Taylor Swift is catching heat from some of her fans after being photographed hugging her friend Brittany Mahomes at the 2024 US Open. Mahomes, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, recently found herself in the political spotlight after Donald Trump publicly thanked her for "strongly defending" him, though it’s unclear what specific actions he referred to. With Swifties largely leaning left politically, seeing their favorite pop star cozy up to someone linked to Trump didn’t sit well with many, prompting backlash on social media. Fans expressed their disappointment, with some calling it a new low for Swift.
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00:00Taylor Swift is facing backlash from some Swifties online after hugging friend Brittany
00:05Mahomes at the 2024 U.S. Open Tennis Championships.
00:09Here's why.
00:10Brittany Mahomes, wife of Kansas City Chiefs player Patrick Mahomes, recently made headlines
00:15after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump thanked her for her support on Truth
00:19Social, writing,
00:20"'I want to thank beautiful Brittany Mahomes for so strongly defending me and the fact
00:25that MAGA is the greatest and most powerful political movement in the history of our now
00:29failing country."
00:30The former president continued,
00:32"'It is nice to see someone who loves our country and wants to save it from doom.
00:36What a great couple.
00:37See you both at the Super Bowl.'"
00:38It's unclear exactly what Trump meant by strongly defending, but Mahomes has recently
00:44been liking and unliking a number of Trump campaign social media posts.
00:48While fans thought Swift was giving her friend the cold shoulder at a recent Kansas City
00:52Chiefs game after they sat in separate sections, that theory was thrown out the window on September
00:578th at the U.S. Open.
00:59Paparazzi snapped pics of Swift and Mahomes enjoying the game, hugging and giggling with
01:03their respective Chiefs players.
01:05The pictures have rubbed a lot of Swifties, a largely left-leaning fanbase, the wrong
01:10way, as many took to social media to criticize the star on X.
01:14This user wrote,
01:15"'Hugging' Trump supporters is a new low for her."
01:17And another chimed in,
01:19"'Honestly, they seem so happy.
01:20I wish I was this out of touch.'"