Tom Cruise turned up at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night, and he landed in the most talked-about seat in the building: next to Taylor Swift.
The actor was spotted sitting with Swift and talking to her during the first quarter of the Chiefs-Broncos game on “Monday Night Football.” Swift was there to support husband Travis Kelce as he begins what could be his final season.
The NFL even highlighted the pairing with a post showing Cruise and Swift together in the house for the game.
Why Cruise was there wasn’t immediately clear. What is clear is that he’s been around big football moments before. Cruise took part in Fox’s Super Bowl 59 broadcast with an introductory video before the Chiefs met the Eagles two seasons ago, and he was also on hand for the other kind of football when he participated in the pre-match ceremony at the World Cup final.
He isn’t known to live near Kansas City, but this was a tough invite to turn down: one of the week’s biggest games, watched from beside a global superstar.
As for whether Cruise is a Chiefs fan, that doesn’t appear to be the case. He hasn’t publicly claimed a team, though Jimmy Kimmel said in 2022 that Cruise is a Giants fan. That fits with where he’s from, too - born in upstate New York and raised in New Jersey.
If that Giants connection is real, Week 1 had to feel pretty good. But for one night at least, sitting in Swift’s suite at Arrowhead, Cruise may have had to pull for the Chiefs.
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