In a recently resurfaced 2011 interview with 60 Minutes shared on the latest episode of the program’s A Second Look podcast, Swift, then 21, got candid about her wish for a potential partner to be able to handle fame at the same level she does.
“It’s so heartbreaking when things click, but your comfort level with fame is so different than [the person you’re dating],” she told the outlet at the time. “‘Cause I don’t care … It doesn’t matter to me who’s looking, but it does to some people.”
Swift, now 34, further highlighted how “You couldn’t really have a good relationship with someone who cares that much. It seems a little unnecessary to care that much about keeping people out.”
Thankfully for the singer’s wishes, just over a decade later she would find a boyfriend seemingly all-in on the attention that their high-profile relationship draws. In the time since she and Kelce, 34, have gone public with their romance, the pair have been spotted everywhere from the U.S. Open to the 2024 Super Bowl and lower-key romantic evenings out in New York City.