ESPN’s Pat McAfee revealed details from inside Taylor Swift’s private suite at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, including how enthusiastic she is while watching her Chiefs tight end husband, Travis Kelce.
“She is all in. She is — every snap, [it] was the most into-it suite we’ve ever been in,” McAfee, 39, said during the Tuesday, September 15, episode of The Pat McAfee Show. “Everybody in there was all in. I mean … then he had that 59-yard catch, oh my God, that is what being a football fan is like. Watching them experience the game was fantastic.”
The sports analyst shared further memories from inside the venue when he and Swift, 36, watched the Chiefs win their Monday, September 14, NFL opener against the Denver Broncos, 31-10. He noted that while he did attend the Madison Square Garden wedding of Travis, also 36, and Swift in New York City on July 3, Monday offered McAfee his first chance to properly engage with the pop star.
“I got a chance to chitchat with Ms. Taylor Swift last night. Huge day,” he said before sharing a selfie he had snapped with her with his show’s viewers. “[I said], ‘Ms. Taylor, is there any way I can get a selfie with you?’ and she said ‘Absolutely.’ She was so kind, so hospitable. Her mom [Andrea Swift] brought sugarcoated bacon strips, candied bacon.”
McAfee also recalled how Taylor ushered him in for a warm hug when he entered the exclusive suite. “It was a thousand degrees, so we walk all the way up there, shout to Jason Kelce, I’m dripping in sweat, my shirt is just drenched, [and] we open the [door, and the] first person I see: Ms. Donna Kelce and Taylor Swift,” he shared. “I look at Ms. Donna, I go ‘Legend, how are you?’ I go to Taylor, ‘Ms. Taylor,’ [and] she goes, ‘Pat, how are you?’ Big hug she wants, and I’m drenched. This is how I’m meeting Taylor Swift for the first time really … just sweat all over her.”
A production member of The Pat McAfee Show added that the vibe inside the room was “absolutely rocking … so loud, hitting the roof every time.”
Taylor was joined by Tom Cruise on Monday night, with whom McAfee also recalled interacting. “I potentially talked to Tom Cruise last night. I’ll tell you, I was dripping in sweat, and he had a leather jacket on and didn’t have a single drop or bead of sweat anywhere. He doesn’t sweat. I had a big, hearty laugh at that,” he said.
ESPN cameras captured Taylor chatting with Cruise, 64 — another guest at her and Travis’ wedding — inside the suite late in the first quarter.
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