Patrick Mahomes Gives Telling Travis Kelce Update After Reports of Their Different Opinions Over Trump
The friendship between Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and the team’s TE Travis Kelce has always been solid. The two have not only been a good twosome off the field, but they have also led the Chiefs to five Super Bowl appearances and three Super Bowl wins together. That’s enough to form a bond. But that doesn’t mean the two always see eye to eye.
Fans have especially been wondering about the two’s political opinions lately. Mahomes hasn’t specifically indicated his politics, but his wife, Brittany Mahomes, has given indications she supports President Donald Trump in the past. Meanwhile, Kelce, who also stays somewhat under the radar when it comes to politics, has supported his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, who endorsed Kamala Harris in the last election cycle. There’s no middle ground there.
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With the team back for organized team activities (OTAs) already, Mahomes was asked about Kelce after the TE missed one practice but returned for the rest. “I know his body feels good,” Mahomes said. “I think it feels better than even last year, before going into last year, just because I think he’s motivated to go out there and have an even better year than he did this past year.”
No drama there, just football. This comes after reports that Kelce is pretty mad at the way President Trump has talked about his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Kelce has never outright spoken against Trump, and in a pre-Super Bowl conference said, about Trump’s attendance to the game, “I think, you know, no matter who the president is, I know I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there, you know, it’s the best country in the world. So, that’d be pretty cool.”
However, on May 16, on the social media app Truth Social, President Trump asked his followers, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’” This is far from the first time President Trump has talked about Taylor Swift, previously posting “I hate Taylor Swift,” days after she endorsed Kamala Harris for President.
Swift has been pretty open about endorsing Democratic candidates and talked about her need to use her voice in her 2020 Netflix documentary Miss Americana.
Kelce reportedly was pretty upset about Trump’s social media attacks, with the Daily Mail even reporting that Kelce was “seething” at the remarks. “Travis is livid that the President of the United States is talking negatively about Taylor,” sources told the outlet. “He is so mad that he is going to use it as motivation during training for the season ahead, especially if Trump continues talking.”
They added, “Since Travis can’t say anything publicly because that would just open another can of worms, he has to figure out ways to get it out of his system because he would love to protect Taylor and stick up for her. But keeping quiet is the move he has to do right now.”
No confirmation on whether that means keeping quiet on his real opinions to his friend and QB, but the two still appear to be on good terms, or at least ready to tackle a new season together. As for Taylor Swift herself and Mahomes’ wife, Brittany, who has been more open about her support for Trump, that remains to be seen. Perhaps they can put aside political preferences. Or perhaps you just don’t want to be friends with someone who would support a man openly insulting you over and over. Time will tell.
