Taylor Swift sent some of her left-leaning admirers reeling Sunday after she and Travis Kelce shared a box at the U.S. Open Men’s Final with Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, who has become a controversial figure since signaling her support for Donald Trump last month and after the GOP presidential candidate personally thanked her for defending him and his MAGA agenda.
By being seen sharing hugs and kisses with Brittany Mahomes, Swift let the world know that there is no feud between them, following speculation that they’d had falling out over this year’s presidential election. That speculation blew up after the Kansas City Chiefs game last Thursday when the pop mega-star and her NFL WAG bestie declined to sit together, as they tended to do during the 2023 season.
The perceived political differences between the two women has to do with the fact Swift endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020 and expressed the view that Trump is an existential threat to democracy by accusing the then-president of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism.”
Swift has yet to endorse a candidate this year, but she is under increasing pressure to endorse Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, with some of that pressure coming from fans who are excited about the possibility of electing the first female president.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 08: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Brittany Mahomes attend the Men’s Singles Final match between Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jannik Sinner of Italy on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Mahomes’ Instagram feed shows that she’s has become a MAGA darling since she liked a Aug.13 post from Trump last month. On that now-infamous post, Trump shared the 2024 GOP platform, including such bullet points as “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history,” “keep men OUT of women’s sports,” and “cut federal funding for any school pushing Critical Race Theory, Radical Gender Ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children.”
Now, Swift’s decision to be seen acting like BFFs with Mahomes, while enjoying a private box at Arthur Ashe Stadium, has left some of her fans disappointed, if not angry. On X, they questioned whether the “Bad Blood” singer was ever that interested in standing on principles, with some accusing her of “choosing to align herself with people tied to harmful ideologies.”
“I don’t expect a billionaire to lead the revolution or anything. I’m just confused as to why one would make a movie about standing up for what’s right at any cost only to literally never stand for anything again,” Matt Bernstein, an LGBTQ activist, influencer, YouTuber and podcast host, said in a post on X that received more than 155,000 likes.
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Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
