🏈 Taylor Swift Picked Tom Cruise Over the Emmys — and Football Won
Taylor Swift picked Chiefs football over the Emmys — with Tom Cruise in her suite.
Snubbz Staff
9/16/20261 min read
Taylor Swift had two invitations on her calendar Monday night: the 78th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles and the Kansas City Chiefs' home opener at Arrowhead Stadium. She chose football.
👀 The Suite Nobody Saw Coming
Cameras caught Swift in a luxury suite sitting next to none other than Tom Cruise. She wore a red-and-cream checkered outfit, sipped a drink, and chatted with the Top Gun star through the first quarter. The NFL posted the clip on X — 1.3 million views in an hour.
❤️ Mrs. Kelce's First Game Night
This was Swift's first Chiefs game as a married woman — she and Travis Kelce tied the knot July 3 at Madison Square Garden, and Cruise was on the guest list. When Rashee Rice scored on a Patrick Mahomes pass late in the second quarter, Swift jumped up and gave Cruise a high five and a hug.
🏆 Football Over Awards Shows
Skipping the Emmys wasn't nothing — her Disney+ concert special "The Eras Tour: The Final Show" had five nominations. All five were decided at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sep 5, and it went home empty-handed. So she picked a Monday night with her husband's team over an awards show she wasn't winning anyway.
🔥 The Snubbz Take
That's the most relatable thing a billionaire has ever done. Sit through a four-hour awards show in a dress you can't breathe in, or eat stadium food and hug Tom Cruise while your husband scores? Football won. Everyone else lost.
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