NASCAR driver with ties to Taylor Swift goals a dig at Travis Kelce

Following a disappointing 40-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Tremendous Bowl LIX, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star tight finish Travis Kelce and pop icon Taylor Swift have noticeably pulled again from the general public eye. The couple, who had been closely featured in headlines all through the NFL season, have reportedly been suggested by their interior circle to restrict their publicity amid rising public scrutiny and on-line backlash.

Over the previous two months, Kelce and Swift have taken a number of low-key holidays, each inside the USA and overseas. Their public outings have been minimal, and so they’ve largely prevented main occasions, purple carpets, and social media spectacles.

Kanye West and Josh Berry maintain the highlight on Swift and Kelce

However regardless of their efforts to step away from the limelight, the general public consideration hasn’t precisely disappeared-it’s simply taken on a distinct form.

Not too long ago, Swift turned the goal of controversial remarks from rapper Kanye West, who bizarrely blamed the pop celebrity for allegedly stopping him from ever touchdown a coveted Tremendous Bowl halftime present slot.

“I by no means was allowed to do the Tremendous Bowl due to three moments,” West wrote in a now-deleted publish. “George Bush do not care about black individuals. The Taylor Swift motion second. Carrying a MAGA hat.”

Whereas Swift remained silent following West’s social media tirade, her authorized staff reportedly issued a stop and desist after West made false and defamatory private claims throughout one other outburst. That debacle alone saved Swift’s identify trending for days-proof that even silence cannot maintain her out of the general public dialog.

Now, Kelce has additionally discovered himself within the crosshairs-though in a a lot subtler means. NASCAR driver Josh Berry, a Wooden Brothers Racing driver who attended highschool with Swift at Hendersonville Excessive in Tennessee, took a veiled swipe at Kelce throughout a current interview on the Rubbin’ Is Racing podcast.

Berry mirrored on how typically his previous connection to Swift resurfaces in media conversations.

“It is a type of issues whenever you’re doing an interview at some point and any person’s like, ‘Hey, what’s a humorous, loopy story about you?'” Berry stated. “I am like, ‘Oh, I went to high school with Taylor Swift.’ You do not suppose that is that massive of a deal. However good gosh, man. It by no means ends.”

The NASCAR driver went on to clarify how Swift’s relationship with Kelce has reignited the general public’s curiosity in his personal tenuous connection to her.

“Then she begins courting Travis Kelce and all of it comes again once more. I am like, ‘I do not care about Travis Kelce. He has nothing to do with me.’ It simply by no means ends,” Berry added.