Travis Kelce offered to leave training camp for Taylor Swift as ISIS plot foiled

Travis Kelce reportedly spoke to Taylor Swift for hours on the phone as her Eras Tour organizers were making the extraordinary decision to cancel her three shows in Vienna, upon learning that the performances were the targets of a terrorist attack by ISIS-affiliated extremists.

The NFL star even suggested he could leave Kansas City Chiefs training camp in order to be with her, according to sources close to the couple who spoke with The Sun.

“He even suggested flying to Austria to be there for her if she wanted him to do so, even if it was for a day or two, but Taylor is going to keep working and focus on the next dates, with the London concert, to wrap up the Euro part in the best way,” a source told The Sun

So, Kelce ended up staying put, and the tight end was photographed Thursday on the Chiefs practice field, alongside quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Daily Mail reported.

Kelce was one of the first people to offer comfort to Swift after she and the rest of the world learned that two men had been arrested and accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Vienna, with the focus being the three stadium shows the singer had planned for this week. Nearly 65,000 people had been expected to attend each of the concerts, which were to take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Ernst Happel Stadium. More than 15,000 fans were expected to gather outside the stadium.

Organizers on Thursday took the extraordinary step of canceling the concerts. “We have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” the Austrian concert promoter announced on Instagram.

Officials in Austria announced Wednesday that two men had been arrested and accused of plotting the attack, the New York Times and other outlets reported. One, a 19-year-old Austrian citizen, had recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State online and had focused on the Eras Tour as a potential target, said Franz Ruf, an Austrian public security official.

“His aim was to kill himself and a large number of people during the concert either today or tomorrow,” Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, head of Austria’s Directorate of State Security, also said at the news conference, according to Le Monde. The second suspect, a 17-year-old, worked at a facility management company that would have provided services to the stadium, People reported.

“Both suspects had become radicalized on the internet and had taken concrete preparatory actions for a terrorist attack,” the Australian interior department said in a news release. Australian authorities revealed Friday that a third suspect had been arrested, an 18-year-old Iraqi national, CNN reported.