The motion may need been on the gridiron throughout Sunday evening’s NFL sport, however NBC didn’t waste any alternative to place the highlight on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ most well-known fan up within the suites.
Taylor Swift was at her second consecutive NFL sport on Sunday, as soon as once more cheering on Kansas, amid rumors that she and Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce have began up a romance.
NBC cameras caught her in a collection alongside different well-known faces, together with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Vigorous, Hugh Jackman, Sophie Turner and filmmaker Shawn Levy. She was seen celebrating and cheering because the Chiefs scored a landing towards the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium within the first quarter, amongst different moments.
As well as, NBC aired trailers for her upcoming live performance movie, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which opens Oct. 13, and lower to footage of Occasions Sq., the place video highlights of Swift’s Eras Tour was exhibiting on one of many big screens.
Announcers Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth additionally talked about her upcoming movie throughout their on-air commentary on the finish of the third quarter, the place the rating was tied at 20-20. Tirico famous that the Chiefs had been main early on. “This sport was 17 to nothing, and Cris and I had been going over our Taylor Swift lyrics and track titles, and he was gonna discuss watching the documentary,. Sorry Taylor, the sport broke down in entrance of us,” he stated, noting the tied rating because the digital camera confirmed a subdued Swift within the suite. They later commented on the truth that Swift and Kelce left final week’s sport in a convertible whose prime was down.
Sideline reporter Melissa Stark additionally famous through the broadcast that “the Taylor impact is actual,” citing the truth that Travis gained almost 900,000 new followers on Instagram prior to now week whereas gross sales of his jersey spiked 400 p.c on the Fanatics retail web site.
The NFL additionally bought in on the motion, posting photos of Swift on the sport.
Just a few days earlier than the sport, NBC used Swift’s track “Welcome to New York” in a promo for the sport. The caption on the X (previously Twitter) put up learn: “Taylor Made for Sunday Night time.”
Additionally airing through the sport was one of many State Farm adverts that Kelce seems in alongside teammate Patrick Mahomes and Jake From State Farm (actor Kevin Miles) — who, by the way, was seen Sunday’s Philadelphia Eagles sport sitting subsequent to Kelce’s mother, Donna, whose different son, Jason Kelce, performs for the Eagles. Donna later confirmed up in the identical suite with Swift at MetLife Stadium, having switched her Eagles jersey for a Chiefs jersey.
Travis and his mother additionally seem in a Pfizer advert selling this season’s COVID-19 and flu photographs, which additionally performed through the broadcast.
Swift additionally was eventually Sunday’s Chiefs sport towards the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, the place she was noticed in a collection alongside Kelce’s mother. Not like final week’s sport, the place Swift wore crimson — the colour of the Chiefs — the singer arrived Sunday evening in a long-sleeved black prime, black jacket, denim shorts and black boots.
Swift and Kelce haven’t confirmed the rumors they’re relationship. Nonetheless, Kelce stated Swift “appeared wonderful” on his New Heights With Jason and Travis Kelce podcast final week.
“All people was speaking about her and in an amazing mild,” he stated. “And on prime of that, you already know, the day went good for Chiefs followers. In fact, we script all of it, women and gents.”
Swift is presently on a break from her Eras Tour, which resumes Nov. 9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kelce had tried — unsuccessfully — to offer Swift a friendship bracelet when her Eras Tour hit Kansas Metropolis. She additionally carried out three concert events at MetLife Stadium in Could.
A spokesperson for StubHub, a resale ticket market, stated final week that “since Swift’s look on the Chiefs sport Sunday, the Jets have bought extra tickets for his or her sport towards the Chiefs in a single day for the reason that season began — by greater than double,” in line with City & Nation journal.
By the way, Swift, a Philadelphia native, informed followers at a Philly live performance earlier this yr that she is an Eagles fan.
