Travis Kelce’s dad says he’ll spend $10 on a 35th birthday present

Travis Kelce’s dad has revealed he’s not splashing out on Taylor Swift’s birthday present, explaining that it’s better to spend $10 (£8) on a personalized gift than trying to impress her with something expensive.

The American pop star, who turned 35 on Friday, has been dating NFL player Travis since last summer.

His father Ed Kelce said: “You’re not going to crush Taylor Swift with a gift, you know, $100,000 (£80,000).

“You’ve got to get something that tweaks her heartstrings that you spend $10 on,” he continued. “Then she just gets all clingy. You have to find something to trigger the emotions.”

Speaking on the Baskin and Phelps podcast, Ed said that “the amount is meaningless” when it came to buying for the singer and that buying her a gift was the equivalent of buying for his two sons. “There’s nothing they want that they don’t already have.”

Instead, he explained, “You have to look beyond that. You have to dig down and come up with something special.”

Travis Kelce plays for the Kansas City Chiefs while his brother Jason Kelce is a retired Philadelphia Eagles player.

Last weekend, Swift reached the end of her Eras world tour, which spanned 152 concerts over 21 months and is said to have grossed more than $2 billion. (£1.58 billion) in ticket sales.

The singer has described the record-breaking tour as “the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far”.

At the last show on Sunday in Vancouver, Canada, fans started singing Happy Birthday to the singer.

And her birthday came the day after Swift made history as the winner of the most Billboard Music Awards.

“This is like the best early birthday present you could have given me, so thank you,” Swift said in a pre-recorded acceptance speech. “I love it. It’s exactly what I wanted.”

Swift picked up 10 awards at Thursday’s event, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for The Tortured Poets Department.

That brings the total number of Billboard Awards won by Swift to 49, the highest of any artist, surpassing Drake’s 41.

Her other wins this year included top female artist, top Hot 100 artist and top Hot 100 songwriter, awards Swift said she considered fan-voted awards because they were driven by chart data.

“You are the ones who care about our albums and come see us in concert,” she said.

“Everything that has happened with the Eras Tour and The Tortured Poets Department, I just have to say thank you.

“It means the world to me that you’ve taken the things I’ve made and the fact that you’ve liked my music so much.”

The awards also saw wins for British stars Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Charli XCX – the latter of whom scored top dance/electronic artist and album for Brat.