Taylor Swift and Ice Spice (left) laugh off a chorus of boos at the Louisiana Superdome during Super Bowl LIX (photo: Digital Music News)
It was a rough night for Taylor Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX. Now, Trump is rubbing it in.
In the wake of a very lopsided Super Bowl LIX victory for the Philadelphia Eagles, Donald Trump relished in the moment to pounce on a political enemy: Taylor Swift.
Leading up to the presidential election in November, Swift offered a ringing endorsement of Kamala Harris, pulling potentially millions of Swifties to the Democratic side. Apparently, that’s an endorsement Trump hasn’t forgotten.
“The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift,” Trump relished on his Truth Social platform. “She got BOOED out of the Stadium. MAGA is very unforgiving!”
Adding salt to the wound, Swift was also buffeted by a hail of boos during the game itself.
While Taylor Swift camera pans have become notorious during Chiefs NFL games, Swift received almost no high-profile shots as the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the action.
Separately, Trump himself received a rousing ovation during the game. Trump, who incidentally picked the Chiefs to prevail, is the first standing president to attend a Super Bowl match-up.
For Swift and her beau, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, the on-field drubbing potentially disrupted some planned theatrics. That included rumors of a possible on-field marriage proposal following a historic Super Bowl ‘three-peat,’ though history wasn’t so kind.
Others poking at Swift wondered where the singer was after the game — and why there were so few shots of the singer during the game itself.
In previous Super Bowl games, when the Chiefs triumphed, Taylor Swift could be seen cheering ad nauseam. After Chiefs victories, Swift typically grabbed the spotlight with Kelce as the champagne and confetti flowed. This time, however, the singer was nowhere in sight as a downcast Kelce marched off the field in defeat.
Beyond the game’s theatrics—and the victory lap for Swift haters—the incident raises some questions about whether superstar musicians are wading too far into political waters.
Taylor has undoubtedly made calculated decisions on that front, though the downsides of picking a side—whether an NFL team or political candidate—were on full display at the Super Bowl last night.
