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Taylor Swift Spotted as Rumored Beau Kelce's Chiefs Play NY Jets

Singer Taylor Swift and actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds cheer prior to the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
Singer Taylor Swift and actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds cheer prior to the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
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Taylor Swift Spotted as Rumored Beau Kelce's Chiefs Play NY Jets

Singer Taylor Swift and actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds cheer prior to the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
Singer Taylor Swift and actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds cheer prior to the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP

Taylor Swift has remained mum on her rumored relationship with NFL star Travis Kelce, but the pop superstar was on hand again Sunday as Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs took on the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium outside the Big Apple.

The 33-year-old "Lavender Haze" singer was spotted, clad in crystal-studded denim shorts and a long sleeved black shirt, entering the building with actors Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

She was soon ensconced in a luxury suite, with one social media poster getting cellphone video of her playfully sticking out her tongue as she was filmed, AFP said.

InStyle reported Swift had been seen dining in New York with Brittany Mahomes, wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the night before the game.

Swift sparked a fan frenzy -- among NFL watchers and her own legion of "Swifties" -- when she attended the Chiefs' home game against the Chicago Bears last weekend, sitting in a luxury box alongside Kelce's mother, Donna.

The 12-time Grammy winner, sporting a red and white Chiefs jacket, was treated to a 41-10 Chiefs romp and cheered wildly when Kelce, a two-time Super Bowl winner and one of the top tight ends in the league, caught a three-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Kelce himself said in his New Heights podcast on Wednesday that he "sure as hell enjoyed" the weekend.

"Shout out to Taylor for pulling up. That was pretty ballsy," said Kelce, who was cagey about the exact nature of their relationship.

"I know I brought all this attention to me," the podcast regular said. "I want to respect both of our lives."

Swift's interest, however, has made Kelce the focus of a whole new set of fans.

After a report Tuesday citing merchandise company Fanatics that his jersey sales had climbed more than 400 percent, Kelce said: "Sounds like the Swifties are also part of Chiefs Kingdom."

The NFL, no strangers to celebrity spectacle, were quick to the buzz brought by Swift, posting plenty of pictures of Swift and friends as they enjoyed the Chiefs-Jets Game, which occupied the coveted "Sunday Night Football" slot.

Broadcaster NBC was also on the bandwagon, airing a Swift-themed add for the game that used Swift's hit song "Welcome to New York."

Fans posting on social media platform X were poking fun at NBC early in the game for the numerous shots of Swift and friends watching the game.

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Javier Bardem on Gaza: ‘We Cannot Remain Indifferent’ in Call for Hostage Release and Ceasefire

Javier Bardem appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. (AP)
Javier Bardem appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. (AP)
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Javier Bardem on Gaza: ‘We Cannot Remain Indifferent’ in Call for Hostage Release and Ceasefire

Javier Bardem appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. (AP)
Javier Bardem appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. (AP)

Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza.

The Spanish actor spoke out about the Israeli-Hamas conflict upon accepting an award at the San Sebastian Film Festival last week. In his nuanced remarks, Bardem condemned the Hamas attacks as well as the "massive punishment that the Palestinian population is enduring."

He called for immediate ceasefire, Hamas’ release of hostages and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leaders — some of whom are now dead — who ordered the Oct. 7 attacks to be judged by the International Criminal Court.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Bardem explained why he chose to speak out.

"I believe that we can and must help bring peace. If we take a different approach, then we will get different results," Bardem told the AP, speaking prior to Iran’s attack on Israel Tuesday. "The security and prosperity of Israel and the health and future of a free Palestine will only be possible through a culture of peace, coexistence and respect."

Israel’s offensive has already killed over 40,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, displaced the vast majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents and destroyed much of the impoverished territory. Palestinian fighters are still holding some 110 hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that started the war, in which they killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Around a third of the 110 are already dead, according to Israeli authorities.

The war has drawn sharp divisions in Hollywood over the past year, where public support of Israel or Palestine has provoked backlash and bullying, with accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and cost people jobs. Even silence has had its consequences. The #blockout2024 movement pressured celebrities who hadn’t said anything — or enough — to take a stand.

"Why now?" Bardem said. "Because to continue to stall negotiations and return to the previous status quo, as they say, or as we are seeing now, embark on a race to further violations of international law would be to perpetuate the war and eventually lead us off a cliff."

Bardem stressed that while antisemitism and Islamophobia are real and serious problems in the US, Europe and beyond, that the terms are being used to divert attention away from the "legitimate right to criticize the actions of the Israeli government and of Hamas.

"We’re witnessing crimes against human rights, crimes under international law, such as, for example, the banning of food, water, medicines, electricity, using, as UNICEF says, war against children and the trauma that’s being created for generations," Bardem said. "We cannot remain indifferent to that."

The Oscar-winner, who was born in the Canary Islands, has spoken up on global issues before, signing an open letter calling for peace during a 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas. He's also an environmental advocate, and spoke to the UN in 2019 about protecting the oceans.

"My mother educated me on the importance of treating all human beings equally, regardless of skin color, ethnicity, religion, nationality, socio and economic status, ability or sexuality," Bardem said. "Actions inform us and that alone interests me about people. That's why I have always been concerned about discrimination of any kind. That includes antisemitism and Islamophobia."

Bardem is married to Penélope Cruz, with whom he shares two children.

He said that beyond a fear that the framework of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is in danger, he has seen the effects of the conflict up close and the promise of a different approach. Two of his close friends, one Israeli, one Palestinian, both lost daughters to violence years ago and have bonded together in their shared pain and desire to help create positive change.

Those fathers, Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, are members of a nonprofit organization called The Parents Circle Families Forum that emphasizes reconciliation. They wrote a letter that Bardem shared: "What happened to us is like nuclear energy. You can use it for more destruction. Or you can use it to bring light. Losing your daughter is painful in both situations. But we love our life. We want to exist. So we use this pain to support change. To build bridges, not to dig graves."

Bardem added: "That’s what it should be about: Building bridges, not digging graves. That’s why it’s urgent and important."