Caitlin Clark is cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs alongside Taylor Swift.
Clark, who is 22 years old, accompanied Swift, who is 35 years old, to the Chiefs playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday, January 18, at Arrowhead Stadium. The NFL’s official TikTok account shared a video on Saturday, showing Swift’s boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, evading a tackle by the Texans.
Amid cheers from the fans, the camera panned to Swift’s VIP box seats where she was captured embracing Clark in excitement. Also present in the box were Swift’s parents, Scott and Andrea, as well as her brother, Austin, all dressed in Chiefs-branded windbreakers according to posts on social media.
The Chiefs’ game against the Texans on Saturday marked their first playoff game of the season. The victorious team will progress to the AFC conference championship, where they will compete against either the Baltimore Ravens or the Buffalo Bills. The winner of that game will secure a spot in the Super Bowl scheduled for February.
As for Clark, the WNBA star recently appeared as a guest on a recent episode of Kelce’s podcast, “New Heights,” which he co-hosts with brother and former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce. During the January 2 episode, Clark revealed that she had attended Swift’s Eras Tour three different times.
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“I went early on when Taylor first went on tour in Minnesota at U.S. Bank. One of her early concerts and that was a lot of fun,” Clark told the Kelce brothers. “I went with some of my college friends and we had a good time together.”
However, during the podcast, Clark, who currently plays as a guard for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA, made it clear that being a Chiefs fan is in her blood.
“I’m a midwest kid,” she explained. “I had family in Kansas City and I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, which is only three hours from Kansas City, so that’s the closest NFL team. My dad was a big Chiefs fan growing up. People think I’m a bandwagon Chiefs fan and I’m like, ‘No! I was there before! Before Patrick [Maholmes] and Travis. We were ride or dies.”
In an interview with TIME in December 2024, Clark shared that Swift wound up gifting her four bags of Eras Tour merchandise, along with a note that said the athlete was “inspiring to watch from afar.”
According to the outlet, it was at this time that the pop star invited Clark to attend a Chiefs game with her, and noted that she and Travis would have to attend an Indiana Fever game soon as well.
