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The sight of Caitlin Clark and Taylor Swift taking in a Chiefs playoff game together at Arrowhead Stadium had fans losing their minds this past January.
But as the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year told ESPN in a new feature, it was simply two people enjoying “real conversations,” just like any other NFL fan.
“I think what people don’t always realize about people with a certain spotlight, whether it’s her, whether it’s me, whether it’s another professional athlete or a pop star, we’re real people,” said Clark, who is preparing for her second WNBA season with the Indiana Fever.
“We’re just having normal conversations as any other person in Arrowhead Stadium that night. She loves the Chiefs just as much as I do. I’m talking football with her. She loved it, and just like her passion, and honestly, probably one of the sweetest people I’ve ever been around. And everybody says that when you meet her, but it’s really true. She just treats everybody with the same amount of kindness, and her family was great.”
Clark, a longtime Chiefs fan, stunned the masses on Jan. 18 when she was spotted in a suite with Swift, who was cheering on her boyfriend, star Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, during the team’s Divisional Round playoff matchup against the Texans.
Kelce, 35, scored a touchdown in the 23-14 victory.
Shortly after the game, Clark — a known Swiftie — gushed over the pop superstar’s character in an appearance on the “Swarmcast” podcast.
“Taylor is very sweet and very kind, and it’s just a good reminder that people in our position … we are very normal,” Clark, 23, said in late January.
“Sometimes our lives aren’t normal, but we are very normal people, and we enjoy doing fun things, too.”
Swift’s appearance at the game came roughly one month after she wrapped her blockbuster Eras Tour, which ran for nearly two years.
One week after the Chiefs downed the Texans, Swift, 35, cheered on Kelce as the team knocked off the Bills in the AFC Championship, 32-29.
The 14-time Grammy winner then traveled to New Orleans for Super Bowl 2025, when the Eagles throttled the defending champs, 40-22.
Since the Chiefs’ heartbreaking Super Bowl loss on Feb. 9, Kelce and Swift have kept a relatively low profile.
The two emerged this weekend in Philadelphia, where they celebrated Mother’s Day with their families.
Perhaps a Fever game is in the couple’s future with Indiana opening the season Saturday against the Chicago Sky.
Swift and Kelce have been dating since 2023.
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