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As the two-year mark of dating Taylor Swift publicly is fast approaching next month, Travis Kelce has received a stern warning from Jenna Bush Hager that he will never shake off his party-boy image.
Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, also has a past with trying to overcome the image of being a wild partier in the public eye.
Less than three months after her father was sworn into office, Bush Hager was charged with a misdemeanor for possession of alcohol.
In May 2001, while as a student at the University of Texas, she was busted with another misdemeanor, this time for trying to use a fake identification card. Both times, the sitting President's daughter pleaded no contest.
Now, the 43-year-old co-host of 'Today', with sports broadcaster Erin Andrews as a guest panelist, heeded the warning to Kelce, 35, about his partying past in relation to his comments in his recent GQ article, even if he has the 'Anti-Hero' singer on his arm.
'He also talked about something, which I thought was hilarious. He talked about his partier image, and he said, "I'm starting to phase out of wanting to be known as the party guy. I have a good understanding of how I want to be portrayed,"' Bush Hager said.
Travis Kelce is trying to overcome his party-boy image at age 35 and while dating Taylor Swift
Jenna Bush Hager had to deal with a similar problem as a former US President's daughter
'Can you relate?' Andrews replied to Bush Hager.
'Well, I just have to tell Travis something. Travis, I'll talk straight to you, my friend. I was also known as a party girl. Once a party girl or boy, always a party girl or boy. Sorry, Travis.'
'It kind of follows you around like a chaser, you know? And you gotta just stick with it.'
Bush Hager, now a mother of three to children Mila, 12, Poppy, 10, and 6-year-old Hal, has spent enough time in the public eye to maneuver being just the Commander in Chief's bombastic daughter, to a mild-mannered, prototypical morning-show host.
Kelce may need a little while longer to overcome some of the perceptions about him, especially as his mainstream popularity has never been at a higher level with the release of Wednesday's 'New Heights' episode, with Swift as a guest for the first time.
'That doesn't mean that's all of who he is, or all of who you are. But this is the secret to life: You can't worry about how other people think of you,' Bush Hager added. 'The big secret of life - and I try to talk to my girls about this - you can't worry about how other people see you.'
'People may see Travis as a party guy, anybody that knows him knows that may be one element, but he's a million different things. But the moment you stop worrying about how people see you is the moment you're free.'
The Chiefs star welcomed his 14-time Grammy-winning girlfriend on the hit podcast he co-hosts with brother Jason Kelce to discuss their relationship and to unveil the cover of her 12th album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', which will be released October 3.
Swift shared the cover of her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, which is out on October 3
Swift was a guest on Kelce's New Heights podcast for the first time on Wednesday evening
Swift and Kelce have been dating publicly for nearly two years in contrast of that perception
Swift briefly broke down in tears as she opened up on her long battle to reclaim her masters. She also lifted the lid on her whirlwind romance with Kelce, her father's recent heart surgery and her epic Eras Tour.
And the NFL star quickly went viral after showering his girlfriend in compliments and affection. 'I'm the luckiest man in the world,' Kelce said repeatedly.
The couple finished the episode with a kiss, after he was also seen holding and stroking Swift's hand and even kissing her head - much to the anger of some of the 1.3million fans who tuned in for the live stream.
Travis also gushed over his girlfriend during the near-two-hour show on Wednesday night.
'I give the Eras Tour credit (for our relationship) because if I had never gone to that show and been mesmerized and captivated and left with such a desire to want to meet you, I would never have gone on here and told everyone how butt-hurt I was,' Kelce said. 'I have never been just so engulfed in the curiosity of who you were.'
Kelce also opened up on their first meeting, telling the 1million-plus fans watching: 'She makes me so much better... (to) see you on the stage and you see how crazy you can get an entire stadium going and then I get you in a room and it's like I've known you forever.
'It was the easiest conversation I ever had and it was just so much fun that it just knocked my socks off. She blew me away and I had never experienced something so mesmerizing on stage and then so real and so beautiful in person.'
