New friends? Taylor Swift gave WNBA star Caitlin Clark an enthusiastic hug as she watched her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs take one step closer to another Super Bowl win.
The “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” singer, 35, hopped out of her seat to embrace Caitlin, 22, during the Chiefs game on January 18.
“She looks shocked every time taylor goes in for a hug this is too cute,” the fan who shared the video on X wrote.
The two women sat by one another in a private suite at Arrowhead Stadium as they watched the Chiefs take home the win against the Houston Texans in the first playoff game.
They were joined by Travis’ dad, Ed Kelce, who sat on the other side of Caitlin.
Caitlin, who is known to be a Swiftie, attended Taylor’s Eras tour on two consecutive nights when the Miss Americana star played at Lucas Oil Stadium in November 2024. However, not everyone was pleased with the Indiana Fever player rubbing elbows with Taylor.
“WAIT, CAITLIN CLARK IS UP IN THE ARROWHEAD BOX WITH TAYLOR SWIFT??? CAITLIN, YOU DON’T NEED TO BE SEEN WITH HER,” sports commentator Skip Bayless wrote in a message via X during the game. “YOU’RE BIGGER THAN SHE IS. JUST STAY ON YOUR OWN PATH.”
Several X users found Skip’s take on the situation to be odd and they sounded off in the replies.
“Skip, she’s a grown adult,” wrote one person.
Another added, “Dude chill. She’s having one of her best days ever.”
Others simply wondered why Skip, 73, was typing in all caps.
Skip wasn’t done there, though. He later accused the referees of making calls in favor of the Chiefs because the “NFL was now a prisoner of the Swifties.”
“I just finished watching [the] Texans at [the] Chiefs, and it made me sick at my stomach. I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight because I’ll keep thinking about those two outrageous phantom penalties – fifteen yard flags thrown for Patrick Mahomes,” Skip said in a video he shared to X. “The NFL protected Patrick Mahomes and made sure he’s getting back to yet another home AFC championship game that will give him another great shot at getting yet another Super Bowl game, whose ratings will go through another roof, this one in New Orleans, because of the Swifties.”
The former First Take With Stephen A. Smith commentator accused the NFL of “protecting Patrick Mahomes through the referees, game after game after game, to ensure that the Swifties will come back and watch game after game after game.” He then added that he felt like “the refs got the memo” about “getting the Swifties to the AFC championship game.”
Skip also went on a rant regarding Caitlin hanging out with Taylor.
“Can somebody tell me what possessed Caitlin Clark to associate with Taylor Swift?” he asked and repeated the same sentiment from his tweet by adding, “Caitlin, you’re better than that. You’re bigger than she is. Stay on your own path. Blaze your own trail. You don’t need Taylor Swift and the Swifties. You’ve got the Clarkies, billions of them. Come on, I lost a little respect for you, Caitlin.”