Chiefs general manager Brett Veach has opened up on Travis Kelce‘s surprise cameo on stage with Taylor Swift – and how key figures in Kansas City found out.

Back in June, the tight end appeared alongside Swift at Wembley while following his superstar girlfriend on her worldwide Eras Tour.

Many fans did not immediately recognize Kelce, who was dressed in a top hat and tuxedo when he joined in the performance of I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.

According to The Athletic, neither Veach nor anyone in Kansas City knew the 34-year-old would appear on stage, either.

The general manager was on a family vacation when his phone was suddenly ablaze with text message after text message.

Travis Kelce appeared on stage during Taylor Swift’s concert at Wembley earlier this summer

It’s claimed that Veach began to wonder whether something had happened to one of his players or if someone in the organization needed his help.

Instead Kelce was carrying Swift on stage in front of 90,000 fans in London.

‘He’s a showman,’ Veach told The Athletic. ‘He has just a natural gift of being able to perform in front of people. Obviously, we get the most benefit when he’s doing it on Sundays.’

He added: ‘It’s funny because when you see those clips with him on tour with Taylor, it looks as if he was a part of that show for months.

‘But it was that one day, and he just looks natural. It’s a gift he has.’

‘He has a natural gift of being able to perform in front of people,’ Chiefs GM Brett Veach said

Kelce later revealed how his cameo came about, telling his brother Jason on their New Heights Podcast: ‘She found the perfect part of the show for me to come in… it’s such a fun, playful part of the show.

‘It was the perfect time for me to go up there and just be a ham and have some fun and try to get everybody excited for the rest of the show. It was awesome.’

Kelce continued: ‘That moment was pretty jarring. I was just like: ‘Oh s***!’ You don’t realize how big that damn stage is. I didn’t disappoint Taylor. That’s all that really matters.’

Kelce is now back in Kansas City preparing for the start of the new NFL season, which kicks off with the Chiefs against the Baltimore Ravens on September 5.