Taylor Swift, Caitlin Clark. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Caitlin Clark is cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs alongside Taylor Swift.
Clark, 22, joined Swift, 35, at the Chiefs playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday, January 18, at Arrowhead Stadium. A video shared via TikTok by the NFL’s official account on Saturday showed Swift’s boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, breaking a tackle by the Texans.
As fans cheered, the camera zoomed over to Swift’s box seats, where she was seen throwing her arms around Clark in celebration. In the box, Swift was also joined by her parents, Scott and Andrea, and her brother, Austin, all of whom were sporting Chiefs-branded windbreakers, per social media.
Saturday’s matchup against the Texans is the first playoff game of the season for the Chiefs. The winning team will advance to the AFC conference championship, where they will face off against either the Baltimore Ravens or the Buffalo Bills. Whoever wins that match will head to the Super Bowl in February.
As for Clark, the WNBA star recently appeared as a guest on a recent episode of Kelce’s podcast, “New Heights,” which he co-hosts with brother and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. During the January 2 episode, Clark revealed that she had attended Swift’s Eras Tour three different times.
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“I went early on when Taylor first went on tour in Minnesota at U.S. Bank. One of her early concerts and that was a lot of fun,” Clark told the Kelce brothers. “I went with some of my college friends and we had a good time together.”
However, during the podcast, Clark, who currently plays as a guard for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA, made it clear that being a Chiefs fan is in her blood.
“I’m a midwest kid,” she explained. “I had family in Kansas City and I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, which is only three hours from Kansas City, so that’s the closest NFL team. My dad was a big Chiefs fan growing up. People think I’m a bandwagon Chiefs fan and I’m like, ‘No! I was there before! Before Patrick [Maholmes] and Travis. We were ride or dies.”
In an interview with TIME in December 2024, Clark shared that Swift wound up gifting her four bags of Eras Tour merchandise, along with a note that said the athlete was “inspiring to watch from afar.”
According to the outlet, it was at this time that the pop star invited Clark to attend a Chiefs game with her, and noted that she and Travis would have to attend an Indiana Fever game soon as well.
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