Taylor Swift’s path into the NFL spotlight was never going to be ordinary, and Brittany Mahomes ended up playing a major part in it.
Back in September 2023, Brittany was already the most talked-about WAG in the league as the Kansas City Chiefs pushed toward a second straight Super Bowl. That made her a natural bridge when Swift started dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who happens to be Patrick Mahomes’ good friend.
The friendship between Swift and Brittany took off quickly in public view after Swift slipped into a private suite at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium that September. From there, the two were suddenly everywhere together: at Chiefs games, at birthday celebrations, at a New Year’s Eve party, and later celebrating a Super Bowl win.
Brittany also helped widen Swift’s circle inside the Chiefs world, introducing her to other WAGs. Swift returned the favor by bringing Brittany into her own orbit of A-list friends.
Their bond was on display again just weeks after Swift announced her engagement last August, when she helped Brittany celebrate her 30th birthday during a weekend in Nashville.
The relationship first spilled into the football spotlight after Swift’s first game in Kansas City, when Brittany joined a postgame bash on the Country Club Plaza with Kelce and his teammates. From there, the two women became a familiar sight on Chiefs broadcasts, hugging and cheering from Swift’s side at home games.
One of the most shared moments came during a “Thursday Night Football” game in October 2023, when photos of them hugging after a successful Kelce catch went viral. SportsCenter even picked up the images, and Extra TV called them “football besties.”
Fans ate it up too. One wrote, “I love the girl power!”
Another said, “When the new history books are written, Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes relationship will be 95% of the material,” TV comedy writer Don Mastro joked on X.
Brittany wasn’t a newcomer to Swift fandom, either. She and Patrick had already attended both of Swift’s Eras Tour concerts at Arrowhead in July 2023, before Swift ever began dating Kelce.
Once the friendship was in motion, it stretched far beyond Kansas City. On Oct.
1, 2023, Swift and Brittany attended the Chiefs-Jets game at MetLife Stadium with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. A couple of months later, before Christmas, they were at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, for the Chiefs’ win over the New England Patriots, where Swift was seen lifting Brittany off the ground after a Chiefs touchdown.
The Mahomeses and Swift-Kelce pairing kept showing up together, too. They celebrated New Year’s Eve together and appeared at the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament.
Then in December 2024, Brittany and Patrick went all in on the friendship, dressing as Swift and Kelce at a party Kelce hosted to celebrate the end of Swift’s Eras Tour.
So with Swift and Kelce now just days from getting married, Brittany Mahomes is the obvious name to watch.
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