Caitlin Clark finally accepted Taylor Swift’s offer to watch a Kansas City Chiefs game together.
Clark was seen in the same suite as Swift at Arrowhead Stadium during the Chiefs’ divisional round playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday.
It’s the first time Clark and Swift have been seen together at a game, after Clark claims Swift invited her to join earlier this season.
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift watches during the first half of the AFC Divisional Playoff between the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 18, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Clark, a lifelong Chiefs fan, said in her Time magazine Athlete of the Year interview that Swift and Travis Kelce extended the invitation to Clark when she went to see Swift’s Eras Tour concert at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in early November.
Clark said that she see three of Swift’s Eras tour concerts, including two nights in a row when Swift was in Indianapolis in November. While there, Clark said fans threw so many friendship bracelets at him that when he put them all on, they cut off his blood circulation.
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“I had a bunch, up to my arm. I had to take them off. It was cutting off my circulation,” Clark said at the Women’s Leadership Summit in November. “Everyone was throwing their bracelets at me.”
At that summit, Clark also revealed that Swift is her favorite musical artist.
Kelce said during an episode of his podcast, “New Heights,” that he met Clark at one of those concerts. He later invited Clark onto the podcast for a wide-ranging interview.
Clark also recently appeared alongside Swift on the cover of Time magazine’s recent Inspiring Women special issue in late October. Clark and Swift were the only two figures in the top row, and Clark was the highest-placed athlete above veteran sports icons Serena Williams and Megan Rapinoe.
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Travis Kelce and Caitlin Clark (IMAGE)
The resurfacing of an earlier social media post by Clark while he was in college has also united the fan bases of his closest figures.
“Taylor Swift, welcome to the bright side,” Clark wrote on September 24, 2023 in a publish in X just after Swift went public with her relationship with Kelce in September 2023.
There was an influx of interest in Clark from Swift fans after a controversial podcast episode hosted by Clark’s. his archrival Angel Reese in October.
Reese, who has played high-stakes, emotional games against Clark since college and has made off-court comments about Clark’s fans, welcomed on-air Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole, who is a promotional model and TV personality. the media. Entertainment presenter and journalist on Instagram.
During the appearance, Nicole claimed that she has received relationship hate since Kelce started dating Swift instead of her.
That interview sparked a widely debated controversy on social media, where some defended Nicole and sympathized with her for the alleged hate she received. However, others, and many who openly identify as Swift fans, criticized Nicole and Reese for the interview.
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese at the 2023 NCAA Women’s Final, and Taylor Swift crying in front of Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl. (Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Many of those same Swift fans declared themselves Clark fans in response to Reese’s interview. Clark and Reese have one of the hottest rivalries in women’s sports right now, as their respective fan bases have been passionately opposed to each other for over a year.
Clark has also been linked to Swift’s political beliefs.
Early in Clark’s rookie season, he liked Swift’s Instagram post announcing the singer’s endorsement of Kamala Harris on September 10.
Caitlin Clark liked Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP)
However, Clark did not endorse either candidate when asked if he liked Swift’s endorsement of Harris. Clark, instead, responded with a message about the importance of telling people to vote.
“I think, for me, I have this incredible platform,” he told reporters at an Indiana Fever team news conference on Sept. 11. “So I think the most important thing would be to encourage people to register to vote. I think the most important thing would be to encourage people to register to vote. This is the second time I’ve been able to vote in an election. That’s the most important thing What I can do with the platform I have, the same thing Taylor did.
“And I think we have to continue educating ourselves about the candidates we have and the policies they support. I think that’s the most important thing you can do. And that’s what I would recommend to every person who has the opportunity in our country.” .
