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In his memoir "Perilous Fight," Colin Kaepernick reveals that his mother suggested he ask out Taylor Swift years before her relationship with Travis Kelce began, believing they would be perfect together. However, Kaepernick, now 38 and previously married to radio host Nessa Diab, clarifies that Swift was never his type. The memoir also touches on instances where Tessa Kaepernick's actions implied a preference for dating white women over Black women, highlighting racial biases within their family dynamic.
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Colin Kaepernick, in his newly published memoir "Perilous Fight," revealed that his mother Tessa Kaepernick once suggested he should date Taylor Swift when he was still playing football, years before Swift's relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce. Despite this suggestion, Kaepernick stated that Swift was not his type and emphasized in his book that she is "not capable of seeing who I really am." During his time as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers from 2011 to 2016, Kaepernick was involved with radio host Nessa Diab, whom he married years before August 2025 and welcomed a child in 2022. The memoir also details an incident where his mother convinced him to ask a white classmate named Lindsay to a school dance, highlighting the stark contrast between Swift's suggestion and his actual relationships.
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Colin Kaepernick’s mom thought he and Taylor Swift were end game — years before the pop star’s romance with Travis Kelce.
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he → think → Kelce
“When I was in the NFL, she told me that I should ask out Taylor Swift (long before Travis Kelce made his move) because we would be perfect together,” the ex-NFL player, 38, wrote of Tessa Kaepernick in his “Perilous Fight” memoir, published Tuesday.
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player → tell → memoir
While the athlete didn’t mean any “slight to Taylor,” he clarified the 36-year-old “was not [his] type.”
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old → mean → Taylor
The retired quarterback did not specify exactly when this took place, but he played for the San Francisco 49ers between 2011 and 2016.
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he → specify → 2011
By the time he left the NFL, Colin was in a relationship with radio host Nessa Diab, with whom he welcomed a baby in 2022.
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he → leave → 2022
Diab, 42, revealed in August 2025 that they wed “years ago.”
Colin explained in his memoir that his mom’s comments about Swift, 36, highlighted his belief that she is not “capable of seeing who [he] really” is.
He went on to share an instance during which Tessa “convinced” him to ask a classmate to a school dance.
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Tessa → reveal → dance
Noting that “Lindsay was white,” Colin wrote that their picture from the dance was “promptly plastered … on the wall for all to see” — and the same was not done when he took a Black classmate named Crystal to homecoming.
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he → note → homecoming
“When I got the official portrait from that night, featuring me and Crystal posed up in that classic, airbrushed frame, my mother hid it away in the back of a drawer,” Colin claimed.
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Colin → get → drawer
Lindsay was the kind of girl I should want.”
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I → want → girl
Elsewhere in his book, Colin documented his journey to the NFL — and, ultimately, out of the league in 2016 after controversy over kneeling during national anthems as a protest against racial injustice and police brutality.
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Colin → document → injustice
As for whether he’d ever return to playing, Colin recently joked to Us Weekly, “We got the cleats by the door.
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We → return → door
He speculated he’s better than “a good amount” of current quarterbacks, noting, “It’s tough to say because I haven’t been watching the games, but I will check the stat lines.”
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I → speculate → lines
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Discussions → moderate → civility
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