Taylor Swift 'Cheating' Rumor Goes Viral

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Shannon Power is a Greek-Australian reporter, but now calls London home. They have worked as across three continents in print, newspapers and broadcast, specializing in entertainment, politics, LGBTQ+ and health reporting. Shannon has covered high profile celebrity trials along with industry analysis of all the big trends in media, pop culture and the entertainment business generally. Shannon stories have featured on the cover of the Newsweek magazine and has been published in publications such as, The Guardian, Monocle, The Independent, SBS, ABC, Metro and The Sun. You can get in touch with Shannon by email at s.power@newsweek.com and on X @shannonjpower. Languages: English, Greek, Spanish.


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A video showing Taylor Swift briefly hugging a man at the Kansas City Chiefs most recent games has triggered speculation she's cheating on Travis Kelce.

The "Bad Blood" singer, 34, made another appearance at the Arrowhead Stadium on December 10 to cheer on her new boyfriend as the Chiefs took on the Buffalo Bills.

She sat in a private box with number of his friends, including one of his best pals, Aric Jones.

Kelce and Jones are childhood friends from Ohio, and Jones runs his own streetwear clothing brand called Homebred Legends.

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Taylor Swift, center, is seen at the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 10, 2023. She was spotted hugging Aric Jones, left, during the game. James Squire/Getty Images North America

At one point during the game, following an eight-yard gain from a first down in favor of the Chiefs, Swift and Jones briefly hugged to celebrate.

But some social media users commented about the possibility of Swift cheating on Kelce.

"TAYLOR SWIFT IS CHEATING ON TRAVIS KELCE??" a person wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in a post that has been viewed 14.9 million times.

The poster wrote a follow-up post asking the NFL news site to "please report on this."

A number of others commented similarly in the replies, with one writing, "looks like another breakup song in the making!," referring to Swift's penchant for sharing details of heartbreak in her songs.

Others interpreted the moment for what it surely was. "More like a thank you," wrote one.

Swift has explained she first started dating Kelce in July after he attended one of her concerts, then spoke about it on his podcast with his brother and Philadelphia Eagles player, Jason Kelce.

"This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell," she told Time magazine. "We started hanging out right after that."

The couple made their first public appearance in September when she attended a Chiefs game alongside his mom, Donna Kelce.

"By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game?" Swift explained. "We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date."

Travis Kelce revealed he wanted to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it after attending her concert in July, only to discover Swift wasn't seeing people after the show. Swift's fans exchange friendship bracelets at her live shows.

"I was disappointed that she doesn't talk before or after her shows because she has to save her voice for the 44 songs she sings," he said.

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Shannon Power is a Greek-Australian reporter, but now calls London home. They have worked as across three continents in print, newspapers and broadcast, specializing in entertainment, politics, LGBTQ+ and health reporting. Shannon has covered high profile celebrity trials along with industry analysis of all the big trends in media, pop culture and the entertainment business generally. Shannon stories have featured on the cover of the Newsweek magazine and has been published in publications such as, The Guardian, Monocle, The Independent, SBS, ABC, Metro and The Sun. You can get in touch with Shannon by email at s.power@newsweek.com and on X @shannonjpower. Languages: English, Greek, Spanish.


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