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There isn’t much the seasoned 65-year-old
hasn’t encountered in a storied career, but he was almost lost
for words when a German reporter asked him about theories being
espoused that the NFL had somehow "scripted" the romance between
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift to allow the pop
star to use the Super Bowl to bolster support for Joe Biden in
the presidential election.
“Hmmm,” Reid smiled, before suddenly shaking his head in
bemusement.
“That’s way out of my league. Very similar to me speaking
German,” he guffawed.
“But listen, I appreciate the question. She’s been great,” he
said of Swift’s support, before adding “We had a nice visit with
President Biden last year, but that’s about as far as I can go
with that.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell had on Monday laughed off the
claims as the run-up to Sunday's Super Bowl between Kansas City
and San Francisco has been dominated by stories surrounding the
relationship between the world's biggest pop star and the Chiefs
player.
While Goodell said the "Taylor Swift effect" is positive for the
league, the singer has become a target for allies of former
President Donald Trump, with some spreading conspiracy theories
that her relationship with Kelce was part of an NFL plan to get
Biden back into the White House.
"I don't think I'm that good of a scripter -- or anybody on our
staff," laughed Goodell. "Listen, there is no way I could have
scripted that one, let's put it that way."
Swift backed Biden in 2020 and while she has not announced
support for any candidate ahead of this year's election some
Republican party supporters are convinced she will use the Super
Bowl spotlight to call on her army of fans, known as "Swifties",
to vote Democrat.
Vivek Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the presidential race last
month before throwing his support behind Trump, said in January
on the social media platform X: "I wonder who’s going to win the
Super Bowl next month.
"And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming
from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall.
Just some wild speculation over here, let’s see how it ages over
the next 8 months."
(Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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