Taylor Swift’s engagement sparks wild response from her ex

Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce has taken over the internet, with their announcement on Instagram pulling in over 34 million likes. The post, which showed a carousel of romantic images, was captioned playfully, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” But while fans showered the couple with love, one of Swift’s old flames decided to join in the celebration with a cheeky twist.

Andrew Slye, who dated Swift in high school long before she became a global superstar, posted a throwback photo of the pair on social media and cracked a joke that quickly went viral. “That feeling when your girlfriend from high school finally gets engaged,” he wrote, before poking fun at himself with, “I used to tell myself, ‘Andrew, it’ll be ok. She wasn’t right for you. I just hope her husband isn’t some handsome buff football player.’”

Slye then surprised fans by thanking Swift for unintentionally helping him meet his wife, explaining that the pair first bonded over Taylor’s music. The couple now run a wedding videography business together, which led him to hint at a possible role in Swift’s upcoming nuptials. “We love to film football weddings,” he teased, prompting fans to suggest he should shoot Swift and Kelce’s big day. When one follower pointed this out, he replied with another joke: “She might have a limited budget. We’ll see.” Swift’s billionaire status only made the quip land harder online.

Reactions poured in, with fans branding his humour “gold” and joking that it sounded like the plot of a Hallmark film. Some even suggested Swift should let all her exes contribute to her wedding in some way, creating a surreal soundtrack of her own past. Others laughed at the idea of Slye offering a discount “for old times’ sake.”

As Swift’s ring, reportedly designed by Kelce himself with Kindred Lubeck, continues to trend, the unexpected comments from her high school ex have added another layer of intrigue to the already headline-dominating engagement. For now, Swifties are revelling in the mix of romance, nostalgia and humour swirling around one of the year’s biggest celebrity stories.