India, Aug. 30 -- Travis Kelce did not need a Paris backdrop or a candlelit rooftop to ask Taylor Swift to marry him. According to News 5, the NFL star proposed inside his $6 million Kansas City mansion about two weeks ago - a moment his father, Ed Kelce, says the singer kept under wraps until the couple shared the news on Instagram on August 26.

Ed, 74, told the outlet his son originally planned to wait. "He was going to put it off till this week. I think she was getting maybe a little antsy," he said, noting Travis wanted a big event but was reminded that "you could do it on the side of the road, do it any place that makes it a special event."

In the end, Travis surprised Swift before dinner. "He got her out there, they were about to ...