I saw this yesterday and I honestly didn’t believe it at first. Then other outlets confirmed it. So, last weekend’s Saturday Night Live was hosted by Shane Gillis, who massively bombed. I have no idea why he was even invited to host again because it was awful. In Gillis’ opening monologue, he made an awful “joke,” and I’m quoting him exactly: “I haven’t been to the gym in so long, I didn’t know women just dress like whores now… there’s no other way to describe it.” Even other celebrities have called out Gillis for his rancid misogyny, celebrities including Dan Levy, Maren Morris and Ego Nwodim. Guess who “liked” SNL’s post with Gillis’ opening monologue though? Taylor Swift’s husband, Travis Kelce.
Travis Kelce showed support for Shane Gillis’ controversial “Saturday Night Live” monologue on social media. The NFL star “liked” the NBC show’s Instagram video of Gillis’ six-minute monologue, during which the comedian made disparaging comments about female gym-goers.
A source close to Kelce, 37, exclusively tells Page Six that “he’s always been a massive fan of the show and he was supporting a friend.”
Page Six has reached out to Kelce’s rep for comment.
In June, Gillis made a surprise appearance at the annual Tight End University (TEU) summit in Nashville, which Kelce hosts with fellow NFL players George Kittle and Greg Olsen.
The 38-year-old joined the trio onstage and took part in the post-event celebrations after Taylor Swift’s performance.
Gillis has hosted “SNL” three times now, while Kelce made his hosting debut in March 2023. The football player and Swift also both made cameos during the Season 49 premiere in October 2023.
I didn’t know about Gillis appearing at Kelce’s TEU event this year. Gross. But it just goes to show that Gillis’s joke was his toxic performance for other men, and men don’t think it’s a dealbreaker when their bros call women “whores” for wearing leggings at the gym. I’m really disappointed in Travis. While he didn’t say that ugly “joke,” he was and is perfectly capable of standing up for women. I’m reminded of when another major athlete spoke out about another man’s horrible joke – a decade ago, when Donald Trump tried to dismiss his own “grab her by the p–sy” video as “locker room talk,” LeBron James came out and said no, that’s not locker room talk and that kind of disrespect for women doesn’t happen in NBA locker rooms.
travis kelce liking that horribly misogynistic snl vid… maybe that’s just the kind of humor they have in cleveland https://t.co/nIN96Ddj2t
— casey (@brutal4u___) October 13, 2026
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- New York, NY Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were spotted leaving Zero Bond after enjoying a long night out together in Manhattan. Swift stunned in a flowing floral maxi dress while Kelce kept things relaxed and stylish in a patterned short-sleeve shirt paired with black trousers during the fashionable celebrity outing. Pictured: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce BACKGRID USA 15 MAY 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: Tatiana / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- New York, NY Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce arrive hand in hand at Torrisi in New York to celebrate Kelce’s 37th birthday, stepping out together for an intimate birthday dinner. Pictured: Travis Kelce BACKGRID USA 5 OCTOBER 2026 BYLINE MUST READ: BlayzenPhotos / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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It tracks. I’m waiting for the swifties to come out and defend this though, lol. “He didn’t watch the monologue, he was just supporting a friend!” People continually show you who they are, but everyone is distracted by the sheen of celebrity and money. Choose your idols carefully.
Way to blame Taylor and her fans for Travis. That’s some misogynistic bs right there.
So Taylor and her fans are responsible? Some people need to grow up.
Hm. I did not read that comment as blaming Taylor or her fans for Kelce’s actions. I read it as blaming the fans for defending Kelce’s actions. It’s just exhausting to see how little is expected of men and how readily so many people come to their defense and explain away their crappy behavior.
There is just one response needed here – do better, Kelce. Own what you did and denounce that kind of talk. It’s not hard.
That’s not what I meant or what I typed. See: Josephine’s reply.
What Josephine said. Tay’s fans have elevated Travis to the point that he’s important enough for us to discuss. Needs to be acknowledged.
Telling someone with whom you disagree “to grow up” is rude, unnecessary, and unproductive.
FWIW, Graphinya Heather is *preemptively* making assumptions about the kinds of behaviors Swifties will tolerate. So as Josephine says, GH is blaming the fans for defending Kecle’s actions…except they didn’t?
Because so far, everything I’ve read about the fandom response is that fans are angry at Travis for liking the post.
The headlines I’m seeing are: “Swifties claim Travis Kelce did the unspeakable by liking Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ post…”;
“Travis Kelce incurs the wrath of the Swifties;” “Swifties are furious…” and so forth.
So maybe before we drag other women into it, and assume the worst of them (because they’re Taylor Swift fans, I guess?) – all of which does, yes, seem a little misogynistic – we wait to find out what their response is?
Right.
It tracks because people keep forgetting that Taylor has been called Aryan Princess for a very long time. And her both-siderism was legendary.
This is the same guy who invited the ICE detention centre guy to his wedding.
I already saw comments like “He didn’t like Shane Gillis’s joke, he liked SNL’s post.” The post of Shane Gillis’s monologue.
Swifties tried to say this was a lie and it wasn’t true and gotten eaten up yesterday online. They are acting like a cult. No one can defame either Taylor or Travis. I hurt one of their feelings by pointing out that they had a whole dude who created prisons for ICE at their wedding. And Travis said he was looking forward to meeting Donald Trump. That dude has been telling us who he is for years. And Taylor is okay with it.
Thank you! And it’s not defaming if you’re pointing out facts
And that’s an ick. Big time. Appreciate Dan, Maren and Ego for speaking out.
The more I find out about Travis Kelce the more I dislike him. He just comes across as awful. He also said his least favorite word is “no” He really is disgusting
Ick.
I don’t know where this reputation that Travis isn’t MAGA adjacent or a good person came from just because he did a vaccine commercial. It means the check was big enough to do it.
He also kneeled during the national anthem with his Black teammates.
Also his sister-in-law Kylie is very progressive. Hope she kicks his ass over this.
I don’t understand why y’all talking up Kylie and her husband Jason like that. They aren’t. They will remind you they are yt first and will hang on the that. It is amazing how easily they can play y’all and you accept it.
I’ve never thought he was anything else than a cave man. Okay so he likes fashion and enjoys basking in the spotlight of a massively wealthier woman, but I doubt he even noticed the controversy. He was like: man made joke. Joke is funny. I click like.
I think this is an accurate assessment. Travis just isn’t that bright. I don’t mean this as a defense or an excuse for him, but I don’t think he’s even smart enough to be malicious.
That’s a good one!
Right. The man has said he’s even terrible at reading. He’s, unfortunately, a stereotypical “dumb jock” so I doubt there was maliciousness.
Imma need for Travis to realize he is now Mr. Swift as far as the public eye goes, and act accordingly, so he don’t go around embarassing his wife with his tomfoolery.
I prefer “Meat Head.”
I’m not surprised by this at all.
I feel like I’ve been in the quiet minority of not liking him this whole time and not understanding the appeal or his schtick. Just something about him comes off as smarmy. I think the ick started when he was doing and saying super cringe things right after winning the Super Bowl. Taylor was standing off to the side and I’m like “Girl, how are you not turned off by him?” I also haven’t bought into their showmance and think that their wedding shenanigans spoke volumes about what their relationship is really for.
@WCMom, you’re not alone!!
I don’t care for Travis Kelce but I do wish this sort of reporting would stop. X liked or did not like Y’s post or X follows known gross person W are not real things that tells you anything about them. Famous people have social media teams and often don’t even do their own socials, so there’s never any actual proof that a like is from the famous person themselves or proof of long-held beliefs. (A comment on a post is different!) It’s very likely that Travis is a gross person! But a social media like on a show Travis and his team would consider a hopeful future business endeavor/oppurtunity alone is not it, especially as he’s the kind of fame hungry that he def wants to host to it and be “funny”.
The divorce album is gonna be epic, though.
My vote for comment of the week.
So it was his team? Are they lazy and inept? Or just care more about positioning their guy for SNL than paying attention? I get what you are saying – sometimes there is an inadvertant like and it is not that deep. But this is a whole grown man with a whole team behind him. And now that the “like” is out there, the real question is whether he or the team will bother reacting. Because whether you like it or not, his name is now behind that vile “joke.”
He already hosted SNL once, and it was actually a pretty good episode (I don’t remember his monologue but the skits were pretty good, like the American Doll Cafe one). And that was before he was officially dating Taylor. If he wanted to host SNL, they’d probably try to fit him in somewhere.
Sorry, completely disagree. If you’re a famous person and have a team to do your socials than either you 1) care about what they’re posting under your name and approve or monitor it in some way, or 2) don’t care about what they’re posting or approving under your name. The bottom line is it all still represents him as a person. It’s his name and reputation. And if he doesn’t care enough to figure out what his team is doing (if it’s even a team and not him) then why should I care how people react to it? In this day and age people want to at least try to feel good about who they support and give their money to, and we have precious little to go by. Like it or not, your public socials tell the world a good deal about you. If he doesn’t want to be judged by stuff like that then he shouldn’t have social media or he should pay attention to what’s being posted. But honestly he just doesn’t seem to care about any of it. Which in itself is something to judge.
Ugh. On several occasions, I praised men like Travis and Alexis Ohanian for being openly proud and supportive of their incredibly successful wives, rather than being intimidated by them and trying to get them to dim their light as so many men would do. Now they’ve both proved to be disappointing in their associations.
At the end of the day, white men will white men.
She chose him – and that’s all I’m going to say about that
And our choices can say a great deal about who we are. Congratulations Taylor, what a lovely husband.
Is this really a surprise? Jock bro who married Miss Mean Girl…
I totally am onboard with what Shane said was absolutely wrong. BUT, I keep reading commenters on websites defend woman wearing leggings to the gym. Shane did not say anything about leggings. He was saying something about some neon colored shorts that have wrinkles that go around the cheeks???? I have no idea what he is talking about but it’s NOT leggings like everyone seems to be pushing back with.
Like I said above – what he said was wrong on many levels – but lets defend woman can wear what they want and feels comfortable for them at the gym. Leave the leggings out of the conversation – because it’s a wrong detail in the conversation.
He is talking about exercise shorts (fitted Lycra, think cheerleading shorts) with gathers on the back center seam so they have enough fabric to cover rounded butt cheeks without straining the fabric.
Ew, but thank you for reminding me that Lebron James started his tweet to Trump with “U bum…” Likes for days on that.
All SNL appearances are scripted, and rehearsed, and guests are told they will be barred from future appearances if they ad lib or deviate from script. And SNL has not said that he went off script. So SNL approved this, yet the producers are getting no heat?? It’s appalling. As for Travis, he has been on the show and knows these rules so maybe thought if the script was approved it couldn’t be that offensive? I don’t know— I’m not really in the make excuses for footballers business.
These men are paying way too much attention to women at the gym and not enough to their abs
At lease Travis gets vaccinated I guess lol
All I can say is he is a simple-minded guy who would not understand any of the complexities of how men should and should not talk about women. I hope Taylor explains it to him.