NEWS The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Backlash Has Begun

Blake Lively, Hugh Jackman and Shawn Levy—as she watched Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce, 33, and his teammates take on the New York Jets.While neither Swift nor Kelce have explicitly confirmed the nature of their relationship, speculation of a romance has all but increased with each game that the singer has been seen attending.

And the power of her presence has been felt. Footage of Swift cheering on Kelce as his team emerged victorious over the Chicago Bears on September 24However, while the Swift and Kelce connection has excited some fans, other sports enthusiasts have suggested that the coverage has become a distraction.who has publicly criticized Swift and Kelce—opined that coverage of the relationship was “destroying” football, a sport she admitted in the same post to not being a fan of.

“The wall-to-wall coverage of Taylor Swift at this game is annoying AF,” she wrote on X. “I don’t even like football and I agree it’s destroying football. Just enough.”Joining in on the flood of complaints, another X user said: “You would think Taylor Swift was the quarterback the way they cannot stop saying her name.”

“Ok @NFL. That’s enough of Taylor Swift!!!!!! Get back to football,” commented another.

“Taylor Swift has ruined football,” another charged. “We don’t want to hear about her AT ALL.”

Some detractors went as far as to suggest that referee decisions in the Chiefs’ favor was all part of a ploy to keep the team on a winning streak and thus boost income, given Swift’s expected presence.

“The NFL couldn’t allow any chance of the Jets beating the Chiefs because it would cause Chiefs fans to turn sour on the presence of Taylor Swift and kill the money making synergistic relationship between her and Travis Kelce,” read one viral post. “Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk on why the refs were so bad.”

“And this ain’t no conspiracy,” an X user responded. “Sales have sky rocketed across the board, her fan base is an entire new market they can tap into, any body at the top would make sure this goes on as long as it can. Business 101.”