Is there Tayvoodoo afoot at this year’s Super Bowl? Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce isn’t ruling it out.
Swifties coined the term to describe how pop star Taylor Swift seems to have an outsize effect on the universe. She may have deployed some of her magic when she mimed throwing a football during her Eras Tour in October at the Caesars Superdome — the site of Sunday’s big game in New Orleans.
‘We love to manifest things, for sure, and you can’t say it’s not real, because we’re here, right?’ Kelce said during a press availability at the stadium on Monday. ‘Whatever she was doing, I’m sure it helped.’
Fans suspect Swift alluded to Kelce and the Chiefs repeatedly during the course of the Eras Tour. They drew conclusions about the meanings behind her surprise mashups and noticed how she would call out the ‘guy on the Chiefs’ by changing the lyrics to her song ‘Karma’ on nights the team won. Kelce only made it to one U.S. Eras Tour show this year because of his football schedule.
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‘For me not being able to be there supporting her during those weeks, it made me feel like I was there,’ he said Monday.
The tight end fielded a few questions about his girlfriend Monday between inquiries about his team and their Super Bowl strategy, but he didn’t seem to mind. He brushed off a reporter who asked about his message for non-Swifties.
‘Who’s not a Swiftie?’ Kelce replied.
When another reporter asked about Swift’s famous baked goods, Kelce said she was ‘quite the cook.’
‘I’m a breakfast man. Her homemade Pop-Tarts are unbelievable,’ he said.
He also spoke about the drive the couple shares.
‘I better hold up my end of the bargain, right?’ he said. ‘If she’s out here being the superstar she is and never taking no for an answer and always working her tail off, I better match that energy.’
Swift brought some of that energy to the Grammys on Sunday, where she presented an award to Beyoncé and was seen in the audience dancing with a bottle of champagne. She wore red, the Chiefs’ signature color, and a ‘T’ charm on her leg.
At the end of his media appearance on Monday, Kelce had a message for Swifties in the form of a simple heart hand gesture.
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