Taylor Swift’s fans rushed to her defence after a sports columnist suggested she was to blame for her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s loss on the football field.

The singer spent her Christmas Day watching Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs take on the Las Vegas Raiders – with the latter team taking home a win of 20-14.

Following the game, sports columnist and commentator Skip Bayless took to X/Twitter to explain that he viewed the singer as a reason for the loss, calling her a “distraction.” “Feels like it’s about time to call Taylor Swift a distraction,” his tweet read. “What do you think, Patrick? Andy? How about you, Travis?”

Throughout the game, whenever Kelce made a catch or the Chiefs scored a touchdown, the camera would pan over to the Grammy winner – which tends to happen every time she is in attendance at a game.

However, following Bayless’ post on social media many of the singer’s fans responded in outrage over how someone who wasn’t a player or coach could be blamed for the team’s loss.

“Last time I checked Taylor Swift wasn’t playing for the Chiefs,” one tweet began in defence of Swift. “That’s like calling out and Blaming the Chiefs poor performance on Britney Mahomes and his Little brother Jackson.

It’s an Absolutely ridiculous and pathetic excuse.” Another response agreed, writing, “I didn’t know Taylor Swift plays wide receiver for the Chiefs.” Feels like it’s about time to call Taylor Swift a distraction. What do you think, Patrick? Andy? How about you, Travis?