Taylor Swift had one of those weekends that would leave most people wrecked, but she still found her way to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
Swift was expected by some reports to miss the Kansas City Chiefs’ home game against the Los Angeles Chargers because she had a performance in Los Angeles the night before. Instead, she showed up in a suite to cheer on Travis Kelce just hours after taking the stage in Hollywood.
She had already performed at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night, where she ran through “Love Story,” “Blank Space,” and “The Fate of Ophelia” along with her new Toy Story 5 song. That same performance had fueled the idea that she would skip the game, with an insider telling Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice, “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.”
But Swift made the trip anyway. She was photographed in a VIP suite wearing a red turtleneck sweater, seated with Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and Este Haim of the band Haim, according to Page Six. She also shared a hug with Donna Kelce when she arrived.
Swift has been a steady presence at Arrowhead since first showing up for Kelce in September 2023, and according to Heavy, the last Chiefs home game she missed was against the Chargers on Dec. 8, 2024, the final night of her Eras Tour.
This wasn’t her first sprint from stage to stadium, either. In February 2024, she 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 made kickoff at Allegiant Stadium, watched the Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime, and later celebrated on the field with Kelce, telling him, “Jet lag is a choice.”
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