00:00The NFL is defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey in its league
00:04coverage amid recent backlash from some football fans. The pop star was the talk of the town for
00:11the past two weekends when she showed up at the last two Kansas City Chiefs games to support
00:16Travis Kelsey fueling romance rumors between the two. Her appearances caused a social media frenzy,
00:22something the NFL took note of. During the Chiefs Jets game at MetLife Stadium, the NFL played into
00:27the extra attention the singer has brought to the league by spotlighting Swift, a commercial spot
00:32featuring her 1989 track Welcome to New York and frequently having the cameras pan over to the
00:37star in her suite alongside her A-list friends including Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Hugh Jackman
00:43and Sophie Turner. The NFL also changed its bio on their official social accounts at one point writing
00:49NFL Taylor's version in its bio on X. Some football fans were upset about the whole ordeal saying the
00:55NFL appeared to be focused on celebrity and celebrating one team's victory. In response,
01:00the league said in a statement shared with a Hollywood reporter,
01:02we frequently change our bios and profile imagery based on what's happening in and around our games
01:08as well as culturally. The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey news has been a pop cultural moment we've
01:13leaned to in real time as it's an intersection of sport and entertainment and we've seen an incredible
01:18amount of positivity around the sport. The statement also comes after Kelsey said on a new episode of his
01:24new heights podcast that he thinks the coverage of Swift at his games is overdoing it knowing I
01:29think it's fun when they show who all is at the game. I think it brings a little bit more to the
01:33atmosphere, but, but at the same time, I think, uh, they're overdoing it. They're, they're overdoing
01:38it a little bit for sure. Especially my situation for more on the story, head to THR.com and for the
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