Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have each been showered with cheers (and boos) at countless stadiums in their respective careers, but Kelce was still giddy as a schoolboy when discussing how New England Patriots fans erupted for Swift on Sunday, December 17. The galactic pop star was at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to support Kelce as his Kansas City Chiefs beat the Pats, 27-17. As is the case everywhere she goes, Swift became the main attraction.
“They showed Taylor at the game,” the All-Pro Chiefs tight end said on this week’s episode of his New Heights podcast with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce. “You don’t see an entire home team’s fan base go insane for somebody wearing the opposite team’s colors — just shows you how amazing that girl is.”
The two-time Super Bowl champion continued, “They went absolutely insane when they showed Taylor on the screen, yes. There might have been a few Brads and Chads that were booing, but for the most part, everybody was f*cking screaming their tail off for her. And yeah, I was trying to keep it cool. I was like, ‘Don’t show your cards. Don’t show your cards.’ It was fun, man.”
It’s her – hi!
@taylorswift13 | @GilletteStadium pic.twitter.com/zIPwjvLgD6
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) December 17, 2023
| @TaylorSwift13, Brittany Mahomes and Papa Swift on screen pic.twitter.com/3M9AnXon0F
— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) December 17, 2023
“i think his complexion suits the color green more” jason kelce you will always be famous pic.twitter.com/lfEDV9gyAe
— TAYVIS ♡ (@tayvisnation) December 20, 2023
“just shows you how amazing that girl is” HIS SMILE AT THE END??? GOODBYE pic.twitter.com/SFu6nNz2bx
— TAYVIS ♡ (@tayvisnation) December 20, 2023
Swifties already know, but for the uninitiated: Kelce didn’t randomly select the names Brad and Chad to represent losers wasting their breath booing Taylor Swift, who is objectively winning at life. Earlier this month, Time revealed Swift as its 2023 Person Of The Year, and in the accompanying profile, Swift commented on the frenzy surrounding every Chiefs game she’s attended since September 24.
“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.” She added, “I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”
Watch the New Heights episode above. (The Taylor talk begins around the 38-minute mark.)