It has been over a year since American football star Travis Kelce was in town to attend his girlfriend Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts at the National Stadium in March 2024, but Singapore’s heat and humidity is still on his mind.

In a cover story interview with GQ for the US magazine’s September issue, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end praised the American pop superstar for having the endurance and stamina of an athlete.

“She may not think of herself as an athlete, but I’ve seen what she goes through. I’ve seen the amount of work that she puts on her body, and it’s mind-blowing,” he said.

He shared about the tough conditions Swift, 35, had to endure during her global The Eras Tour, comprising 149 sell-out concerts that ran from March 17, 2023, to Dec 8, 2024.

Kelce, 35, zeroed in on her six shows in Singapore. Not only did she brave the heat generated by electronic equipment beneath the massive stage floor, she also had to put up with the country’s punishing weather.

“The (Eras Tour) floor is literally a football field-sized computer. You take that into Singapore, where it is scorching hot, and all of a sudden you’re feeling the fumes from the computer, and you’re feeling the fumes from the sun, and you’re doing a show for three hours with a lot of energy, bringing it every single song,” he said.

“That is arguably more exhausting than how much I put in on a Sunday, and she’s doing it three, four, five days in a row.”

This is not the first time Kelce has commented on Singapore’s heat.

In the March 13, 2024 episode of Kelce and his brother Jason’s New Heights podcast, Kelce gave a glowing review of his visit between March 7 and 9, calling the city state “high-tech” and “futuristic”, exceedingly “well planned out” and “more interesting” to him than Sydney, Australia, where he also travelled to for The Eras Tour.

He also made nods...