Travis Kelce’s first NFL game as a married man got off to an awkward start with an uncomfortable fan interaction at Arrowhead Stadium.While his new bride Taylor Swift and mother Donna hobnobbed with actor Tom Cruise up in the VIP suite, Kelce was warming up on the field before facing the visiting Denver Broncos in the Week 1 matchup.Although he wasn’t wearing any padding during pre-game warmups, Kelce did have a pair of gloves on as he caught a few passes before getting changed in the locker room. He’d later remove them as he walked to the locker-room tunnel, which is when things got a little uncomfortable.Kelce still had his crumpled gloves in his hand when he reached to bump fists with a few Chiefs fans seated in the first row at Arrowhead Stadium. One fan presumably thought Kelce was giving him a glove as a souvenir, but when he tried to grab for it, the 14-year veteran appeared to swipe at the overeager spectator’s hand.Nothing else came of the interaction, which was recorded and quickly went viral online before being deleted. Many seemed to recognize the misunderstanding. Kelce still had his gloves in his hand when he reached to bump fists with a few Chiefs fans seated in the first row. One fan presumably thought Kelce was giving him a glove as a souvenir Kelce is pictured warming up before Monday’s season opener against the Denver Broncos’Think he thought he was handing him it lmao,’ one X user posted.’I mean it kind of look like he was about to give it to someone or he just wasn’t paying attention to where his hand was but dude still shouldn’t have tried to reach for it,’ another added.But a few others saw the incident as proof of some moral failure on Kelce’s part.’Most unlikeable dude in the league,’ wrote one critic.Still, far more raced to Kelce’s defense. As one supporter wrote on X: ‘Disrespectful rat needs to leave Travis alone lmao.’Kelce did still have his gloves when he donned his pads for the first half, but he didn’t really need them. Making his return from the season-ending knee surgery he suffered in 2025, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes attempted only two passes to Kelce in the first half. Kelce ultimately went into the locker room with one catch for six yards.Kelce would break out in the third quarter, taking a short pass from Kelce and rumbling 53 yards downfield before being brought down at Denver’s 4-yard line. The play moved Kelce past legendary Dallas Cowboys star Jason Witten for second place among tight ends in all-time receiving yards. Now Kelce trails only Tony Gonzalez, the legendary Chiefs tight end. Meanwhile, back in the VIP suite, Swift was chatting it up with Cruise. The songstress, 36, who married Kelce, also 36, at Madison Square Garden on July 3, was spotted in her usual seat in the tight end’s luxury suite at Arrowhead Stadium. (From left) Donna Kelce, Scott Swift, Taylor Swift and Tom Cruise watch from the VIP suite Following the Chiefs’ second touchdown of the evening, Swift, who sported Kansas City’s colors in a red-and-white checked dress, was seen high-fiving the actor and embracing him in celebration.The Opalite singer was also accompanied by a full entourage of friends and family. Her dad, Scott, sat on her other side, dressed in a bright red Chiefs sweater, despite his Philadelphia Eagles fandom.Kelce’s mom, Donna, was also captured in the suite, which was brimming with members of the NFL star’s inner circle.While Cruise appears to have no ties to the Chiefs or any particular NFL team as a fan, he does have a few cinematic connections to football.Not only did he play the title role in Jerry Maguire as a lovestruck agent based on the legendary Leigh Steinberg, but a much younger Cruise starred in All the Right Moves in 1983 as a high school football star in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.Meanwhile, Swift’s attendance at the Chiefs season opener had been cast in doubt with the 2026 Emmys also taking place on Monday evening.