Sunday’s Week 3 game between the Chiefs and Bears was just about the most surreal scene Arrowhead Stadium could get for a non-competitive game this early in the season.
That’s the Taylor Swift effect in action.
After weeks of speculation about Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, an entire stadium was shocked to see Swift herself show up to the game in the Kelce family suite. It turned out that even the Chiefs players were in awe of Swift’s presence at the game.
Before Patrick Mahomes admitted to Erin Andrews that he felt pressure to get Kelce a touchdown in front of Swift, footage from the game showed both Mahomes and Kelce waving at Swift from the sidelines.
The whole team was excited for Taylor Swift 😂👏
(via gabriellahernandez612/TT) pic.twitter.com/qFA3U9WItk
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 25, 2023
That’s as close to high school football vibes — a star player’s teammates waving at his homecoming queen girlfriend — as you’ll get in the NFL, and it was honestly delightful to see. Just watch how star struck the entire team was:
@miss.petty.lamarr I can’t help but be amused by all of this ✨ #taylorswift #traviskelce #chiefs #nfl #swifttok ♬ you belong with me sped up – r & m <33
No wonder fans loved that footage. That simply does not happen on NFL sidelines, but we’re glad it did on Sunday.
This was how Twitter reacted
My friends and I have been discussing it a lot, but it's incredibly funny just *how* out of his league Taylor Swift is from a 2x Super Bowl champion who will go down as one of the best, if not the best, tight end of all time. https://t.co/6T6a9tVimx
— Will Stone (@will_herb_stone) September 25, 2023
I was also pretty sure Chris Jones was waving at her after his sack. Right? https://t.co/nspAU2wTbu
— Taylor Witt 🇺🇦 (@Taylor_Witt) September 25, 2023
Bro Travis Kelce has to feel like the absolute MAN right now in the league. 😂😂 https://t.co/ulnqPyGOBd
— BaseSetBertua (@Gottagreentooth) September 25, 2023
they're having too much fun in KC and hate every second of this https://t.co/OEtC4EOv15
— "Chris" (@justdoitchriss2) September 25, 2023
the way I am hootin and hollerin I love this so much https://t.co/Egsa6eXgem
— coach kirk (@capitaine_kirk) September 25, 2023
And now I’m a football fan 🤣 https://t.co/K00YdymQtW
— CECILIAAAAAAA_ (@CECILIAAAAAA_93) September 25, 2023
why is Mahomes’ wave so funny 😭😭 https://t.co/D1sh7AFDgk
— Alexa (@capssgirl) September 25, 2023
Bro was anybody paying attention to the game😭😂 https://t.co/3Vozza0NY6
— .🥷 (@MoneybagTailly) September 25, 2023
I’m sooooo dying lol https://t.co/ek7tscjlJa
— sarah (@fangirlfornfl) September 25, 2023
To be fair, when you’re playing the Bears, you can get away with that.
