Travis Kelce has sparked outrage after previous comments about having children resurfaced amid his ongoing romance with Taylor Swift.
The pair's whirlwind relationship has unfolded publicly over the last three months, with the whole thing starting when the 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end spoke about his interest in the singer after attending her Eras Tour show at the MetLife Stadium.
Two months later, the 'Love Story' musician broke the internet after she was spotted cheering for the NFL star's football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, alongside his mom, Donna Kelce.
Since then, the 33-year-old artist has attended even more of her beau's games, with the two even spotted holding hands after their surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live earlier this month.
While fans adore Swift's new relationship with the footballer, it seems as though Kelce has left many people upset with his comment about finding a "breeder" to have children with in a previous episode of the New Heights podcast with his brother Jason - who is also an NFL player for the Philadelphia Eagles.
In the February 2023 episode, Jason asked their mother who she was rooting for in a game where the Chiefs would take on the Eagles.
Travis Kelce refers to women as "breeders":"You’ve said in the past to both of us that you root for me because I’ve given you grandkids. I’ve always known that you root for Travis. So who do you actually root for?" he questioned.
The elder Kelce then reiterated the question, this time asking who Donna would choose in a "battle to the death," and she responded by asking Jason who he would pick to save if she and her husband, Ed Kelce, were stranded in the middle of the ocean.
While the mom said she couldn't decide which of her sons to root against, the Philadelphia Eagles player quipped: "Remember if you choose me, Wyatt and Elliotte grow up without a father," to which Travis then chimed in to joke about wanting to start his own family.
"I gotta start breeding," he said. "I’ve gotta start breeding, to all the breeders out there." Jason then reacted to his brother’s remark with: "Please don’t," before Donna advised: "Wait until you find the right person. Find the right person."
However, the Kansas City Chiefs star still doubled down on his plan, as he joked: "I’m gonna find a breeder, and I’m gonna get kids so that mom can love me again."
On X - formerly known as Twitter - fans (including Swifties) have called Kelce out for his apparently sexist comments and contended that he shouldn’t have been referring to women as "breeders".
Sharing screenshots from a news report, one person tweeted: "Well I know for DAMN SURE that shit about ‘having kids within the next year’ is NOT coming from Taylor’s side. She’s got the eras tour booked all through next year, and she’d rather die than cancel a show. but we do know who’s been public about looking for a 'BREEDER.'"
Another angry user wrote that they are "forever grateful" for Swift's ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn because he "kept to himself and is private,'" adding: "It's what makes Travis Kelce's statements from earlier this year about 'finding a breeder' cringe. You are free to say what you want but are not free from the consequences of doing so. Women are not objects."
"'Start breeding' Oh this is just fucking disgusting and it's setting us back so much," someone else remarked. "Women aren't baby-making machines, women are more than the man they're dating, we are more than marriage."
A fourth person added: "Ain’t a Swiftie but don’t have to be one to be weirded out about Travis Kelce calling women 'breeders.' That ain’t it dude."
The comments about the couple's romance come days after Swift made her return to Arrowhead Stadium to watch as the Kansas City Chiefs triumphed in their game against the Los Angeles Chargers on October 22.
Following the game, Chariah Gordon, the partner of Kelce’s teammate Mecole Hardman Jr, took to Instagram to share a snap of the singer and NFL player’s sweet PDA moment.
In the adorable picture, the 1989 musician could be seen standing next to Kelce, reaching to kiss his cheek - seemingly confirming her relationship with the athlete.