Taylor Swift flew to Japan right after the Grammys, and her Tokyo Dome performances have already begun. People did the math and took into account Taylor’s potential west-to-east travel across the International Date Line and they figured out that Taylor could finish her last show in Tokyo this weekend, hop on a plane and make it to Las Vegas on Sunday with time to spare before the Super Bowl. Even the Japanese Embassy in the US chimed in and said, yes, it can absolutely be done. But according to Travis Kelce, Taylor is still iffy about all of that travel.
It appears Taylor Swift might not be at the Super Bowl after all … ’cause Travis Kelce just seemed to tell reporters he’s unsure if his girlfriend will make it. The Chiefs star dropped the nugget on media members just minutes ago at a news conference in Las Vegas … when answering a question about whether or not Swift has given him a championship “pep talk.”
Swift’s boo explained with a laugh that she hasn’t … telling a crowd full of microphones that she’s currently focused on entertaining the masses at her latest “Eras Tour” shows out in Japan.
Then, he added, “The Super Bowl, we’ll worry about if she can make it” — implying that it’s nowhere near a foregone conclusion that she’ll be in attendance on Sunday when he takes on the 49ers. Swift, of course, is slated to be in Tokyo performing until Saturday … but most have thought she’d be able to jet off to Sin City in enough time to catch Kelce’s kickoff at Allegiant Stadium. Clearly, though — at least in the eyes of Kelce — that’s no sure thing.
I actually feel sorry for Travis because he’s got all of these mandatory press conferences as part of the Super Bowl hype, but all of the questions he’s getting are about Taylor and her tour and her albums and on and on. Like, I get it, this is the biggest superstar couple we’ve had in a while and it’s exciting. But let the man do his job! Let him talk about football too. Travis has been a good sport though. And I think Taylor will absolutely make it to the Superb Owl.
Travis talking about taylor performing in japan 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/8SrRRof4bh
— sarah (@tayvischarm) February 7, 2024
🇯🇵 Statement from the Embassy of Japan on Taylor Swift’s Reported Travel from Japan to the United States ✈️🏈 Are you ready for it? pic.twitter.com/wFKadehTJk
— Japan Embassy DC🌸 (@JapanEmbDC) February 2, 2024
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How much can a person say about a game that hasn’t even been played yet?
How he’s preparing, what exercises he’s doing, the role of mental toughness, what threats from the other team will be most important to watch out for, what the team morale is right now, what it would mean for him to get another Super Bowl win, if he’d retire if they did win, etc. There’s plenty to say.
Travis looks absolutely handsome in these pictures. I love the fact that he is giving Taylor a choice of not making it to the Super Bowl if she chooses not to for whatever reason. Of course Taylor is a free woman and she can and does make her own choices but he is not harping on her to be at the Super Bowl. That’s a nice boyfriend.
He is a very handsome guy, he also seems like a really nice and secure in himself guy. I like him a lot. Though I have to say I do think his brother is awesome too.
The issue no one is talking about is her being at the Superbowl (monday morning Australia time), then flying to Australis for concerts commencing Friday. The earliest she would be in Australia would be say 20 hours after it finishes. That would be Tuesday afternoon Australia time for a kick off concert on Friday (sound checks, rest to get over jetlag etc etc). She has 7 concerts over 10 days here.
Holy jet lag! Can you imagine putting on a 3+ concert, flying Japan to LV, LV to Australia, and then putting on more concerts? I’m sure she also has a ton of practice to prepare. Even if she sleeps on the plane it seems like a lot.
That is exactly what I was thinking. She needs to stay in tip top shape for her job too. She’s still young, but she need adequate rest for her body and her voice. I can’t imagine the physical stamina it takes to put on a show like that. She has so much responsibility to the big “machine” that keeps her tour running and all of those people who are on the payroll if she has to cancel.
Travis understands totally because his job depends on his body working properly too.
Exactly all of this.
Everyone was understanding that Travis couldn’t be present for her historic win at the Grammys because he needed to practice for his job.
Why is that understanding not being extended to Taylor, who has a grueling tour schedule with even tighter turn-around times?
Oh wait! The answer is misogyny, and not valuing women’s work as much as men’s.
(I know fans, and the Japanese Embassy, etc., are mostly just having fun with the speculation. But the idea that Taylor wouldn’t show up to a Super Bowl on the other side of the world from where she needs to be for work – which should include her recovering between tour dates so she can also deliver peak performances, just like Travis, on her game days – should be met with as much understanding as was extended to Travis’ need to do what was best for his job performance.)
I read an article about a month ago that featured Taylor telling how she prepared for this tour (being able to sing every song while running on her treadmill) and how she recuperates between shows (staying in bed longer because her feet crunch when she walks from doing the entire show in heels), talking in a whisper because her throat is raw, and consuming soup and hot drinks to soothe her vocal cords.
The article was enlightening and it made me admire Taylor for her discipline. I had never really thought about how hard a concert would be on a performer’s entire body.
That would be a very good idea for her to skip it?
Between her weird shenanigans at the Grammys and suing a student for utilizing publicly available information that highlights how she uses her private planes like a global taxis and doesn’t want anyone to call her out for it (hello, Streisand effect) it feels like now isn’t the time for her cheesy, exaggerated mugging in a context that’s not even slightly about her. The press isn’t reporting it, but on social media a LOT of sports fans are very tired of her hijacking the narrative. Often they’re misogynistic dorks, but the point is she’s super over-exposed right now and even some swifties are kinda tired.
What do people think the chances are of her and Travis lasting? He just doesn’t strike me as the type who wants to be 2nd string to the TS Show, and with her level of fame and how bfs are framed in her story he won’t ever be anything but.
A cease and desist is not a lawsuit.
As you will, we can adjust the phrasing, it is still legal action and it is still publicly available info for very good reason. He’s not at all the only person reporting that info, and cease and desisting him will not stop the fact any of us can look it up.
The stalking all female celebrities go through is awful but do you truly believe that’s why she doesn’t want the info out there, that she is at peak risk in heavily guarded airports as opposed to the fact that she is very much highly fixated on how she is perceived and how liked she is and that she is someone who apparently must sleep in her own bed and will emit epic levels of emissions to make that happen?
Wow. I had no idea there was a student out there posting information about frequent flying celebrities carbon footprints and climate impacts. Elon Musk tried to buy him off with $5K pittance then kicked him off Twitter / X?
And Taylor’s lawyer thinks student is posting celebrity climate impacts for wealth? Why didn’t Taylor’s lawyer just enroll her in FAA privacy program to start? IMHO sounds like the student’s performing a public service https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2024/02/06/taylor-swift-jet-tracker-jack-sweeney-threatened/72494046007/
She doesn’t need to be perfect to be allowed to go see her boyfriend play football.
People have good days, people have bad days. It sure would be nice if everyone was gracious and lovely all the time, but that is an unrealistic standard to hold people to.
Also, I wouldn’t want anyone tracking my movements. Jesus.
Flight information is public because it is a plane. Not a car. That’s the point.
The young man is not only sharing the information on Swift’s flights but several other celebrities and One Percent-ers who use planes as their personal taxis.
And it is beyond rude to not acknowledge one of the living masters of your craft as they *hand* you an industry award.
It is borderline cruel to ignore the significance of one of the living masters of your craft *handing* you an industry award after they recently disclosed they are unable to perform that craft because of a life-threatening, debilitating illness.
We are not talking ‘people’, we are talking an extremely influential and powerful billionaire who plays the PR game extremely hardcore and is not exactly out here yelling to be left alone – she seems to want to be in CONTROL of it all, and that’s something she can’t have if she also wants the level of attention she courts.
Flight Info is Public. Anyone can Track her Movements. She needs to take this up with the government, and see where that gets her (and Elon Musk.) Many people at her level of celebrity use standard flights and she does not, and utilizes her planes in a very wasteful way.
She is not a victim in these situations.
With all the stalkers she’s had to deal with, I wouldn’t want my plane movements tracked either, or at least not announced in real time. They arrested someone last month three times in like a week outside her New York apartment, trying to get in.
And what do you mean the press isn’t reporting on the social media complaints? There’s been multiple commentators push back against the backlash, including Colin Cowherd who I never would’ve thought would have anything nice to say about anyone. It’s football soap opera. It’s being covered. She was booed in person at the Bills game, she knows.
I can’t believe how good Travis did at the media day. I would’ve been exhausted and snappy after two days of questions, especially about the relationship. He was upbeat and positive the whole time, said he was happy and it didn’t bother him, and it was believable.
We are not talking her apartments and the awful stalking she has to deal with there, this is about her absolute insane level of pollution and overutilization of her private jets and how people are calling her out on it using publicly available info.
Musk tried this too, and it failed.
She’s tightening her security bc of all of the MAGA shit. That’s why this is happening now. She’s been getting shit about her flying for a while. Hope that’s okay with you 🙂
First she flies to much I agree though she isn’t even in the top 30 of worst offenders, but IMO girlie needs to stay in Australia that two weeks she is there for her concert. And just enjoy it.
Second she isn’t asking that he not report her CO2 emissions and call her out for that. She seems to have no issue with that, she is asking that he not do live tracking to the second of when her plane is landing. Which while yes public record most people aren’t posting it on social media. What this guy is doing is creepy it is just creepy. He isn’t posting about the environmental impact he is stalking her. It’s gross and considering the amount of death threats she is getting I can’t fault her for wanting to not having someone live tweeting the second the plane lands and where.
Also if we actually care about private plane usage here are the top 30 worst offenders and I am not seeing think pieces or outrage about them:
1. Travis Scott
2. Kim Kardashian
3. Elon Musk
4. Beyonce and Jay-Z
5. Bill Gates
6. Steven Spielberg
7. Tyler Perry
8. Leonard Blavatnik
9. Kylie Jenner
10. Celine Dion
11. Alex Rodríguez /A Rod
12. George Lucas
13. Floyd Mayweather
14. Robert Kraft
15. Jim Carrey
16. Marc Cuban
17. Paul Allen
18. James Dyson
19. Tom Cruise
20. Max Verstappen
21. Jack Nicklaus
22. Mark Wahlberg
23. Blake Shelton
24. Jeff Bezos
25. Drake
26. Dan Bilzerian
28. Flights
27. Kenny Chesney
28. Suleyman Kerimov
29. Tiger Woods
30. Harrison Ford
Let me know why climate activists aren’t all over Bey? Or Travis Scott? Or Jim Carry?
I’ve seen this list a few times now, particularly after the news of Taylor’s C&D came out, but what’s the source? Paul Allen (#17) has been dead for nearly 6 years. Ish like this makes me think that this list was conveniently circulated by Taylor’s people and is manipulated data just so she’s not on it. Girlfriend flew private from Argentina to NY to Brazil in the span of like a week – she’s definitely in the top 30 in the past year.
Wow Nblue. Anything else negative you can add?
Explains why Mama Kelce said she probably won’t be in a suite for the Super Bowl. I feel like it would be an extra flex if she doesn’t show up…
Donna didn’t want to be the one to confirm Taylor’s attendance which is why she said what she said on the Today show. The Today show is so obnoxious with their Taylor questions every time Donna is on. Taylor already has a suite.
Pure speculation…but I have a funny feeling there’s a little tension here…maybe. anyone else?
I don’t think so, if anything, I think could relate to her noticing our collective overexposure and maybe thinking she should lay low given all the commentary about her Grammys behavior.
All the travel sounds exhausting and she really cares about her work and giving the best show for her fans.
I’m a fan and was excited that she would be at the Super Bowl. But now I’m thinking maybe it’s best if she sits it out.
@Holz agree with that too! If it’s a choice between fans or the SB, she’s choosing fans. But I think if she was thinking she could have made both work before, with all the negative attention she’s gotten recently she may decide it’s better to just lay low. Idk I think she could still make an appearance given that it’s a big deal for her current partner’s career, and he may not have that opportunity again and she wants to support him. I also don’t think it’s a bad idea for her to lay low and ride out the current storm since she has been so overexposed lately (because of her own actions and also things that are beyond her control). But maybe this will be the final publicity blip before she is mostly out of sight and focusing on her tour.
I wouldn’t be surprised if all this MAGA bullshit hasn’t also unleashed a slew of credible death threats.
If I’m Travis, talking about TS is a *great* smokescreen to not have to talk about your actual plans for the game. Talking in these interviews without tipping off the competition is its own kind of skill, so it might be nice to have this big fat distraction to keep everyone off guard with.
But the tension could be actual death threats against them both, and TS perhaps having to ramp up her security. Her guys did NOT like her out on the field with him after the playoffs, so 3 athletic 3-hour shows in JPN, then needing to be in AUS — a perfect excuse, AND another chapter in the here’s-how-successful-adults-support-eachother show.
I flew to Japan on a Saturday/Sunday (they’re ahead of us in time) and had an intense work week there. Went to parties Friday night thrown by our Japanese host and boarded a jet out early Saturday. I was wrecked when I arrived home and went straight to bed for a day.
My son went to Tokyo with his dad for vacation and when he got home he passed out on the couch for 12 hours, he was too tired to make it to his bedroom. Then he went to his bedroom to sleep more.
Hunt who owns the Chiefs is commenting that security is something of an issue. Las Vegas does seem to be ready for prime time on the issue. With the problems in the Middle East and the Dads Brads and Chads anger at her showing up on their TV he seemed concerned. He said her security is very good at moving her around but the local security has been a little lacking.
Are they just not giving information so she can slip in or has she decided the riisk isn’t worth it. The whole family seems to have gone quiet. A player from the opposing teams family blamed her for the cost of the seats so she might just be done with it .
Yes I wondered if it was a security thing but also she’s reached “bitch eating crackers” levels of fame as someone put it, and is overexposed after the Grammys. I think she could still show up since it’s the Superb Owl but I suspect we’ll see a little less of her in 2024, for sure and I think that’s a good move for a few months. If she just popped up every once in awhile to leave people in Kansas City egregiously large tips, give her crew more bonuses for this leg of the tour, etc.
If they are already talking about how the Raiders/Vegas don’t have strong security there is an issue, and the crazies have been out for a bit with Maga but the extra crazies have come out this weekend so there might be some actual concern.
And you know it isn’t just Taylor’s safety if someone is targeting her she puts the entire stadium at risk. So I would imagine there are some big conversations because you know the NFL and CBS wants her there because she is the sole reason for all these ratings increases on football games and the Grammys. But if Vegas doesn’t have its shit together then yikes.
I have a friend covering the game and if there is a serious threat I don’t want her there because I want her but most importantly HIM safe.
I think he’s just playing coy, she’ll be there. This couple is big business now. Both camps, and more importantly, the NFL, will move heaven and earth so that she shows face at the SuperBowl. It will be “legendary” for them.
Superb Owl 🙂 🙂 🙂
Re: Travis getting asked about Taylor Swift a lot. Probably the only journalist who didn’t asked him about Taylor was an 11 year old named Jeremiah. He asked Travis a number of football questions and was a true professional.
https://youtu.be/b_ckIbDIkB0?si=0uZt0wCKh5kgEooi
He’s such a cool kid!!! I want him to do all the interviews from now on.
That little boy is adorable and asked such great questions to all the players. I watched all his interviews.
This is reverse of female celebrities being asked exclusively about their clothes and boyfriends and not the work. Travis is handling it like a pro, but I wish the spotlight was on him. If Taylor doesn’t come it’s because she doesn’t want to overshadow his moment (after all, she’s said she feels like a monster on the hill; too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city).
@NBlue … of course she wants to be in control. Why wouldn’t she? I would want control in this situation, too.
Of course, I’m a woman, so that would make me controlling, right?
Also, you downplayed her concerns about stalking, but the MAGA crowd adds a whole new threat level.
If you watch the full press conferences each day he is actually getting asked plenty about football, it just isn’t what makes the headlines or get passed around social media. He’s doing fine.
This dates to the playoffs but for anyone who hasn’t seen it, the Chiefs marketing team is so great
https://youtu.be/94irmYyZwGo?si=L0u1U1ReN5fu4VDN
OMG this is AMAZING hahahaha
Thanks for this. Loved it!
That is fantastic! And I recognize the male lead from Christmas movies LOL.
The Embassy’s statement was so corny, I love it lol
I just have a feeling she won’t make the trip. 🤷🏼♀️ I could be wrong, but it’s just a hunch.
Omg that post from the Embassy of Japan! That’s probably the most fun post they’ve had on social media in awhile lol. I follow some French embassy/French based orgs in the US because I’m a dual citizen and a lot of the stuff they post is pretty boring, everyday stuff hahaha.
As for Taylor attending the Super Bowl–I just returned from a little over a week work trip to Europe, I was in the UK and Poland (5 hour and 6 hour time difference from EST where I live). I had 3 major work events in the span of one week where I had to speak to hundreds of people and I ended up also coming down with a cold on top of it. Literally the symptoms started right before my two flights home. I don’t travel on private jets but I am absolutely horrible with jet lag and can’t imagine Taylor flying all the way back to Las Vegas only to jet off to Australia for a series of shows. That’s a lot of travel and jet lag on her part and she needs to be physically okay to perform for 3 hours (or however long the Eras concert is?) multiple nights in a row? My guess is she’ll decide the day of the concert or maybe decide right after the concert is over and see how she feels?
If anything, once the Super Bowl is over, Travis is the one who can jet off to Australia and then join her for the rest of her tour.
Dang, the Japanese embassy got involved! Wow.😂 This is the big tease: will she or won’t she turn up at the Superbowl!? Does she kiss Travis on the field?! Inquiring fans want to know!!! The “money shot” is what everybody wants!
Of course she will be there, flexing in a way only she can do, and dressed to support her Man. All those footballers that hate Taylor will have to eat crow as her image flashes on the screen. The melt downs will be epic, and entertaining to see. LOL