United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- Travis Kelce has found announcing his engagement to Taylor Swift "fun".

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the pop megastar announced on 26 August they were planning to tie the knot after two years together, and the 35-year-old sportsman has now spoken out for the first time since the news broke to express his gratitude at the response their happy news received.

In a preview clip for the latest episode of his New Heights podcast, Travis told his brother and co-host Jason Kelce: "I appreciate everybody that reached out and sent something, and all the posts, all the excitement that's been going on.

"It's been really fun telling everybody who I'm going to be spending the rest of my life with."

Although an epi...