{"id":263094,"date":"2026-09-15T12:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/taylor-swift-skips-emmys-to-attend-chiefs-game-with-tom-cruise\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:37:53","slug":"taylor-swift-skips-emmys-to-attend-chiefs-game-with-tom-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/taylor-swift-skips-emmys-to-attend-chiefs-game-with-tom-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Skips Emmys to Attend Chiefs Game With &#8230; Tom Cruise?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well, there weren\u2019t a whole lot of surprises at Arrowhead Stadium last night:<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs once again looked dominant against a formidable AFC opponent, and Taylor Swift was there to cheer on her man.<\/p>\n<p>It was Travis Kelce\u2019s first game as a married man, so it makes sense that Tay was on hand \u2014 but some fans thought she might sit this one out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-563000 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2197310482-5-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taylor Swift attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After all, Swift did miss a few Chiefs games last season.<\/p>\n<p>And as the 2025 Emmy Awards were taking place in Los Angeles at the same time that the Chiefs were squaring off against the Denver Broncos in KC.<\/p>\n<p>So Taylor would\u2019ve had a perfectly good reason for skipping what\u2019s likely to be the final home opener of her husband\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she was right there in her usual luxury box, alongside Donna Kelce, and \u2026 Tom Cruise?!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DdSeHEIil1w\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Yes, for some reason, Tay and Tom were side-by-side and yapping it up between plays.<\/p>\n<p>Why was Cruise on hand? No one seems to know.<\/p>\n<p>The man has been everywhere lately, promoting his upcoming film Digger. But surely that\u2019s not the only reason he attended the Chiefs game as Taylor\u2019s guest \u2014 right?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe these two are working on some sort of project together. Or maybe Tay just liked the optics of showing up with the most random A-lister she could think of (and Nicolas Cage was unavailable).<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe Tom Cruise has been a closet Chiefs fan all this time but didn\u2019t want to betray his Upstate New York roots.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Taylor\u2019s absence at the Emmys and presence at Arrowhead made it clear where her loyalties lie.<\/p>\n<p>And the fact that Tom was with her was a testament to her still-growing star power.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"AEvOVn8oyrQ\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AEvOVn8oyrQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Emmys 2026: Taylor Swift Makes SURPRISE Appearance for SVU Parody\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AEvOVn8oyrQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Emmys 2026: Taylor Swift Makes SURPRISE Appearance for SVU Parody\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Emmys 2026: Taylor Swift Makes SURPRISE Appearance for SVU Parody\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In a testament to her ability to somehow be everywhere at the same time, Taylor also appeared in a sketch, alongside her cat (or at least a cat pretending to be her cat), Olivia Benson.<\/p>\n<p>Mariska Hargitay made her debut as Emmys host, an Taylor might be the world\u2019s most famous <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/em> fan, so it was a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>Few stars are so big that they can skip an award show and still co-star with the host in a sketch about their absence.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the Chiefs weren\u2019t the only ones who won big last night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"thg-endcard\" hidden=\"\" aria-label=\"Get the Hollywood Gossip app\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thg-endcard-icon lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/thg-ios-app-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"thg-endcard-title\">Get the app \u2014 celeb news first<\/span><span class=\"thg-endcard-sub\">Push alerts the second a story breaks \u00b7 4.8\u2605 \u00b7 Free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thg-endcard-get\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/apple-store\/id372387225?pt=367523&amp;ct=web-endcard-cta&amp;mt=8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get the App<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/09\/taylor-swift-skips-emmys-to-attend-chiefs-game-with-tom-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, there weren\u2019t a whole lot of surprises at Arrowhead Stadium last night: The Kansas City Chiefs once again looked dominant against a formidable AFC opponent, and Taylor Swift was there to cheer on her man. 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