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Taylor Swift talks with Travis Kelce after his viral beer-chugging moment.

Travis Kelce is reportedly still struggling to adjust to the “massive” security surrounding Taylor Swift as the couple moves closer to their expected wedding date, according to a new insider report.

Sources told columnist Rob Shuter that Swift’s day-to-day life now operates “like a military operation,” complete with armored SUVs, armed guards, advance teams, and tightly coordinated movements, and that Kelce still finds it “impossible” to fully adapt to the “military” measures, though he understands why Swift must have the extreme level of protection in place.

Travis Kelce Finds Taylor Swift’s Security ‘Impossible’

The disconnect, according to sources, is rooted in Kelce’s personal temperament. The future Hall of Fame-bound Kansas City Chiefs tight end shapes his lifestyle based on instinct. He tends to be spontaneous, social, and comfortable in his own skin. That quality has defined his public persona for years, and it puts him at constant odds with the rigidly controlled environment Swift demands.

“Travis is happiest when life feels normal,” a second source told Shuter, writing in his Naughty But Nice newsletter. “He loves random nights out, changing plans last minute, calling friends on the fly. With Taylor, every movement has to be coordinated in advance.”

Despite the friction, Kelce has reportedly grown even more protective of Swift personally as the wedding nears and has not fully come to terms with the fact that her trained, professional security team is perpetually many steps ahead of him.

“He hates the limitations,” one insider said. “But he loves Taylor more than he hates any of it.”

The security concerns surrounding Swift are not abstract. Last September, a former police officer turned private investigator was arrested shortly after 2 a.m. outside Kelce’s Leawood, Kansas, mansion after jumping a fence into the private neighborhood while attempting to serve Swift with legal papers connected to the Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively lawsuit, according to multiple media reports. Around the same time, Swift sat behind a bullet-resistant partition at a Kansas City Chiefs home game, a departure from her previous appearances in an open luxury suite, after reports surfaced of an alleged stalker who had gone to what sources described as “depraved lengths” to locate her.

Swift Wedding Security Tightens as Big Date Nears

The security apparatus has only expanded as the wedding approaches. Shuter previously reported that Swift commissioned six wedding gowns — some deliberate decoys — with each designer bound by non-disclosure agreements. Rather than mailing save-the-date notices that could leak, Swift and her team have been personally calling celebrity guests, TMZ reported. The reported 150 invited guests have not been given a confirmed date or venue. Those details, sources told Shuter, will be unveiled much closer to the ceremony.

The wedding has reportedly been planned for July 3 in New York City. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid confirmed he plans to attend, saying he was “so happy” for the couple.

On the football side, Kelce returned to the Kansas City Chiefs for his 14th season, though, as the Chiefs opened their optional organized team activities Tuesday, it remained unclear whether Kelce was present.