Why Travis Kelce isn't attending the MTV VMAs 2026 with wife Taylor Swift

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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Travis Kelce has a good reason for skipping the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night.

The NFL star, 36, won’t be supporting his wife, Taylor Swift, at the awards show due to his football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, having a game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida.

As for Swift, also 36, she will attend the awards show hosted at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

The “Bad Blood” singer has a total of 11 nominations and will receive the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors.

The Artist Director Honors is “a new award recognizing groundbreaking music artists whose work behind the camera has expanded the possibilities of music video and advanced the art of visual storytelling,” per a press release.