Jets proprietor Woody Johnson gave Taylor Swift a welcome to New York on Sunday night time at MetLife Stadium, although it wasn’t sitting effectively with a number of the followers of the group he owns.
Swift, 33, has been rumored to be relationship Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, additionally 33, and was readily available for the second Sunday in a row to look at him play.
However Johnson and his son Jack appeared to make a journey to pose for images with the pop icon throughout New York’s 23-20 loss to Kansas Metropolis.
In a submit on X, previously Twitter, Johnson shared a photograph of himself alongside Jack and Swift inside a collection on the Jets’ residence.
The Jets proprietor, who was sporting a white costume shirt, black sport coat, Jets hat and a diamond chain along with his identify on it, captioned the image: “Yup you guessed it… we’re Swifties too.”
Johnson’s submit angered a few of his fanbase, which has been furious because the fourth quarter Sunday night time over a defensive holding name on Sauce Gardner that modified the trajectory of the sport.
The questionable name has led a faction of the fanbase to delve into conspiracy idea territory that the NFL had wished to affect the sport within the Chiefs’ favor as a result of Swift’s presence.
The NFL didn’t do itself any favors the next day when the league’s official Instagram bio referenced the Chiefs being 2-Zero since changing into “Swifties.”
It was later deleted.
“We continuously change our bios and profile imagery primarily based on what’s occurring in and round our video games, in addition to culturally,” the league mentioned in an announcement issued to The Publish. “The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce information has been a pop cultural second we’ve leaned into in actual time, because it’s an intersection of sport and leisure, and we’ve seen an unbelievable quantity of positivity across the sport.”
Irate Gang Inexperienced followers implored Johnson to additionally delete his photograph with Swift, with others begging him to learn the room after Sunday’s heartbreaking loss.
“you value us the sport, if that’s the case,” one Jets fan wrote on X.
“Delete this, no pulse on the group or the followers. Ridiculous,” one other fan frustratingly expressed.
“Should you’re not probably the most tone-deaf proprietor in soccer, I don’t know who’s. You simply don’t get it. Promote the group,” one other offended fan mentioned.
Others appeared to have a extra lighthearted response to the image and the Swift-related NFL conspiracies.
“I see what you’re doing. Good play if the NFL thinks you’re a Swifty then the refs will chill with the flags. Good man,” one fan joked.
The Jets dropped Sunday’s sport to the Chiefs regardless of probably the greatest efforts by quarterback Zach Wilson in his time with the franchise.
New York is 1-Three and subsequent performs the Broncos.