{"id":150042,"date":"2025-08-16T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150042\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:30:11","slug":"chiefs-owner-clark-hunt-opens-up-on-taylor-swift-whirlwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/150042\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs owner Clark Hunt opens up on Taylor Swift &#8216;whirlwind&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taylor Swift effect has reached the Chiefs, according to owner Clark Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on \u201cThe Pat McAfee Show\u201d on Friday, Hunt discussed the effect Swift\u2019s relationship with Travis Kelce has had on his organization following her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/taylor-swift-reveals-cherished-nfl-moment-with-travis-kelce-she-didnt-expect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearance on the tight end\u2019s \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt was nothing short of positive when discussing Swift \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1956407734120923166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specifically citing her impact<\/a> with female Chiefs fans over recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt watches practice during Back Together Weekend at the team\u2019s NFL football training camp, Sunday, July 27, 2025, in St. Joseph, Mo. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a whirlwind, I would say, for the organization over the last two years since Taylor literally stepped into our lives. She\u2019s done an amazing job, unintentionally, of increasing our female fanbase. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe used to be about a 50-50 ratio, male-to-female fanbase, and now 57 percent of our fans are female, which I think is probably the highest in the National Football League. So there\u2019s absolutely been a Taylor Swift effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift joined the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast on Wednesday. @New Heights\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Hunt also shared his support of Swift and Kelce\u2019s relationship, saying that the two make an \u201camazing couple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me just say how happy we are for their relationship,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cThey\u2019re an amazing couple, and watching the two of them together is really special. That podcast, seeing them side by side\u00a0talking about their relationship, was absolutely amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunt says that Swift and Kelce make an \u201camazing couple.\u201d New Heights\/Youtube<\/p>\n<p>During her time on the \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast on Wednesday, the 14-time Grammy winner opened up about her \u201crookie\u201d NFL season during the early stages of her and Kelce\u2019s relationship, revealing the moment that means the most to her from that year.<\/p>\n<p>Swift, who started dating Kelce in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/taylor-swift-reveals-cherished-nfl-moment-with-travis-kelce-she-didnt-expect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said she cherished<\/a> the moment when Kelce\u2019s mother invited her down to the field to celebrate the Chiefs\u2019 AFC Championship game win in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time I stepped on the field, which would have been when you won the AFC Championship, the first season that I was with you, and it was in Baltimore, and we\u2019re in the suite and you just won the AFC Championship, we\u2019re freaking out and everybody\u2019s screaming, and [Travis\u2019] mom goes, \u2018Alright, let\u2019s go down to the field,\u2019\u201d Swift, 35, said during the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018What, we\u2019re doing, what do you mean? We\u2019re going where?\u2019 And she\u2019s like, \u2018We\u2019re going down to the field,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Did he say that that\u2019s OK?\u2019 Cause we hadn\u2019t talked about this.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/14\/sports\/taylor-swift-reveals-cherished-nfl-moment-with-travis-kelce-she-didnt-expect\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Taylor Swift effect has reached the Chiefs, according to owner Clark Hunt. 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