assessment of Travis but didn’t really have any proof of the apparent mental diagnosis for him. “Peter Pan Syndrome,” the person commented on X. “Dating Taylor Swift gives the outward appearance of being a grown man, but no.”
But Taylor Swift is also accused of acting far younger than she is.
Over the years, Taylor’s music has evolved a bit, but for the most part, it has the same general message and she has fans who range in age from quite young elementary school-age level to grown adults. And, according to her critics on a Reddit post about Taylor seeming afraid to age out of her demographic, people are in agreement that she caters to the younger crowd in a way that makes her look cringe. So maybe Taylor and Travis deserve each other?
“I’m curious what the overall impression of Taylor will be in five years if she keeps going on this trajectory of immaturity,” someone commented in response to a video about her perceived immaturity as an artist. “Even this video tries to depict her as a young girl, mid-twenties. The closer she gets to 40 the less tolerable that becomes. A classic ‘live long enough to become the villain’ trope playing out in real life.”
Another Redditor wrote, “Her desperate attempts to cling onto every bit of relevancy are proof she so badly wants to hold onto youth. Compare her to any of her peers, nobody is this desperate to stay relevant and continue the ‘how do you do, fellow kids’ schtick like her.”
Yes, there are people unafraid to go against Swifties.
Despite there being millions of Swifties ready to defend Taylor and Travis to the end of the Earth, a surprisingly large number of people exist who also want to see the couple called out for immaturity and cringe behavior. However, after some people agreed on the X post about Travis’ immature behavior as a frat boy, others defended him, likely because of his proximity to Taylor.
“Is this the first time you’ve seen a person older than 19 chugging a beer?” an X user wrote, questioning the person who made the original post critiquing Travis.
Another person wrote, “He’s a multi-millionaire who is with one of the most famous women on the planet. The decisions he’s made in his life have led to more success than the decisions you’ve made. People need to stop crying about everything d—- Live your own life.”
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