3 days Ago By Joshua Mbu
Taylor Swift and for the Kansas City Chiefs' Arrowhead win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday as sealed a one-point victory. Swift, the , and Mahomes, the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the mother to his two, , initially hit it off last season. The superstar singer and Mahomes were regularly seen sitting with each other at games and celebrating Chiefs scores.
However, as the 2024 NFL season started, speculation of a rift surfaced after political lines were drawn, with , who is hoping to return to the White House this Nov. Trump even publicly praised Mahomes and stated that . On the opposite side, Swift has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and encouraged voters to register and vote.
Both have faced criticism from the liberal and conservative sides since Mahomes' social media activity and Swift's public endorsement of Harris saw a reported 338,000 visits to Vote.gov. Swift made her usual stylish arrival at Arrowhead and sat in a plush box to support her boyfriend - but .
However, the two aren't believed to have fallen out, as they were , days after celebrating the start of the NFL season at a Chiefs cocktail bar party. A continued relationship between the pair will be welcomed in the Chiefs' offense, with Pat Mahomes and Kelce hoping to fire Kansas City to an NFL-first three-peat. The Chiefs won back-to-back Super Bowls earlier this year in a thriller against the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas in overtime.
Sunday's game took a field goal by Butker, who faced criticism for his view on gender roles in 2024, to defeat the Bengals 26-25 in a close affair. QB Mahomes was picked off twice in the game, including a show-stopping interception by Cam Taylor-Britt, who pulled off a one-handed catch to deny Xavier Worthy down the sideline. Kelce had low production, though, and faced similar struggles last season.
The 34-year-old signed a two-year extension with the Chiefs in the offseason following his older brother Jason Kelce's retirement. “They’re doing a great of just kind of having two people for him,” Mahomes said on the Bengals defense's tracking of Kelce. “Pretty much the entire game.
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