Kylie Kelce reveals Taylor Swift’s surprising family nickname

“Aunt Taylor” Becomes the Kelce Household’s Favorite Nickname as Kylie Kelce Opens Up on Family Life Post-Wedding

Cybersecarmor.com – The Kelce family tree gained a new branch this summer, and with it came a new title that the children now use with regularity. Taylor Swift, who married NFL tight end Travis Kelce on July 3 at Madison Square Garden, has been embraced by the extended family under the affectionate moniker “Aunt Taylor” — a label that Kylie Kelce, Travis’s sister-in-law, confirmed during a recent appearance on her podcast, Not Gonna Lie, in an episode released Thursday, Aug. 20.

The revelation came amid a lighthearted conversation with guest actress Leslie Mann, in which the topic of household pets surfaced naturally. Mann identified herself as a devoted cat owner, which Kylie seized upon as a springboard for her own long-standing desire to bring a feline into the Kelce home. The discussion quickly pivoted from general pet talk to the specific influence Taylor now wields over the children’s daily lives.

“I grew up with cats. So, I grew up in a cat-dog house, like, both at all times. And now our kids have influences in their life,” the 34-year-old explained. “Aunt Taylor is a big one, where they get to be around cats. And then we go home, and there are no cats.”

A Wedding That Brought the Whole Family Together

The July 3 ceremony at Madison Square Garden drew a guest list that read like a cross-section of Hollywood and music’s upper echelon. Ed Sheeran, Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler, and Zoë Kravitz were all present for the star-studded nuptials. On the family side, Jason Kelce — Travis’s older brother and Kylie’s husband — walked his brother down the aisle as best man, while their four daughters, Wyatt, Elliotte, Bennett, and Finnley, carried petals as flower girls.

That particular image, Kylie later revealed, was the precise moment that broke Jason’s composure. Speaking on the Aug. 6 episode of Not Gonna Lie, she recalled how her husband became visibly emotional during the ceremony, a reaction she framed against the backdrop of his own wedding to Kylie in 2018, where he had also shed tears.

“More importantly, he cried at his brother’s wedding for many reasons,” she said. “It was touching, it was very loving to see all the things that were happening.”

When pressed for specifics, Kylie offered a single, pointed detail that she felt most listeners had overlooked.

“Take this into consideration ’cause no one’s thinking about this: think about getting to watch your four daughters be flower girls,” she said. “OK, that’s all the information you get. It was emotional, and he was not the only adult crying in our family.”

The Daughters’ Reaction to the Engagement

The children’s enthusiasm for their new aunt predates the wedding itself. Back in September 2025, Kylie spoke with Good Morning America about how the four girls processed the news of Travis and Taylor’s engagement. Their excitement, she recalled, centered less on celebrity spectacle and more on the practical reality of gaining another adult figure in their orbit.

“The girls are thrilled,” she told the morning show. “They’re so excited they’re getting another aunt. And we could not be more excited for them and what the future holds. We love love, and we love Taylor and Trav.”

Cat Politics Inside the Kelce Household

The nickname “Aunt Taylor” carries particular weight given Swift’s well-documented devotion to her three cats — Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button — each of which has accumulated its own following through frequent appearances on the singer’s social media channels. Taylor, now 36, has long been associated with feline companionship, a fact that became politically charged during the 2024 presidential election cycle. In a post endorsing former Vice President Kamala Harris, Swift posed beside Benjamin Button and described herself in the caption as a “childless cat lady,” a pointed rebuttal to remarks made by then-candidate JD Vance, now serving as Vice President under Donald Trump.

For the Kelce children, however, the significance of “Aunt Taylor” is less political and more practical: visits to Taylor’s home mean time spent around cats, an experience that has apparently planted a persistent seed in their minds. Kylie described how the girls now gravitate toward anything cat-related whenever they are permitted to select a small reward at a store.

“It’s gotten to the point where every time we go somewhere that [the kids] get to pick out a reward, if there’s anything cat related, they’re getting it,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Jason, I need you to lock in here. There is cat need in this house.'”

Jason, it should be noted, harbors a documented allergy to cats and has expressed reservations about adding another animal to the household. Still, Kylie indicated she hopes to have a cat in the home by next summer, viewing the children’s growing attachment to the idea — amplified by their regular contact with Taylor’s pets — as the tipping point that may finally sway his position.

The dynamic underscores how a single marriage can ripple through an entire family’s daily routines, preferences, and even their relationship to animals. What began as a pop star’s personal choice to keep cats has, through the simple act of letting four young girls spend an afternoon petting them, become a household negotiation that Kylie Kelce is now waging with her husband, one store trip at a time.