There are Swifties who really believe that Taylor Swift gave her boyfriend Travis Kelce a hickey before the December 17 Kansas City Chiefs game versus the New England Patriots. They might not be wrong though - since there are photographic evidence.
In some of the game photographs that have subsequently circulated on social media, keen-eyed fans observed that Kelce appeared to have a heavy red love mark on his neck.
With a close-up picture of the NFL player, one fan tweeted, "A mark on Travis' neck."
Another user said, "TAYLOR LEFT A HICKEY ON TRAVIS????" QUEENNNNNNN. "Wait, Taylor gave Travis a Hickey?!" exclaimed a third person.
Sports analyst Pat McAfee was among those who used TikTok to express their opinions over Kelce's oddly placed mark.
In a tape from his morning broadcast, the former football player remarked, "It did look like he had a hickey right there on his neck."
"That gave me the impression that He and Taylor were merely having fun."
While his co-hosts concurred that the mark looked like a hickey, several viewers thought it was just a bruise from the tough game.
Another user concurred, saying, "It happened during the game, it wasn't there during pregame."
According to a third, "Those kinds of marks are very common among football players because of the shoulder pads rubbing."
The 34-year-old singer of "Cruel Summer" and the 34-year-old tight end had been dating covertly over the summer.
In September, they announced their relationship to the world when she attended the Chiefs' game against the Chicago Bears. Swift has now seen almost half of Kelce's games, including the one against the Patriots, in person.
For the match, the 12-time Grammy winner and her father, Scott Swift, occupied her customary position in a suite. Taylor ignored a few jeers from the audience in favor of her handsome boyfriend, cheering him on with new friends Brittany Mahomes and Ashley Avignone.
Taylor wore a Chiefs crewneck sweater and a white and red beanie with Kelce's jersey number on it to prepare for the chilly weather.
Despite the fact that the game was a week before Christmas, the father-daughter team started celebrating a little early by presenting cake to other spectators and leaving a fairly large tip for the stadium employees.
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