Taylor Swift’s fans took issue with the Seahawks’ celebration after Seattle rolled past the Chiefs 20-3 on Sunday, calling the team’s social media post distasteful for dragging Swift into the moment.
Swift did not attend the game in the Pacific Northwest, but her husband, tight end Travis Kelce, was part of a rough day for Kansas City. Kelce made NFL history, though he also had a couple of dropped passes as the Chiefs were beaten soundly by the defending Super Bowl champions.
The flashpoint came after the final whistle, when Seattle posted a photo of a Swiftie friendship bracelet that read “Seahawks Win” along with the message: End Game. Because that’s the title of a Swift song, fans of the singer immediately pushed back.
“It is big time loser behavior for a team to reference another player’s wife. You don’t see teams making Sinners references on their social media when they beat the Bills,” one wrote, mentioning the movie with Hailee Steinfeld, who is married to Bills quarterback Josh Allen. “There is no way to justify it.”
Others echoed that same reaction, saying the post crossed a line by using Swift as part of a team win. “I will say, this is pretty weird, especially 3 years out now.
But what other players wife gets dragged into their loss? I don’t care how famous she is, it’s really weird for an opposing NFL team to try and get clout from including her in their posts, when they beat us,” another fan wrote.
“Why do y’all think it’s okay to troll a team by using the spouse of an opposing player?” a fan asked.
“This wouldn’t be acceptable if she wasn’t Taylor Swift. She deserves respect just like every other player’s spouse”
On Instagram, one Seattle fan also criticized the post: “I’m a ‘hawks, Travis and Taylor fan. This post is tasteless.”
Another wrote, “ shading player’s wife by another nfl team’s social media account is never normal, no matter who she is, she has nothing to do with the game, a game that she didn’t even attend,”
“The disrespect is why I hate other teams, make it a chief pun, but why Taylor why a spouse, they wouldn’t make fun of Claire Kittle or Kelly (Stafford) so why is this okay?” another fan said.
Some reactions went even further, with one suggesting the same treatment could be turned back on Seattle: “I guess anyone’s fair game then. How about we compile a list of Seahawk’s WAGs and have large Swiftie accounts mock them when they lose?”
The backlash continued on social media throughout the day, with another Instagram user saying, “one stupid post and just like that from being my #1 nfc team since last season, from now on i will be rooting against seahawks for the rest of this season.”
Other posts made the same point in shorter form, with one fan writing, “It’s just ridiculous,” and another calling the move “unprofessional.”
“JEALOUSY. All roads lead to extreme jealousy,” one user posted, while another repeated the core complaint that “player’s wife by another nfl team’s social media account is never normal, no matter who she is.”
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