Saints fans super mad about huge Taylor Swift friendship bracelet on Superdome
Taylor Swift will perform three shows at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans beginning Friday as she continues to wind down her Eras Tour.
So the New Orleans Saints have hung a giant — repeat, giant — friendship bracelet that says “Taylor Swift” on the outside of Caesars Superdome. The team posted photos of it on X.
“A welcome for Taylor,” the Thursday post reads, punctuated it with a hand-heart emoji.
Swifties went awwww.
Saints fans went ballistic.
Here’s a sampling of what they posted on social media after they saw how their team is celebrating the superstar, who just happens to be dating Travis Kelce of the rival Kansas City Chiefs.
“What is this nonsense, no way that’s real.”
“My goodness as if the season couldn’t get any worse.”
“This is embarrassing as (bleep).”
“Massive W.”
“We’re not even a month removed from the Week 5 loss to the Chiefs……. This is horrible!”
Yeah, the Chiefs beat the Saints 26-13 on “Monday Night Football” at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium earlier this month.
Since last year Swift has played numerous NFL stadiums on her tour — MetLife, SoFi, NRG, Allegiant — and the Saints are not the first to show her bipartisan kindness, though no gesture as grand as this.
When she played in Paris a French radio station made a video with AI that showed giant friendship bracelets falling from the sky and stacking up around the Eiffel Tower.
On Sunday, as Swift performed at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, home of the Dolphins, the stadium broadcast the Chiefs-49ers game, happening in California, on TV sets all around the place.
Swifties were quick to mock “grumpy” Saints fans, noting the family connection between the Saints and Swift.
One of her backup dancers, fan favorite Kameron Saunders, is the brother of Saints defensive tackle Khalen Saunders, who used to play for the Chiefs.
When the two teams faced off recently, Khalen told reporters that of course his brother was going to cheer for him at Arrowhead.
“That his boss, but I’m his brother. I was here first,” he said. “He’s going to be cheering for me because I’m paying for his ticket.”
Swift’s passionate fan base went head-to-toe with Saints fans on the team’s X post.
This is not their first rodeo dealing with angry NFL fans.
Remember dads, Brads and Chads?
Swifties are sounding off.
“If women are the emotional ones, then what are the men in these comments called? Oof. Kind of crazy to think these are the “grown adults.”
“Don’t listen to the haters it’s beautiful thank you for doing this for the fans who are just as important as football fans.”
“Swifties, please ignore some of the comments. Our fan base is a little grumpy because we have The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived as our head coach. The dome hasn’t felt 3.5 hours of happiness in a while. See yall Saturday! & WHO DAT.”
Ouch.
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