NFL is defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Couple go viral for predicting the love connection in 2020.

0:04 Hi, am Welcome to Taylor Swift Today. A short roundup of all the headlines around Taylor's music, tours, movies, and life. The NFL is defending its decision to spotlight Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, who have sparked romance rumors amid recent backlash from some football fans. For the past two Sundays, the pop star has shown up at the Kansas City Chiefs games, leading to quite a frenzy on social media. Following her appearances, the NFL has played along with the extra attention the singer has brought the league, including changing its bio and official NFL social accounts, as well as posting additional photos of Swift, most recently, after the Chiefs beat the New York Jets in a controversial victory. The NFL's Instagram bio reads Chiefs are two to zero as swifties acknowledging how many times Swift has attended the Titans games. The NFL also wrote NFL Taylor's version in its bio and X. Although the tailor references were removed the following day after each game, some football fans were still upset, saying the NFL appeared to be focused on celebrating one team's victory. In response, the league said in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, we frequently change our bios and profile imagery based on what's happening in and around the games, as well as culturally. The Tailor and Travis news has been a pop cultural moment we've leaned into in real time and were seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport. The vast majority of our content has remained focused on the game, our players, and variety of other initiatives, including a toy story,

1:34 fun Day, Football, all cast, the International Games, and more. The league concluded. An Oklahoma City couple went viral for predicting the love connection between Taylor and Travis. The couple dressed up as a pair for Halloween in twenty twenty. Three years later, their costumes became a reality, accompanied by a photo of their costume. The couple wrote on social media in twenty twenty, I don't know any world in which Taylor Swift plus Travis Kelcey would be in the same room together, but apparently in this one they're married. The couple went to the Chiefs versus Jets game on Sunday, leaving the day before to get ready for the game. Taylor Swift's concert film hasn't even been released yet, and it's already toppling box office records. This from CNN. Cinemak, the theater chain with about five hundred locations, said that ticket sales for Taylor Swift the Eras Tour are setting domestic pre sale records, with demand ten times higher than any other event film the company has exhibited. The reaction has blown everyone away, Cinemac announced in a press release. Excitement has been building for the three hour long film, which is opening next Friday, and add for the movie even air during NBC's Sunday Night Football last weekend, where Swift made an appearance to cheer on her possible boyfriend, Kansas City Chief star Travis.

2:51 Cinemak is not the first theater chain to experience an increase in sales via Taylor. AMC Theaters previously announced that the singer's Heroes to a Concert movie shattered records for single day advanced ticket sales, with twenty six million dollars sold on the first day. Swift's movie crushed the single day record less than three hours after tickets became available, prompting AMC to add extra showtimes where possible. The concert film, which is being screened in some theaters in both Imax and standard versions, is expected to rake in between one hundred and one hundred and twenty five million dollars in its opening weekend, according to industry estimates. Superstar Beyonce is also releasing a film version of her Renaissance World Tour for a theatrical release. Ticket pre sales began Monday for the December first premiere More Taylor Swift Today.

3:38 At the moment, Taylor Swift has a chance to make it three consecutive trips to see Travis Kelsey's games, and the Mayor of Minneapolis is leading the cheers for her to do so this coming weekend. This from TMZ Mayor Jacob Fry says he and the rest of the city are ready to welcome Taytay with open arms Sunday, which is when Kansas City Chiefs play the Vikings for an afternoon matchup. He even has an on the nose message to encourage her. Frey says, we know all too well the positive impact Taylor Swift has on the cities she visits. Minneapolis is no exception. The mayor has fond Memories to a stop in Minneapolis earlier this year. Adding her two sold out concerts at us Bank Stadium in June led to a record setting tourism weekend, including booked up hotels and packed downtown restaurants, boosting our local economy beyond our wildest dreams. For what it's worth, the Swifty Applis thing is real. They literally changed the city's name, if only for a short time. So yes, his clear knowledge of Taylor's catalog, it's fair to say his honors a full on swifty And there you have it. Please follow us on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts, or your favorite Apple of choice. And if you like the show, hit those five stars on Apple. That really helps us out. I'm Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermott. This is Taylor Swift Today.