KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Taylor Swift capped a headline-grabbing week that included her endorsement of Kamala Harris for president and seven trophies from the MTV Video Music Awards by exhibiting up at Arrowhead Stadium to look at the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday.
Swift arrived about 90 minutes earlier than kickoff to see her boyfriend, Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, and the two-time defending Tremendous Bowl champions play the Cincinnati Bengals in a rematch of two of the previous three AFC championship video games.
Swift has develop into shut buddies with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his spouse, Brittany, over the previous yr. And that led to some controversy this week after the 14-time Grammy winner mentioned she supported Harris over Donald Trump within the November election.
Trump has been referencing Brittany Mahomes in interviews and speeches since final month, after she favored — after which unliked — an Instagram put up by the Republican presidential nominee outlining the “2024 GOP platform.” Trump posted quickly afterward on Reality Social: “I need to thank stunning Brittany Mahomes for thus strongly defending me.”
Swift’s endorsement of Harris led Trump to say in a cellphone interview with Fox Information this week: “I really like Mrs. Mahomes significantly better, if you wish to know the reality. She’s an enormous Trump fan. I like Brittany. I believe Brittany is nice.”
Trump went even additional Sunday, posting on Reality Social in name caps: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Patrick Mahomes declined to endorse anybody when requested concerning the state of affairs, as a substitute urging individuals to register to vote.
“I don’t need my place and my platform for use to endorse a candidate or do no matter, both approach,” the two-time NFL MVP mentioned earlier than apply Wednesday. “I believe my place is to tell individuals to get registered to vote. It’s to tell individuals to do their very own analysis after which make one of the best resolution for them and their household.”
Brittany Mahomes has since stayed out of the political highlight besides to reply to critics on social media, saying in a put up: “To be a hater as an grownup, you must have some deep rooted points you refuse to heal from childhood.”
Some critics thought politics might have brought on a rift between her and Swift two weeks in the past, when they didn’t sit collectively for the Chiefs’ season-opening win over Ravens. However they had been again collectively that weekend in New York for the U.S. Open.
On Wednesday evening, Swift pushed her whole of MTV Video Music Awards to 30, tying Beyonce for the document amongst all artists. Her hefty haul included the evening’s greatest trophy for video of the yr, for which she thanked her “boyfriend Travis” for being on set for the “Fortnight” music video and cheering her on.
“Every thing this man touches turns to happiness and enjoyable and magic,” Swift mentioned, earlier than once more utilizing her platform to encourage followers over 18 to register to vote for the 2024 presidential election.
The favored songstress started her high-profile romance with Kelce final season, when he invited Swift to look at him play a sport at Arrowhead. The “Anti-Hero” singer took him up on the supply for a September matchup with the Bears.
Since then, Swift and the four-time All-Professional tight finish have spent loads of time collectively, usually with the cameras following their each transfer. Swift has develop into an everyday at Chiefs video games every time she is on a break from her Eras Tour, and Kelce accompanied her to a number of performances in the course of the offseason, even making an onstage cameo at Wembley Stadium in London.
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