Month: February 2024

Taylor Swift cheers on the Chiefs, helps clean up suite

 

Taylor Swift appeared at the Chiefs game and cheered on the team as rumors of a relationship between her and Travis Kelce heat up. (Aubrey Curtis via Storyful)

Usually the recipient of praise and adoration, Taylor Swift was gifted with some hate this holiday season while attending boyfriend Travis Kelce’s football game on Sunday.

Swift touched down in Massachusetts and made her way to Gillette Stadium, home to passionate New England Patriots fans, donning a Kansas City Chiefs hat and sweatshirt. When she appeared on the Jumbotron during the game, she quickly became public enemy number one to some in the crowd.

In video shared to social media, fans audibly booed Swift when they saw her on the new 22,000-square-foot screen that was built in the offseason. Also displayed on the screen was a previous quote of the singer’s, “Gillette Stadium is the most joyful place on earth.” Swift has played multiple soldout shows, including three this past spring, at the stadium in Foxborough.

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Taylor Swift, Brittany Mahomes and Ashley Avignone cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

One user on X suggested that Swift was predominately lauded by women but jeered at by men. “Taylor Swift makes the Jumbotron during the time out,” they wrote. “Crowd goes wild with massive cheers from ladies and discernible boos from dudes.”

Photographs from the game show multiple Swift fans dispersed throughout the stands.

nextImage 1 of 2One woman shared why she was in attendance at the Kansas City Chiefs vs. New England Patriots game. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

A slew of opinions were offered online about the response to Swift’s attendance, with one person writing, “Men just hate seeing a successful woman.” Another wrote, “They should be cheering her. Didn’t she add billions to the American economy this year?!?!”

One user suggested that the vitriol was not personal. “Don’t assume this is aimed specifically at her. In the Patriots’ stadium, anyone looking like a Chiefs fan would get booed.”

The Patriots organization shared a video of Swift reacting to the noise, sticking out her tongue, flashing a peace sign and blowing a kiss.

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Since September, Swift has appeared at nearly all the Chiefs games, home and away. Swift and Kelce first sparked dating rumors when she appeared at Arrowhead Stadium to watch the tight end play in week three. In a recent interview with TIME, Swift disclosed the timeline of their relationship, admitting they were already dating when she showed up to support him.

“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,” Swift explained. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”

Taylor Swift and Donna Kelce, Travis Kelce’s mother, cheered on the Kansas City Chiefs as they defeated the Chicago Bears during week 3 of the NFL season. This was the first time Swift attended one of her boyfriend’s games. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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Swift is aware of the attention she garners at the game, telling the outlet, “I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in,” she said of photographers. “There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.”

“I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and p—ing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”

At one point during the third period, Swift got spirited and hurled an expletive when her boyfriend went down in the end zone. She appeared to yell the f-word when Kelce saw contact from Patriots’ player Myles Bryant.

Taylor Swift looked animated as she engaged in a conversation with pal Brittany Mahomes and father Scott Swift at the Kansas City Chiefs game against the New England Patriots. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Swift was accompanied by her father, Scott Swift, a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan, who also wore Chiefs gear. Brittany Mahomes, the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, joined the “Cruel Summer” singer and her father as well. Pictures showed the trio gabbing as the game kicked off.

The Chiefs defeated the Patriots 27-17.

The Kansas City Chiefs head coach tells PEOPLE he was “glad she was here” for the team’s latest win

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s ongoing romance has support from Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, the Super Bowl-winning coach shares with PEOPLE.

Just after the Chiefs defeated the New England Patriots 27-17 at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Reid shared his reaction to the superstar singer’s ongoing attendance and its impact on the team.

“Listen, I’m a big fan so I’m glad she was here and I hope she enjoyed it,” Reid tells PEOPLE. He adds, “She’s got a great guy she’s dating right now, so I’m happy for both of them.”

Reid has been vocal about his approval of the couple during several interviews since the NFL star and singer began dating.

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce.

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During an appearance on Outkick’s The Five Spot in October, Reid revealed, “I knew her from Philadelphia; her dad was a big NFL fan, so I had met her when she was real young, and her dad.”

Reid also jokingly took credit for orchestrating the romance between Swift and Kelce during his interview with Outkick. “I joked about setting Kelce up, and, you know, I’m just saying!” Reid said, laughing with the show’s host.

“She’s a good girl, she’s into it, we’re glad she’s here,” Reid added of Swift at the time.

The “Karma” singer, meanwhile, was in good spirits as she cheered on her beau, but one of her animated reactions quickly went viral when Kelce took a hit during the third quarter.

The tight end missed a pass from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes while Patriots cornerback Myles Bryant was defending him on a third down.

Brittany Mahomes, Taylor Swift, Scott Swift.

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Afterward, Kelce threw up his hands and looked to the referees, seemingly upset that they did not call pass interference on Bryant, and Swift was equally — if not more — upset.

After the no-call, the “Karma” singer, who watched the game from a suite, was seen in a clip shared by ESPN jumping to her feet and yelling something while motioning toward the field.

Alana Haim — who watched the Chiefs-Patriots matchup in the same box as the singer, her dad Scott Swift and Brittany Mahomes — also appeared upset about the third-quarter no-call, throwing her hands up exasperatedly.

Luckily, the Chiefs still turned the drive into a scoring one, taking their four-point lead up to seven points with a field goal seconds later.

Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift celebrate a touchdown by the Kansas City Chiefs against the Denver Broncos.

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In her TIME 2023 Person of the Year interview, published Dec. 6, Swift revealed that after attending a few Chiefs games to support Kelce, she has taken a liking to football.

“Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift told the outlet, adding, “I’ve been missing out my whole life.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Swift acknowledged the heightened attention on her during games, which began when she attended her first Chiefs matchup on Sept. 24.

At the time, some football diehards aired their grievances at seeing coverage of the “Cruel Summer” singer during games, but Swift shared in the TIME article that she has no control over this.

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“I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in,” Swift said. “There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the-camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.”

And the singer does not attend the games to appear on TV — she goes to cheer on her beau.

“I’m just there to support Travis,” she told TIME, adding, “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”

Every time Taylor Swift shows up in Kansas City, people eat more donuts.

 

Last July, Donutology’s two stores in the city made 20,000 donuts in a single weekend after marketing “Tayl-gating” 30-packs, including Lavender Glazes and Caramel Is a Cat bismarcks, to meet the demand of 74,000 Swifties at two Arrowhead Stadium concerts. The stores hastily hired former employees for around-the-clock frying and assigned their marketing director, Abby Meyer, to help in the packaging department. “It hasn’t really died since then,” Meyer says.

Unlike other U.S. cities on last summer’s Eras tour, Kansas City’s Swiftie boom continues, thanks to the singer’s high-profile presence in the city this fall with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce of the NFL’s Chiefs. And Donutology isn’t the only one cashing in on the buzz: Local businesses such as clothing shops Westside Storey and Made In KC and restaurants Piropos and Prime Social have significantly boosted their sales, social-media views and website traffic over the past few months.

“We can’t attach a number to it,” says Tim Cowden, president/CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council. “It’s an incredible opportunity that she is providing our region.”

According to the city’s Economic Development Council, Eras tickets across the United States sold at an average price of $1,200, so the Kansas City shows generated $88.8 million in revenue. Additionally, Swifties bought $1,300 to $1,500 worth of meals, merch and other goods throughout the tour, and for Kansas City, that amounted to an overall financial impact of $185 million to $200 million. Then, after Swift’s widely viewed appearance last Sunday in a vintage Chiefs sweatshirt during the team’s game against the Green Bay Packers, Westside Storey, which sold her the item, landed an unprecedented 100 online orders in the two or three days after the game, according to the store’s owner, Chris Harrington.

“It’s quite insane,” says Harrington. “It’s just driven traffic like we’ve never had before. We’re waiting to see when it ends.”

Piropos, the Argentine restaurant where Swift and Kelce had a Kansas City dinner date in late October, reports a similarly massive word-of-mouth reaction. “We didn’t put up any sign. People just called us,” says Cristina Worden, the restaurant’s owner. “We got more reservations, we have more commentary. It’s been great for every business.”The Eras-related sales spike in Kansas City took Keith Bradley, co-owner of the 11-store gift-and-apparel chain Made In KC, by surprise. Ticketholders streamed into town, buying apparel, jewelry, candles and hats, and the stores scrambled to adapt by launching Swift-themed drinks and friendship bracelets. Nearly three months later, when Swift attended her first Chiefs game, “it felt like that was a new wave,” Bradley says, adding that his shops’ most popular holiday-season products are “anything Taylor and Travis,” such as candles and T-shirts.

The Swift-Kelce romance is a feel-good, fast-moving story and a “buzzworthy partnership,” as Katie Essing, a University of Missouri assistant teaching professor of marketing, describes it — which allows brands to attach themselves for exposure without fearing backlash or consequences. After Swift publicly ate chicken fingers with ketchup and what appeared to be ranch dressing at a Chiefs game in late September, KFC referred to Swift on social media as its “Ranch Queen” and Heinz launched a new flavor called Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch. “Brands having anything to do with ranch could jump on social media,” Essing says. “And that’s what we see happening with the brands in the Kansas City area with this relationship.”

The Eras Tour was so huge — grossing $900 million plus, with 63,000 ticket sales per show, or 3.3 million overall, according to Billboard estimates — that officials and businesses in host cities had to be asleep to not take advantage of the marketing opportunities. Tampa named Swift “honorary mayor”; Las Vegas lit up its Gateway Arches in colors representing all of her albums; and Seattle’s Japonessa Sushi Cocini racked up $10,000 in sales of “Reputation” sushi rolls and cocktails packed with glitter. But only Kansas City has extended its Swiftie effect beyond Eras.

Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas says the NFL Draft in April, which reportedly drew 312,000 attendees and generated $164.3 million, led to “flack” from some local businesses. (Owners complained about street closures, excessive traffic and high parking costs that kept regular customers away.) “Taylor Swift was the opposite — for almost no municipal investment, we’re getting a heck of an investment,” he tells Billboard. “Any mayor would love to have Taylor Swift just start randomly coming to their city. This is great for our economy. It’s great for our culture. It’s great for letting people know we have this dynamic city. Life kind of sucks, so it’s nice to just see two happy people enjoying life.”

Though her boyfriend’s in Kansas City, her heart’s still in the UK.

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Taylor Swift is no stranger to the charms of Great Britain, as made evident in her vast real estate portfolio. When the billionaire was living with her previous boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, Swift was renting a gorgeous townhouse in the Primrose Hill neighborhood of London for the two of them to share. While that relationship has ended—and her heart is now with Travis Kelce in Kansas City, Missouri—Swift’s love affair with the capital of the United Kingdom is alive and well. According to The Sun, the singer-songwriter has reportedly purchased a mansion in London for £10 million, which is roughly $12.8 million, give or take a few bands.

Though no photos have been released of Swift’s new estate, apparently the star is planning on using the property as her home base across the pond and is sparing no expense to get the home looking how she wants. The private estate was previously owned by a politician—though it’s unclear who—and it comes with a swimming pool and a personal orangery. (Yes, an orangery.)

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The report of this purchase came about on December 9, and Swift has reportedly jumped right into the renovation process. “She loves the culture and vibe of the city, and is particularly at home in North London, so this estate makes perfect sense,” a source told The Sun. If Swift’s past relationships with fellow Brits Harry Styles and Calvin Harris, which occurred before her six years with Alwyn, weren’t enough to recognize that the artist has been in love with London for the past few years, her song “London Boy” serves as “a love ­letter to the city,” said the source. It’s not shocking that Swift would want to set down roots in a place she adores.

Maybe it was Kelce’s recent real estate purchase that inspired Swift to make another of her own. While we can assume that Swift is renovating this estate exactly to her liking, we can’t help but wonder if Kelce will have an opinion about the singer’s newest pad in England’s capital. Maybe then we can get “London Boy (Travis’s Version).”

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are taking their relationship to the next level as the couple reportedly plan to spend the holidays together.

 

The pop star, 34, who has already attended several of the Kansas City Chiefs star’s games, appears set to cheer him on across the festive period with Kelce, also 34, scheduled to play on both Christmas Day and New Years Eve.

With her NFL beau set to work both holidays, a source told Page Six that Swift will ‘for sure be at the games.’

Kelce and the Chiefs are set to host the Las Vegas Raiders on December 25 at 1pm ET, before taking on the Cincinnati Bengals a week later on December 31 at 4.25pm ET at Arrowhead Stadium again.

While Swift will reportedly be in Kansas City to support the tight end in the run up to the playoffs, it is unclear if the 12-time Grammy Award winner will jet back to Tennessee to spend time with her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift, in between games.

Taylor Swift (left) and Travis Kelce (right) will reportedly spend the holidays together

The pop star appears set to cheer on her NFL boyfriend across the festive period this year

Kelce and the Chiefs are scheduled to play on both Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve

The pop star’s parents could even join their famous daughter at Arrowhead after Scott joined Swift and her friends Alana Haim and Brittany Mahomes at Gillette Stadium to watch the Chiefs beat the New England Patriots 27-17 on Sunday.

Despite being a Philadelphia Eagles fan, he even donned a red Chiefs jersey to support his daughter’s boyfriend and handed out birthday cake in honor of the Anti-Her hitmaker’s celebrations last week.

Kelce revealed his family’s plans for the holidays on Monday with both he and Eagles star brother Jason scheduled to suit up on Christmas Day.

Jason and the Eagles will take on the New York Giants just hours after the Chiefs kick off.

With both Kelce brothers scheduled to take the field in their divisional matchups, Travis revealed that their Christmas plans will be postponed to a later date.

‘My brother sent me a text and said he’s going to be celebrating afterwards,’ Travis told People as he also confirmed his own plans to celebrate after or the next day as well.

The Kelces’ mom, Donna, regularly attends her sons’ games and has even been known to squeeze in two on the same day.

But with the Chiefs kicking off at 1pm and the Eagles only a few hours later at 4.30pm, it is unlikely the Kelces will be able to make Christmas Day a family affair for Donna.

Despite having to play on the holiday, Travis still insisted that Christmas Day as going to be a ‘fun one’.

Scott Swift wandered through to a neighboring VIP suite to hand out Taylor’s birthday cake

Swift shared a hug with her dad, Scott, in a suite at Gillette Stadium during Sunday’s game

Both Kelce brothers will be in action on Christmas Day with Jason suiting up for the Eagles

The Kelces’ mom, Donna, regularly attends her sons’ games – even both on the same day

Jason’s wife Kylie Kelce revealed last week that the Kelces’ dad, Ed, will likely be with his daughter-in-law and his granddaughters on Christmas Day.

‘Jason’s dad will usually be over because he’s just around the corner as long as he’s not in Kansas City,’ the mother of three told People on Saturday.

‘But Jason’s parents usually try to split the holidays to make sure that one parent is with one brother and one parent is with the other.’

Like Travis, Jason will also play on New Year’s Eve with the Eagles taking on the Arizona Cardinals.

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The Range Rover SV Autobiography has a 5.0-liter V8 supercharged engine that develops 518 horsepower and 461 lb-ft of torque and drives through an eight-speed automated transmission.

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