NJ Mom Playfully Claims She Sparked Swift-Kelce Romance

30 August 2025

Kristina Zias, a plus-size model, stylist, and contributor on The Drew Barrymore Show, may not have hand‑delivered the love letters or friendship bracelets but she’s certainly getting credit for what’s being dubbed the most iconic pop‑culture hookup of 2025. In a viral TikTok posted the same day Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement, Zias cheekily credited herself for planting the seeds of their romance. She shared a throwback clip from a 2006 interview in which she asked Kelce to play Kill, Marry, Kiss with three pop icons: Taylor, Katy Perry, and Ariana Grande. His choice? Kiss Taylor, marry Katy, and kill Ariana and fans have been connecting the dots ever since.

It didn’t stop there. Zias followed up with a second video declaring, “I think I’m responsible,” for bringing the couple together humor mixed with heartfelt pride. The clip has amassed millions of views, and commenters have praised her for “manifesting” the match. Some even joked she should be invited to the wedding perhaps even as maid of honor.

The backstory plays out like romantic comedy tropes meeting reality. Kelce had casually indicated an interest in Swift nearly two decades ago, and fans have connected this playful moment with the lyric in Swift’s 2024 track So High School, which references Kill, Marry, Kiss. Zias’s revelation felt like art imitating life or perhaps life imitating art. The old‑school flavor of her moment, caught on early‑internet video, colliding with the glitz of multi‑million‑dollar celebrity romance, made for perfect social content.

Of course, the internet loves a hero, and Kristina is being hailed as one “a national hero” for her matchmaking instinct, one fan said. Another begged to be her +1 at the wedding. It’s all in good fun or so it started but it’s also a reminder of how our media and celebrity narratives can retroactively elevate small moments into lore.

Zias’s story offers a Mr. Roger’s lesson for celebrities in the digital age: authenticity even a little whimsical exaggeration can go further than polish and PR. The media isn’t just for breakups and wedding announcements; it’s also for jokes, nostalgia, and the kind of human connection that even an NFL star and a global superstar can appreciate.

So, while Kristina didn’t literally orchestrate the proposal, she reminds us that pop culture isn’t just handed to us it’s remembered, reshaped, and codified by moments like hers. She may yet become part of Swift-Kelce mythology not as a grand architect, but as a playful footnote signaling how the story began.