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Why Taylor Swift Skipped Travis Kelce’s LA Chargers Game
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Why Taylor Swift Skipped Travis Kelce’s LA Chargers Game

After a week away from Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs football games, Taylor Swift decided to take a second Sunday off so he could focus on his showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers. Although she usually arrives an hour before kickoff, she was not seen in the stadium before or after the game started at 4:25 PM ET.

However, Kelce did receive attention for his early game performances:

Swift attended Kelce’s first two games of the season, both at Kansas City, Missouri’s Arrowhead Stadium. She hasn’t been to any away games yet.

The star is currently on a break until October 18, when she will resume her Eras Tour concerts in Miami. She spent the past week out of the spotlight after making headlines during her night out in New York City with Gigi Hadid on Saturday, September 21.

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Taylor Swift at Kelce’s game against the Bengals, the last one she attended.

The Chiefs have won all three of their games thus far, although Kelce’s performance during these games has attracted some media attention. The tight end has also been in the news for his work on Ryan Murphy’s new series Big question. The first episode appeared on Wednesday, September 25.

Murphy shared the acting advice Swift gave her boyfriend when he took on the role in an interview with E! this week. “All Travis and I talked about was that she was very supportive, and if he was interested, she wanted him to try,” the show co-creator said. “I was very happy with that.” Overall, Murphy hasn’t heard anything but “sweet, lovely things (about Swift). I love her too.”

Swift’s appearances at Kelce’s games draw extra attention to her – and require a lot of extra security to keep her safe. This factor may also contribute to her choice to cheer on Kelce from afar over the past two weeks.

Swift never sought out the NFL cameras. She told me Time in December: “I don’t know how they know which suite I’m in. There’s a camera about a half mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera puts you on the air, so I don’t know if I’ll be on 17 times or once.”

She added, “I’m just here to support Travis. I have no idea if too much of me is being shown and I’m going to piss off some dads, Brads and Chads.”

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Alyssa Bailey is a senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at In Style And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she enjoys running around Central Park, letting people take #ootd photos of her, and exploring New York City.