Although there is currently no cloud cover above Gillette Stadium, precipitation are expected to fall during today’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots, according to meteorologists. Taylor Swift, the most renowned fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, is not unfamiliar with the rain that has fallen on Foxborough, Massachusetts recently. Swift, who is present at the game to support her boyfriend and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, made headlines at the same location during her storm-ravaged Eras Tour performance a few months ago.
Swift celebrated her 34th birthday in New York City for the majority of the week with a number of A-list friends; however, Kelce remained in Kansas City to prepare for his team’s upcoming game. Taylor Swift’s jet-tracking Instagram account Taylor Swift’s Jets informs us that she departed the city this morning and landed at Rhode Island’s TF Green airport, not too far from Swift’s Watch Hill estate, less than an hour from Gillette.
But rather than returning to that residence, she is proceeding to the same stadium that drenched her last summer. Swift wrote on Instagram of a May stop on her Eras Tour at Gillette Stadium, “Last night we all danced together in the rain for THE ENTIRE 3.5 HOUR SHOW in foxy Foxborough, MA!!” “Gillette Stadium has previously hosted rain performances, but this was an all-out downpour that refused to abate.”Regarding that tempestuous performance, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick remarked, “It was quite impressive.” “She simply stood out there and played through it; she’s tough, man.”Swift was wearing her signature body-baring tour attire during that tour stop; however, she is currently off the clock and appropriately attired for the weather conditions. Social media users were the first to notice that she was attired in a substantial black parka and a ski-style Chiefs hat upon her arrival at the stadium. She subsequently removed the coat to expose a grey Chiefs sweatshirt before settling into a box seat with her father, Scott Swift, stylist Ashley Avignone, fellow WAG Brittany Mahomes, and other devoted supporters.That somber tour stop occurred over two months prior to the renowned statement made by Kelce, wherein he “adorably criticized me on his podcast.” Swift commented on his endeavors to court her. “We began hanging out immediately thereafter,” Swift said, adding that the relationship became public knowledge in September, when she attended her first Chiefs game.Subsequently, publications and oddsmakers have established a cottage industry around Swift’s game attendance. However, the latter has become less preoccupied with her presence in light of the Chiefs’ two most recent losses (to the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills) at hands. Swift is a remarkable talent, an economic and social force, and Time’s Person of the Year, but she has no influence over NFL referees’ game-changing decisions.This weekend, the Chiefs are hopeful that their bad fortune will improve. Should they suffer a loss today, it would signify the team’s first consecutive three-game losing sequence since 2014. Moreover, such a result would be deeply disheartening. In any case, this matchup was originally slated for tomorrow evening; however, Sports Illustrated rescheduled it for Monday Night Football on account of “the Pats’ dismal season.” Indeed, losing to the team with “the worst record in the AFC” would be a terrible disappointment.With her Eras tour not resuming until February 7, 2024, this will not be your final opportunity to see Swift at a Chiefs game, despite the impending conclusion of the NFL season. On Christmas Day, the Chiefs will face the Las Vegas Raiders at 11 a.m. ET, and on New Year’s Eve, they will face the Cincinnati Bengals at 2:25 p.m. ET. Will Swift forego her vacation in order to support Kelce? We shall see, I suppose, what happens next weekend.