Taylor Swift wasn’t in Denver on Sunday for the Broncos-Chiefs game, which the Broncos won. This was Kansas City’s second loss of the season and their first since Taylor and Travis Kelce went public with their romance, I think. Reportedly, Taylor didn’t go to Denver because she’s back in rehearsals ahead of the South American swing of her Eras tour. But rehearsals be damned, apparently Taylor is already back in Kansas City to be by Travis’s side after the loss. Plus, she wanted to spend Halloween with him. I wonder what her costume will be. “Cheerleader” is my guess. Meanwhile, there’s a stupid amount of drama over Travis’s publicist Pia Malihi.
Since late September, all eyes have been on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, and it’s no different for their inner circles too. In the latest drama, fans thought Travis Kelce’s publicist Pia Malihi shaded Swift on Instagram — a move that quickly went viral, thanks to Swifties’ investigative skills.
It all started when Malihi re-posted a friend’s birthday shoutout on Instagram on Oct. 29. In a screenshot of the IG Story, fans noticed that there was a clown emoji strategically placed over Swift’s face. “Happy birthday to our Roman Empire,” her friend wrote as a caption, alongside a confusing collection of pictures: four of the two friends together and one of a clown-ified Swift at Kelce’s game. The Swift photo was actually a repost from Us Weekly, captioned, “This is our Roman Empire.”
Swifties weren’t happy and went directly to Kelce’s comments section to slam Malihi’s post. “Hey bestie… you might want to talk to your publicist about that post,” one wrote to Kelce. Another wrote, “Your publicist needs a publicist.” Plenty of others suggested Kelce fire Malihi over the incident. Meanwhile, Malihi put her profile on private.
But according to the original poster of the IG Story in question, the “bday clown” wasn’t meant to be shady. Malihi’s friend Amanda responded to the drama on Instagram, “It’s me, hi. Was completely innocent to keep attention on Pia’s bday. Wrong choice of bday clown emoji (by me, not Pia!). Nothing but love for Taylor!” Other birthday-related emoji options include: balloons, confetti, a cake, and a gift. And when you search “birthday” on the emoji keyboard, the clown doesn’t come up.
Meanwhile, celeb gossip account Deuxmoi defended the situation on Instagram: “The post was a repost. Pia did not put the clown emoji over TS’s face. It was a birthday post that was reposted by accident by someone who works for Pia. All parties involved realize it was an accident. IDK why the clown emoji was used originally.” She also seemed to defend Malihi on Twitter, writing, “Who gives a sh*t. I’m sure a Taylor has 100 other things to worry about.”
ICYMI, Malihi has previously interacted with Deuxmoi on Instagram. Back in September, Malihi clarified a rumor about Swift bringing notes to a Chiefs game on Deuxmoi’s post: “Not true … I’m TK’s publicist and that’s not hers,” she wrote at the time, per Us Weekly.
That comment is not the only thing fans have dug up about Malihi, though. As one of the founders of Full Scope Public Relations, she has a full bio on the company’s “What We Do” page. Apparently, before launching Full Scope, she worked on Scooter Braun’s PR account at Jonesworks. Braun is enemy no. 1 for Swifties after he bought Swift’s masters in 2019. The Braun connection definitely adds another layer of mess to the clown emoji debacle.
OMG, the last part! I was entirely on the side of “wow, the snake fam is utterly deranged to make this into a five-alarm controversy,” but the addition of Scooter Braun to the equation is fascinating. Don’t get me wrong, the snake fam is still deranged, but they may be onto something about all of this not being such an innocent mistake. Also: the excuse of “the BIRTHDAY clown” is hilariously bad. Like, think of a better cover story, omfg, you work in PR. Anyway, it sounds like Pia once again contacted Deuxmoi yesterday and she (“a source”) told them that Travis isn’t firing her over this mess. Yeah, we’ll see. No matter what, I feel sorry for Pia. I remember when Desus Nice and The Kid Mero got death threats from Swifties after they said she had “a long back.” They truly had to get the FBI involved. Now imagine you’re a publicist and you reposted a clown emoji over Taylor’s face.
Why is Travis Kelce's publicist shading Taylor? Pia posted this on her IG story! His PUBLICIST! A clown face on Mother! Wtf! pic.twitter.com/2z5WIfnDH2
— Bella E. (@IAmBellaE) October 29, 2023
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- New York, NY – Hollywood’s latest power couple, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, set the night aglow as they exit hand in hand from the SNL after party at Catch Steak in New York. Pictured: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelse BACKGRID USA 15 OCTOBER 2023 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 – Lovebirds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all smiles while exiting The Waverly Inn in New York City. The hot new couple attracted the attention of a small group of ‘Swifties’ who were so very excited to catch a glimpse of their favorite pop star! Pictured: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce BACKGRID USA 15 OCTOBER 2023 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 – Lovebirds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all smiles while exiting The Waverly Inn in New York City. The hot new couple attracted the attention of a small group of ‘Swifties’ who were so very excited to catch a glimpse of their favorite pop star! Pictured: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce BACKGRID USA 15 OCTOBER 2023 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 – Lovebirds Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all smiles while exiting The Waverly Inn in New York City. The hot new couple attracted the attention of a small group of ‘Swifties’ who were so very excited to catch a glimpse of their favorite pop star! Pictured: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce BACKGRID USA 15 OCTOBER 2023 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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Football players have publicists now? And do all the Swifties call TS Mother? This is all getting too weird for me. 🫣
no – just the ones that get overly invested in this bullshit lol. I always find the whole mommy/Daddy thing creepy.
Travis does a lot beyond just being a football player and many footballers have publicist especially the obes that are household names. Don’t just write anything.
No, no. Mother and mommy are NOT the same at all.
Calling someone mother is a sign of respect, like they are the one, the first, the greatest, when referring to an idol, artist.
Mommy is a cringe way to refer to someone attractive or that you like by people with aparent issues
some football players make more money from endorsements and other deals than from their salaries. tom brady is the best example — took a lower salary to enable his team to put the best players around him, made waaaay more money from being a champion. super saavy move. and travis has the charm and good image to make tons of money outside of football.
Yeah, I cackled at Mother. Get a life!
The “Mother” stopped me cold. Holy hell.
At the risk of defending Swifties, referring to female celebrities you love as “mother” is pretty typical current slang. The New York Times did a story about it: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/style/mother-internet-slang-lgbtq.html.
There’s a hilarious SNL skit when Pedro Pascal was hosting. Search for SNL Pascal school assembly. Watch it to see where that language is coming from and have a good laugh!
I’ve seen Meghan referred to as “mother” on Twitter. And Beyonce.
Because it’s Black slang. And is usually used for famous Black women.
Yeah it hits differently when WW use it…becomes creepy. Same with auntie.
I think the criticism of white women using it is totally fair given its origins in the Black ballroom scene, but I don’t think that’s what the original criticism was.
Terms of endearment stolen from the Ball scene of NYC’s Black & Brown (mostly underprivileged) LGTBQ+ youths , & hijacked by young WW to call the Queen of WW, Taylor Swift, “Mother” is the real 💩🤡 of the story…
@Kitten
I’ve never heard the ‘mother’ thing till this very moment, but you also claim ‘auntie’ as being specifically black slang appropriated. As a 70 yo yt woman who was raised to call all my parents’ friends auntie, and my parents called their parents friends ‘auntie’ and my friends kids all call me Auntie, I have to disagree. Auntie (and Uncle) has been a term of recognition of a special relationship within a family, whether it’s a blood relationship or a chosen family member; I struggle to accept the use of these particular terms as cultural theft.
Did “Mother” monster give everyone pause also? I don’t recall any discussion over Lady Gaga being called mother, unless I missed it.
@Brassy Rebel, professional/college athletes have had publicists for a very long time. It’s not unique to the NFL at all. Babe Ruth (and other baseball players) had a publicist. Knute Rockne had a publicist. This is a really good article about publicists in sports. Love that it starts out with Joyce Aschenbrenner being a female trailblazer in the industry. (She had a hand in promotion and publicity for Dan Marino & Tony Dorsett when they were NFL hopeful stars)
https://joefavorito.com/facts-and-figures/legends-of-sports-publicity-and-what-we-learned-from-them/
The ‘Mother’ thing was new to me. Had to look it up. Gen Z slang?
“Mother. This one’s pretty straightforward: someone is “mother” if they’re an iconic feminine figure, and an act is “mother” if it contributes to that icon status. It’s most often used to refer to pop stars, actresses, or other celebrities, but it can be applied in everyday life, too.Feb 11, 2023”. from fastcompnay.com
@Surly Gale, this. I’m from a big yt family. My eldest siblings, who were born in the late forties and fifties, grew up calling aunts, aunties-the same happened with those afterwards.. Before the Black & Brown ballroom days. My eldest sibling explained to me once when I asked, she said Mom did not like Aunt for some reason and she(Mom) thought it was more natural sounding for a child to say ‘Auntie’. I grew up saying ‘Auntie R, Auntie L, Auntie H’ and so on. Almost 2/3rds of my nieces/nephews call me ‘Auntie’. My argument back (though not really an argument) was that Mom was 10 years old when Wizard of Oz came out and a loving ‘Auntie’ struck chords within her.
@Brassy Rebel, NFL players having publicists goes back for a very long time. It’s not new.
My original post contained a link to a really phenomenal explanation of publicist through the years. Look up Joyce Aschenbrenner.
I think the people flooding Travis comments telling him to fire her are deranged, but I also think maybe she’s not great at her job if she’s the one creating PR issues lol.
This is also my take. She’s a PUBLICIST. If she can’t manage to not rile up the swifties with something so incredibly easy to avoid, she’s probably not up to managing his publicity as Taylor’s boyfriend. If she were Travis’s chef, I’d say to leave her alone but this is a stupid self-own for someone who should know better.
Agree, this feels like such amateur hour. Why would you repost that story???? Even if Taylor Swift wasn’t Taylor Swift, it would be a dumb move, but it’s even dumber when she has such an active (often reactive and overactive) fanbase. And her friend’s explanation is also dumb! Wouldn’t keeping the attention on Pia mean, you know, not posting a photo of Swift at all??? This whole situation may be a tempest in a teacup but it’s also one that could have easily been avoided!
Yes, this is bad on his publicists part unless Travis/Taylor gave approval. His publicist had the choice to not repost. WTF was she thinking? Even if she doesn’t like Taylor, you don’t do this. Ever. I’m not seeing in any situation Travis approved. He’s always seemed to give courtesy to his relationships. A publicists doing this is a bad publicist and maybe needs more schooling.
This. She’s not up to it if she’s making these mistakes.
My take was she’s not bad at her job the only rational for something so dumb is that she’s jealous. Wonder if someone had a little thing for Travis? This is just so weird to do to your clients girlfriend who’s one of the biggest stars on the planet unless you got some feelings involved to cloud your judgement.
Word – but that kind of judgement is part of a publicist’s job! It’s like his publicist might need their own publicist.
On the one hand people make mistakes. On the other if Taylor Swift is involved then you should think and rethink your social media posts.
Slightly related: I don’t recall knowing a celebs publicist when I was younger. These days it seems like more fans know who’s who on a celebs team. It can’t just be because the information is in a social media post. Are fans following these team members in the hopes they share more information about a celebrity?
With social media it’s just so much more accessible than it was. Tree Paine (Taylor’s publicist) has tweeted statements in the past. This woman has commented on instagram posts as Travis’ publicist. It’s as much a function of where we get our news changing than anything else.
Honestly, that does seem like a stupid move from a publicist.
But if Swifties want Taylor to have a drama-free relationship, they need to stop being so bonkers. Based on the People stories I’ve read, his family would probably be put out if Swift comes into his life and then heads start to roll.
Career Limiting Move.
Very unprofessional. This is your business know better.
“But if Swifties want Taylor to have a drama-free relationship, they need to stop being so bonkers.” The thing is, many of them *don’t* want this. She has a lot of “fans” who prefer a sad, heartbroken, perpetually single Taylor because they personally relate to it (as well as prefer music with those themes). Others see her as some helpless innocent who they MUST defend as opposed to the very capable woman that she is. And there are, of course, the ‘Gaylors’ who are convinced that her relationships with men are fake – these people are the worse in how they relentlessly attack! Frankly, I wonder if Taylor would ever make a direct statement asking fans to back off, especially if she’s serious about Travis. It only seems to be getting worse. I feel bad for her.
Every time I see a comment like this I am just… like that is not the swiftie world I live in, THANKFULLY. I don’t see these kinds of people in the online space I’m in. That is bananas.
She kind of came out and said she was straight recently and some of the Gaylors were really upset. They seem to think she actively lied to and betrayed them. I feel like most people in her fanbase are just intensely enthusiastic and a little too invested, but not toxic. But some of them really need to back off.
She’s a publicist. Of course it was deliberate. Her client is on a much bigger stage now, though. No one cared about Kelce like they do now, so she thought it would remain an inside joke that she doesn’t care for her client’s new girlfriend. Swift is a public figure, so lots of people will criticize her, but the publicist is an insider. For a publicist, this is a major fail. The publicist will be gone eventually for someone more professional. Not today, but they will part ways because Swift has a publicity machine. Taking the Kelce publicist to the wood shed now would look bad on Swift. Now is too soon, lol.
Yeah I agree with this take. For a publicist who should know better, this was a super bad error if it was even a mistake.
Also the Scooter Braun connection does make me side-eye.
Oh yeah, she’s already halfway out the door, even if she doesn’t know it yet. Terrible move, time to look out for a real professional.
If swifties dug up her employment history with scooter before, I wouldn’t agree with them. But, after clown emoji, they looked for it. There is definitely some mean-girl thing going on with his publicist, maybe because her time with Scooter or extra workload caused by this very public relationship. Taylor said that Scooter has been bullying her for quite some time behind the scenes. So, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was involved in some way or got bad feelings for Taylor ruining Scooter’s reputation.
She posted a pic of some burrito and fries after Taylor’s first visit to KC with the caption “I deserve you” which was cute at the time but also pointed to work overload as well. One theory the fandom has is she was looking to link TK with one of her other clients, Kristin Cavallari. Before this whole thing with Taylor, Travis guested on her podcast and you could tell she was enamored and a bit flirty. Anyway, Tree Paine would never. We stan the original.
It sounds like a stupid move on her part but I also can’t believe she would be so stupid as to publicly drag Taylor, so I do believe that it was just something she didn’t overthink and reposted from her friend.
That said, the Swifties need to calm down. Even saying that this is because his publicist used to work with Scooter so therefore this is some big conspiracy where she has been biding her time for years to get revenge on taylor by…..posting a clown emoji?
Like, if Travis decides she was disrespecting Taylor, based on his relationship with his publicist and his knowledge of her as a person and a professional, I figure he’ll take care of it. If he decides she wasn’t, then she wasn’t.
Drama drama drama.
If you’re a good publicist, you vet everything you and your client’s post online. So either she’s a shitty publicist and somehow overlooked this or she’s a shitty publicist and did this on purpose for some insane reason. Either way, I’d fire her.
I guess she got approval to post this somehow.
Maybe we should look at another ‘mother’
Same, Kara. Travis Kelce is getting negative attention, because of his PR person. It’s a complete fail, for a publicist.
If my friends were posting a birthday message for me, the central photo wouldn’t be someone who was NOT ME in, with me in the background. That’s odd from the start.
Taylor Swift’s fans do seem unhinged, though. They do not know her (despite her skillful branding convincing them otherwise). She could be a complete pill for employees to deal with. Given the fact that she’s been famous and the focus of an increasingly powerful business machine since she was a young teenager, it’s hard to imagine her actually being enjoyable to be around, let alone be thrust into working for/with because your employer started spending time with her.
she could be a nightmare, but I have never ever seen anyone say that. instead employees, other celebrities, workers at restaurants, etc all talk about how polite and friendly she is. I don’t think just because you’re crazy famous means you need to be a jerk. I don’t think Beyonce is a jerk either.
Taylor has a good reputation as an employer. Most of the people on her team have been working for her for a long time and they always said they have been compensated & treated really well. If she was mistreating people, there would be at least some rumours, like Ellen.
I usually agree with all your comments Becks but from whatever angle you want to approach this, she’s in the wrong job because that’s sh**ty work coming from a publicist.
Her profile is public and given her association with a famous footballer (not even mentioning his gf) there’s no excuse to post that stuff. She would have come across better if she said that was a drunk post lol
I mean, I literally said it was a stupid move on her part. And if she WAS deliberately trying to be anti-Taylor, then its just even stupider because Taylor and Travis aside, Swifties are deranged and will come for anyone who they think is going after Taylor in any way shape or form, and a publicist should know that.
I think the publicist and her friends could’ve used a different picture instead of one with Taylor Swift in it. They knew what they were doing. This was a childish and immature move on their part. *eye roll*
And THAT’S why the publicist’s contract won’t be renewed. It’s pretty clear that she talks crap about her client’s girlfriend with her friends. Bad form if you want to keep growing your business regardless of previously working for Scooter Braun.
Everyone lets off steam. Her friend made a poor choice based on her words in private. She endorsed it by reposting. Just dumb. Swift is too famous to move so stupidly when your client is dating her.
I’m sorry, a PUBLICIST didn’t look at a pic of a high profile celebrity covered by a clown emoji and think “gee, that’s problematic”? The whole job is to hyper focus on details and curate/maintain an image. What publicist worth their salary blindly reposts anything, or shrugs and doesn’t consider possible ramifications when obvious alterations are made to said photo? Responsible for the photo or not, she clearly doesn’t know how to do her job. This was obvious shade, somewhere down the road by some person, but she allowed it to enter the greater public space. She should get fired, simply for failing to do her job and being so unaware (or apathetic). This is that prime example of “you had one job to do”. Literally…..this is her job.
Yep. Publicists aren’t supposed to create drama for their clients — they’re supposed to manage it.
That is exactly what I said when I saw this headline: “You had one job!”
lolol…long back.
Oh, you bodyshaming Taylor now ? Tay has modelesque figure.
please do not come after girl ninja. she’s laughing at the Desus joke mentioned in the post.
You can’t possibly be serious here with that melodramatic comment. Did you not read the article? GirlNinja is very obviously making reference to something mentioned in it, not “body-shaming” the almighty(🙄) Taylor Swift.
Laughing at joke about bodyshaming is bodyshaming.
@girl_ninja, I’ll be honest, I don’t know the intention of your comment and it doesn’t matter. Once again, it made me look up something.lol Long back apparently means someone with no ass. I’m laughing because I’m not tall and wished I had a long back (not knowing the definition). Yet, if having a long back meant that I didn’t have an a$$, (which I do and is socially acceptable?). This long back story is quite funny.
Someone’s getting a pink slip
Oh my god this is so obviously shade. There is NO WAY this was an innocent emoji mishap. It’s idiotic and I kind of hope she’s fired because it’s such a self own.
Birthday clown lol ok
This is textbook mean girl behavior. She might not have selected the clown emoji, but she chose to repost it. Grow up, do your job, don’t be a bully.
The swifties (people who have poor taste in music with a taste for high school drama) need to get a grip. The post wasn’t about Taylor it was about her. Imagine getting so emotionally involved over a billionaire who doesn’t give a 💩 about you. Also, no way he firing his publist over a fling.
This is a nasty and truly judgmental comment. Maybe you should get a grip. It is way to much hate for someone you don’t know.
If the post wasn’t about Taylor then the friend should have posted a pic of just the publicist for her birthday. I’m not even a swiftie. This was shady and insulting to Taylor and to Travis. She should absolutely be fired.
The Swifties are out of control but they aren’t wrong about the publicist. That was a BIG mistake. Worse, it really looks like it might have been intentional shade thrown at her client’s current girlfriend, who happens to be mega-famous (and have a deranged fan base).
Maybe Taylor’s publicist (Tree? Cool name) can find Pia a job somewhere else. She’s not up for handling a client as high profile as Travis right now.
What a stupid move for a publicist & she better get some good sleep, workouts & greens cuz she needs to be on her game here. There seems to be a push to call all TS fans unhinged here constantly….calling someone you look up to Mother is typical for youth & is common slang. How about we lay off young women & calling them crazy all the time for pointing out something pretty logical?
That’s a good point. The fans who I feel crossed the line are the ones who called for this person to be fired. That is Travis’s decision, not Taylor’s fan’s decision.
I get there are some swifties that go overboard but there are people who do that with beyonce, the Sussex and Wales. Pretty much name any super famous person and they have fans that go way to far.
But for some reason since Taylor is allowed to be hated here her fans are worse than anyone. when truly they aren’t.
Also a publicist should not be doing this, they should be making this situation easier for their client.
As a publicist, you shouldn’t be creating PR mess for your client. But that doesn’t mean she deserves to be harassed by Swifties. People are allowed to joke and if it is slightly, mildly mean like in this case….call it out but don’t go overboard with it.
As a publicist, she should be fully aware of the possible repercussions of everything she does publicly (related to her client) before she does it. Swifties are a well-known commodity. Their reaction was easy to foresee.
Kelces’ own publicist posting this about his girlfriend wasn’t “mildly mean.” It was extremely unprofessional, and, speaking purely as someone who spent a long time in PR, she should be fired over it. She used his personal life (and the biggest reason for his current notoriety) to create a problem for him.
“She used his personal life (and the biggest reason for his current notoriety) to create a problem for him.”
Yeah…I don’t think people are wrong for saying she shouldn’t continue as his publicist for exactly this reason. Maybe what she did wasn’t mean-spirited, maybe it was, but it kind of doesn’t matter. She made a mess of something that was not hard to avoid, and she should have known better given her day job.
You are a Swiftie and your feelings are hurt…..I am sorry. Travis firing her wouldn’t contain anything….there would be more headlines and negativity around Taylor being utter nightmare because her fandom bring drama everywhere they go.
“She used his personal life (and the biggest reason for his current notoriety) to create a problem for him.”
This sentence right here, OriginalMich!!
If the swifties suck the fun out of my main fun thing, I will never forgive them. If people can’t handle a clown emoji from someone tangential, they can’t handle life. Taylor is a billionaire dating a hot man, if she’s giving any time to this bs then ugggggggh
LMAO! I had the same initial reaction. Don’t you mess with the most adorable thing that is happening on the planet, because everything else sucks right now!
Amanda Hirsch said yesterday on Instagram that Pia’s friend is a Taylor stan who was upset recently that she didn’t speak up about the Israeli hostages and so used the clown emoji in frustration
Really? Wow. I have seen some people (might be fans idk) on Twitter saying Taylor should speak up on behalf of the Palestinians. So maybe she is getting this from both sides. Emotions are (understandably) running so high that no matter what she chose to say someone would jump on her for it. I’m not suggesting she can’t say something, just that I can understand why she hasn’t.
She’s not an activist or policy maker or educator. She’s an entertainer. People shouldn’t be looking to her for guidance or leadership on complex international conflicts. I have strong feelings about the situation and am following it closely, but hers isn’t a voice that I need to hear on this topic.
That is one of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever heard. So unbelievable that maybe it’s true because why would you make that up, but still a problem of her own making that was so easily avoided.
Just a dumb question – what does ‘long back’ mean? That she has no a** or she’s a snake? Not familiar with this term (English isn’t my 1st language).
Also, that publicist sounds like an amateur.
I think just that Taylor has a long torso (and therefore a long back). She’s very tall though, so she pretty much has long everything.
I took it to mean they think she has a long torso. Which IMO she doesn’t, really. She’s quite tall for a woman so pretty much everything about her is long. But you might be right and it might have referred to her not being very curvy in the rear area. Some people were giving her a hard time about that back in September.
Swifties are weird for calling her “mother” and yet still treating her like an overgrown teenager.
Mean girl moves…the publicists.
Please, this was no accident. I am not a swiftie at all, but even I can see this was a deliberately malicious and petty post.
I’m not a cofounder in my own or agency like pis, but even I know not to repost a pic of your client’s uber-famous girlfriend with a clown emoji. Also according to tiktok sleuths, apparently pia has been telling people that Taylor’s and Travis’ relationship is all pr.
How old is this woman and how long has she worked in PR? Even if she didn’t post the initial post and it was her friend wishing her a happy bday, WHY would her friend use a picture of Pia behind Taylor as the central picture??? And then use a clown emoji over Taylor’s face? The clown emoji is synonymous with trolling, it’s not a positive emoji. And then Pia chose to repost this very questionable birthday post? I don’t work in PR and I could have told her that was an incredibly stupid idea. Even if Taylor didn’t have the rabid fandom she does, it would still be problematic. Travis has every right to fire her if she wants.
Maybe Travis and Taylor are simply having a PR relationship and she’s sick of keeping up the charade (I hope they’re not and as much as I love them together, I do side eye everything Taylor does)? But even if they are, she shouldn’t be spilling the beans. PR relationships are stupid but PR people have to do a lot of stupid things for their clients. It’s part of the job!
I can’t speak for the entertainment/sports world, but in the corporate world the job of the PR person is to be behind the scenes and vet every single piece of items going out into the public world. Trust me! I work closely with PR/Comms people. She reeks of unprofessionalism. Perhaps she has some grievance against Taylor – my theory is Taylor has done much for Travis’s image/popularity than this PR can ever done in her lifetime. There might be some girl shit. I say this because who uses some pics from a football game and paste a clown face over another person. At some point, she should be let go.
I think people are missing the point. She does work in PR. Her client’s public relationship with Taylor Swift is the biggest get someone in her position can have in this day and time if they have a man who wants a high-profile relationship set to make them a household name, garner endorsements and commercials, have platforms share their media projects, and look like A Dude Who Pulls Chicks. By nearly all accounts, the rollout of Travis and Taylor has gone down on gold-plated machinery. Even the wobbles are masterful: their first pap shoot being in a top-down convertible with no plates stopped at a light on a closed-off street in a location broadcast to millions of people. The over-saturation of products and projects Travis immediately began selling and repping. His mother’s appearance on the morning talk shows hawking whatever it was she was hawking but being kinda cagey about Taylor and all the attention she brought to the family box. All of these things could be seen as seeds to make the public question whether the whole relationship is for PR. This was reinforced by media outlets across the landscape putting out headlines suggesting it might be PR. We haven’t seen this before with any of the people the press has reported Taylor dating and its a marked shift from the way every outlet and its cousin have been fawning over her and her PR team to stay in their good graces for the past 2 or so years. That the entire relationship, including very visible performances of active management by Travis’s head of PR, exists in a cloud of PR is the point. What seems not well managed could really be the first well-placed crack in what feels like an impending breakup narrative (the big project, Eras Tour and 1989 TV being complete with global records nearly secured). A narrative that is popping up all over the internet right now: this is all a bit too much for Travis (the Family Man) Kelce’s family (see myriad headlines). Then you have his PR agent calling attention to the “joke” or “stunt” that everyone is talking about right now (the Roman Empire reference)… with an inside laugh at the fact that she, the PR agent, is actually the one creating the Roman Empire. It’s the kind of PR joke someone who thinks they are either a bit more clever than they are would make… or someone who wants an ARMY of fans inserting PR into the narrative of Taylor and Travis. If you believe Taylor Swift is managing a giant roll-out of having made a career off of PR relationships that requires her fans to realize that PR relationships happen, they are industry standard, and that media speculation was the particular deal she made with the devil of fame… well… this actually does track.