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RandySF

(70,156 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 02:57 PM Sep 6

Taylor Swift Literally Distances Self From Trump-Supporting Bestie Brittany Mahomes

Taylor Swift was spotted seated separately from bestie Brittany Mahomes at Thursday’s Kansas City Chiefs game after the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes came out in support of ex-President Donald Trump.

Brittany Mahomes had been a frequent companion of Swift’s since she began dating Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce, and the two typically sat together in the same suite at games—but Mahomes found herself in hot water with some Swift fans (and potentially Swift herself) after she liked a post from Donald Trump’s Instagram account that outlined his plan to “make America great again,” which included 20 line items such as “keeping men out of women’s sports” and “cutting federal funding for any school pushing Critical Race Theory.”

The backlash to Mahomes’ support was swift (pun intended), with Twitter/X users wondering “how people with kids would still vote for a known child rapist/felon. Guess people like Brittany Mahomes prefer the tax breaks over child safety.”

Mahomes fired back amid the online fervor over her presumptive support of Trump, when she wrote in a post to Instagram, “I mean honestly, to be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep rooted issues you refuse to heal from childhood. There’s no reason your brain is fully developed and you hate to see others doing well.”


https://www.thedailybeast.com/taylor-swift-literally-distances-self-from-trump-supporting-bestie-brittany-mahomes?ref=home?ref=home

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Taylor Swift Literally Distances Self From Trump-Supporting Bestie Brittany Mahomes (Original Post) RandySF Sep 6 OP
So she is hated for being successful? getagrip_already Sep 6 #1
They don't get. RandySF Sep 6 #2
If we hated success, billionaire Taylor Swift would qualify central scrutinizer Sep 6 #6
In what way is she successful, other than marrying an NFL player? yardwork Sep 6 #24
Actually, she played college soccer, certified as a fitness trainer, LisaM Sep 6 #28
Thanks. I didn't know that. yardwork Sep 6 #30
What is she a success at other than dick selection? TheKentuckian Sep 6 #35
LisaM wrote a good post above listing her personal accomplishments. LauraInLA Sep 6 #37
obviously she would know barbtries Sep 6 #3
Small town gal with a massive chip on her shoulder dlk Sep 6 #4
That's rich, a maga accusing people of being haters. Klarkashton Sep 6 #5
Brittany seems like an entitled mean girl type based on her online persona BannonsLiver Sep 6 #7
If so, it wore thin in the last week TheProle Sep 6 #11
No. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 6 #20
What's ridiculous? TheProle Sep 6 #21
"Swifties" are not MorbidButterflyTat Sep 6 #27
LOL! TheProle Sep 6 #29
So Mahomes, a trump supporter, birdographer Sep 6 #8
Oh, man. How disappointing. Mahomes is a trump supporter. brush Sep 6 #9
His wife came out as a Trumper Deminpenn Sep 6 #12
If the wife is for trump, it's hard to think he's not too. Too bad. brush Sep 6 #13
Plenty of couples hold different Deminpenn Sep 6 #14
I hope that's the case. Majomes has such great skill. brush Sep 6 #17
So his wife is stupid on several levels. yardwork Sep 6 #25
KCMO is fairly liberal. Not the owner of the Chiefs Clark Hunt.. Clouds Passing Sep 6 #32
Ghee I wonder why? Johonny Sep 6 #10
Very disappointing kansasobama Sep 6 #15
Why? Because his wife said something dumb? yardwork Sep 6 #26
Brittany foolishly supports Trump, but what Patrick has done would anger Trump. 2021 CNN article: highplainsdem Sep 6 #16
I used to defend the hell out of her online sky_masterson Sep 6 #18
At minimum RandySF Sep 6 #19
Preach! sky_masterson Sep 6 #31
She is from a small town in Texas but her husband is mixed race, defended Black Lives Mattter and worked with NFL hlthe2b Sep 6 #22
As a Bills fan, MorbidButterflyTat Sep 6 #23
Is Brittany really Blake? JanMichael Sep 6 #33
I don't know how she has been successful other than thru marriage ouija Sep 6 #34
An athlete in her own right TheProle Sep 6 #36
Did Brittany not get the JD memo? BattleRow Sep 6 #38
Hate to see others doing well? Brainfodder Sep 6 #39

yardwork

(63,817 posts)
24. In what way is she successful, other than marrying an NFL player?
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:27 PM
Sep 6

I know that in some circles that is considered success, but other than JD Vance, who really believes that anymore?

LisaM

(28,456 posts)
28. Actually, she played college soccer, certified as a fitness trainer,
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:34 PM
Sep 6

and has invested in the pro women's soccer team in Kansas City. I hated her comments too, but she and Mahomes have been together since high school and she has some personal accomplishments.

dlk

(12,256 posts)
4. Small town gal with a massive chip on her shoulder
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:12 PM
Sep 6

The sad truth is what she says or thinks isn’t the least bit relevant. No one really cares.

BannonsLiver

(17,679 posts)
7. Brittany seems like an entitled mean girl type based on her online persona
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:14 PM
Sep 6

That may also have worn thin for Tay Tay.

TheProle

(2,827 posts)
11. If so, it wore thin in the last week
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:34 PM
Sep 6

as they were all partying at Swift's beach house last weekend. Could be more about Swifties freaking out...

TheProle

(2,827 posts)
29. LOL!
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:34 PM
Sep 6
"taylor if you hug brittany mahomes on national tv tomorrow i cannot defend you anymore!" one fan wrote via X (formerly known as Twitter).

"taylor please please PLEASE do not hug Brittany mahomes," another person begged.

A third user took an even stronger stance. "blocking anyone who defends taylor hanging w brittany mahomes bc it is NOT just politics it's human rights," they wrote.


https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/swifties-infighting-taylor-swift-brittany-mahomes-friendship-trump-1949620

On Saturday, Taylor Swift reportedly threw a party at her Rhode Island beach house and she invited a big crew. Pictures of Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce at the house were shared by TMZ, showing that the NFL player reunited with the Eras tour star as soon as she returned from Europe.

Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, were also at the event with their children. Swift and Brittany have become fast friends, spending many of the Kansas City Chiefs games side-by-side in the VIP box.


https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a61980424/taylor-swift-rhode-island-party-travis-kelce-blake-lively-bradley-cooper/

Again. LOL.

birdographer

(2,505 posts)
8. So Mahomes, a trump supporter,
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:14 PM
Sep 6

is schooling someone on how it is wrong to be a hater? Someone who supports the most hate-filled man on the planet says hate is wrong? This is so stereotypical MAGA--the projection, the denial, the whole bit. Every accusation with them is a confession.

brush

(57,086 posts)
9. Oh, man. How disappointing. Mahomes is a trump supporter.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:20 PM
Sep 6

Now I'm going to be rooting against him from now on.

Deminpenn

(16,156 posts)
12. His wife came out as a Trumper
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:43 PM
Sep 6

No word on who, if anyone, Pat supports.
Normally popular pro athletes don't want to kill the golden goose by doing something controversial. His wife's opinion is probably the majority in KCMO, but he has a lot of fans elsewhere. Wife's comment could cost him a bundle in endorsement deals.


brush

(57,086 posts)
13. If the wife is for trump, it's hard to think he's not too. Too bad.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:50 PM
Sep 6

You'd hope the great athletes would get a clue from Lebron James and the courageous stances he's taken on political issues like "Black Lives Matter."

brush

(57,086 posts)
17. I hope that's the case. Majomes has such great skill.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:04 PM
Sep 6

I used to marvel at Aaron Rodger's great skill too. We'll see if he still has it this season, but when I found out he's a trump supporter, I wrote him off as just aother maga t'

Clouds Passing

(1,857 posts)
32. KCMO is fairly liberal. Not the owner of the Chiefs Clark Hunt..
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:22 PM
Sep 6

He is a right-wing ultra conservative. He has shut down liberal team mates of the Chiefs from speaking out. Of course Harrison Butker is allowed to spew all the rw rot he wants with praise.

I hope he hasn't “convinced” Taylor to not endorse Kamala.

highplainsdem

(52,031 posts)
16. Brittany foolishly supports Trump, but what Patrick has done would anger Trump. 2021 CNN article:
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:01 PM
Sep 6
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/us/patrick-mahomes-social-justice-impact-spt-trnd/index.html

On June 1, Mahomes took to social media after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died a week earlier after pleading for help as a White police officer knelt on his neck while pinning him to the ground.

“As a kid who was born with a black dad and white mom, I have been blessed to be accepted for who I am my entire life, but that isn’t the case for everyone,” Mahomes wrote. “The senseless murders that we have witnessed are wrong and cannot continue in our country.”

A few days later, Mahomes was part of a group of NFL players that called on the league to condemn racism, referencing the deaths of Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others.

-snip-

Mahomes and his foundation split the cost with the Chiefs to pay for Arrowhead Stadium, where the Chiefs play their home games, to be open on Election Day as a polling place. Chiefs president Mark Donovan told reporters at the time that it cost “six figures” to make it happen.

-snip-

sky_masterson

(535 posts)
18. I used to defend the hell out of her online
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:10 PM
Sep 6

Thought she was just misunderstood. I was wrong. She is an A$$hole.
I don't believe her Husband is pro Trump at all though.
Not with his Black lives Matter support in the Past.
I just can't believe Brittney would be so tone deaf as to support a guy who is an outright racist/birther.
I'm through with her. Still like her Husband, but her not so much

hlthe2b

(105,915 posts)
22. She is from a small town in Texas but her husband is mixed race, defended Black Lives Mattter and worked with NFL
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:21 PM
Sep 6

to address racism. So, Mahome's wife seems to hold a lot of incompatible viewpoints.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,622 posts)
23. As a Bills fan,
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:24 PM
Sep 6

I have had to endure too much of the KC Chiefs, but, since Taylor started dating Travis Kelce, and the media just has to show her cheering for him in the private booth, I have never seen Brittany Mahomes sitting with Taylor. I see Taylor sitting with Travis's mother, but not Brittany.

Also, from the article:

"Brittany Mahomes had been a frequent companion of Swift’s since she began dating Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce..."

That's some sloppy writing. It sounds like Brittany Mahomes began dating Travis Kelce.

Just really, overall gossipy mean girl crap. Who. Cares.

BattleRow

(1,128 posts)
38. Did Brittany not get the JD memo?
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:55 PM
Sep 6

Stfu,get back in the kitchen,then when you've finished the dishes,hit the bed and spread and earn your keep.

Brainfodder

(7,172 posts)
39. Hate to see others doing well?
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 06:14 PM
Sep 6

We just don't want mega corrupt evil fucks as POTUS and think standards above felon is copasetic?


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