Taylor Swift encore? Reports say she’ll be in KC to see Travis Kelce, Chiefs play Denver
Thursday night update: Yup, she’s here. Here’s the story.
The first time Taylor Swift showed up in Kansas City to watch Travis Kelce play, she took Chiefs fans — make that the country — by surprise.
This time, it looks like NFL fans and Swifties have a heads up.
The singer is expected to attend Thursday night’s Chiefs game against the Denver Broncos, TMZ reported late Wednesday night.
It would be the second home game she’s attended at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, and her third Chiefs game since her surprise visit on Sept. 24 when she sat next to Kelce’s mom, Donna Kelce.
After that win against the Chicago Bears, Swift and celebrity pals, including Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, showed up at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to watch the Chiefs defeat the New York Jets.
She did not attend Sunday’s game against the Vikings in Minneapolis.
TMZ quoted “sources with direct knowledge” who said Swift will travel to Missouri to watch the Chiefs battle the Broncos and quarterback Russell Wilson.
Amazon Prime, which will broadcast the game, is ready for it. Kickoff is at 7:15 p.m. (Locally, the game also airs on KSHB, Channel 41.)
“We’re preparing just like everybody else did. There’s a lot of conversation around it for sure,” Danielle Carney, head of NFL ads at Amazon, told Adweek. “I am a Swiftie, and I’m an NFL fan, so for me it’s like the best of both worlds melding together.”
In the world of NFL WAGS — wives and girlfriends — this is a timely match.
If anyone knows what it’s like to date a high-profile celebrity it’s Wilson, who married Grammy-winning singer Ciara in 2016. They are one of the NFL’s most high-profile, glamorous couples.
The R&B superstar revealed in August that she is expecting her fourth baby, her third with Wilson.
Should Ciara show up at Arrowhead too, it could set up a reunion of sorts. In 2015, Swift had Ciara and Wilson, then playing for the Seahawks, join her on stage during her “1989” tour stop in Seattle.
Swift has been traveling quite a bit in the last few days. She was in Los Angeles Wednesday night for the red carpet premiere of the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Concert Film,” which hits theaters Thursday night.
Beyoncé, who like Swift brought her tour to Arrowhead this year, posed with Swift on the red carpet.
Beyoncé’s concert film, “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” is scheduled to open Dec. 1.
Tabloids and celebrity media now keeping track of Swift and Kelce reported the singer secretly flew into Kansas City on Friday to see him the day after his 34th birthday
With the headline, “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Quietly Hung Out in Kansas City Before Minnesota Game,” Us Weekly reported that Swift flew in from Nashville “to see Travis” and the two enjoyed a “chill night,” out of the paparazzi’s sight.
TMZ noted that if Swift returns to Kansas City Thursday, “the timing is interesting. The Chiefs will have a couple days off — because they won’t play the usual Sunday game — so it’s possible she spends additional time with him at home.”
This story was originally published October 12, 2023 at 7:46 AM.
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