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The NFL is defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in its league converge amid recent backlash from some football fans. In response, the league said in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, "We frequently change our bios and profile imagery based on what's happening in and around our games, as well as culturally. The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce news has been a pop cultural moment we've leaned into in real time, as it's an intersection of sport and entertainment, and we've seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport..."
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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
01:43latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching the Hollywood reporter news.
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