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Taylor Swift is adamant that her relationship with sports was pretty nonexistent before dating Travis Kelce.

“I grew up in Pennsylvania. I always heard my dad yelling at the screen, watching Eagles games. That was always the sports sounds I heard in my house,” Swift said today. “However, I was up on my room playing guitar, learning instruments, playing piano. I was focused on different things. I was like so laser-focused on music, and that’s how I was in school.”

“I would go to sporting events so I could sing the national anthem. It was a means to an end to get me to do music,” she continued. “I know every halftime show from the Super Bowl, but I didn’t watch the sports.”

At that point, Kelce quickly butted in that he knew Swift was an athlete by the way she “power skipped” down the stage while performing on tour.

Despite rejecting his notion, Swift did say her connection to sports changed after Kelce’s arrival into her life.

“I definitely became obsessed with sports when it came to (Travis Kelce). I’m competitive on his behalf. But like, if you and me are going to go against each other in something athletic, I’m going to let you win,” Swift added.

She also pointed out that while she’s not invested in participating in sports when she’s playing solo, she’ll step up when it’s a team sport.

“If I’m on his team and we’re playing beer pong, I’m really trying because this matters to him. I’m a team sports gal,” she said.

But if theres one thing Swift wants you to know, it’s that she is “not an athlete” and she will “never be.”