Taylor Swift booed by crowd at Super Bowl
The singer was booed by the heavily pro-Eagles crowd when shown on the video boards during a break in the first quarter.
Taylor Swift received a very different reception to last year at the Super Bowl as she watched boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs play the Philadelphia Eagles.
The pop superstar, who was cheered loudly when she showed up at the big game in Las Vegas a year ago, was instead booed by the heavily pro-Eagles crowd when shown on the video boards inside the Superdome during a break in the first quarter.
Sitting next to rapper Ice Spice, Swift gave a bit of a side-eye and wrinkled her nose when she realised the booing was directed at her.
Their relationship blossomed as the Chiefs pursued their second consecutive Super Bowl last year. Swift was part of the on-field celebration on a cold night in Baltimore when the Chiefs beat the Ravens to win the AFC championship.
Then came Swift’s star turn at the big game in Las Vegas.
She was in the midst of her Eras Tour and had played a concert in Tokyo the same weekend.
Swift made a mad dash from there to the airport, hopped on a private jet to Los Angeles and made it to Las Vegas with time to spare. Once inside Allegiant Stadium, fans and TV cameras watched Swift win a beer-chugging contest, party with celebrity friends such as Blake Lively and Lana Del Rey, and eventually make her way to the field following the Chiefs’ 25-22 win over the 49ers.
Kelce and Swift celebrated by locking lips as red and gold confetti fell around them like rain.
There was no closely watched trip around the globe this week, though.
Swift arrived in New Orleans in time to join Kelce on a double date with Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany on the players’ night offo n Friday. The couples dined at Lilette, a French restaurant near the Garden District.
The 35-year-old Kelce has been noncommittal about playing next year, and some within the Chiefs organisation are bracing for his potential retirement. Kelce has been laying the groundwork for his post-playing career, building a lucrative podcast with his brother, retired Eagles centre Jason Kelce, and appearing on Saturday Night Live and other TV shows.
According to BetMGM, those willing to gamble on his plans could get 8/1 odds that Kelce would propose to Swift with a Chiefs victory.
The Chiefs are 19-3 with her in the crowd, including 9-0 this season. She has never seen them lose in the play-offs.
