Taylor Swift didn’t let a loaded weekend keep her from Arrowhead Stadium.
After reports suggested she would miss the Kansas City Chiefs’ home game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday because of a performance in Los Angeles the night before, Swift showed up anyway. She was in a suite at Arrowhead, cheering on Travis Kelce just hours after taking the stage in Hollywood.
Swift’s presence made the pregame chatter look awfully premature. She had been expected to miss the game, but she still made the trip to Kansas City in time for kickoff.
The pop star has become a familiar face at Arrowhead since first appearing to support Kelce in September 2023. According to Heavy, the last Chiefs home game she missed was against the Chargers on Dec. 8, 2024, which came on the final night of her Eras Tour.
This time, the scheduling conflict sounded real enough. Good Morning America reported earlier this week that Swift was set to close out the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, as she pushes for her first Oscar nomination with “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5. An insider who spoke to Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice said that would mean Kelce had to play without her.
“Taylor loves cheering for Travis, but this weekend is about Taylor,” the insider said. “He has his career.
She has hers. And right now, hers involves winning an Oscar.”
Instead, Swift managed to do both. She performed at the gala on Saturday night, running through “Love Story,” “Blank Space,” and “The Fate of Ophelia” along with her new Toy Story 5 song, then made it to Kansas City for the Chiefs’ game the next day.
She was photographed in a VIP suite wearing a red turtleneck sweater alongside Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and Este Haim of the band Haim, according to Page Six. Swift also shared a big hug with Donna Kelce when she arrived.
It’s hardly the first time she has pulled off a brutal turnaround to support Kelce. In February 2024, Swift played an Eras Tour show in Tokyo on Saturday night, then flew about 5,700 miles to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday.
She got to Allegiant Stadium in time for kickoff, watched the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime, and celebrated with Kelce on the field afterward. Her line then still says it all: “Jet lag is a choice.”
This time, too, she proved the point.
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