Love it or hate it, the Taylor Swift era is here for the foreseeable future and broadcasters are milking her presence at Kansas City Chiefs games as much as they can.
This week, Swift was in attendance for the Chiefs’ Week 7 meeting with the division rival Los Angeles Chargers, showing off a new “secret handshake” with Patrick Mahomes’ wife, Brittany.
Swift was in a booth with Mrs. Mahomes, but there was another person who caught everyone’s attention: the star quarterback’s TikToking little brother who was charged in May with three felony counts of aggravated sexual battery, Jackson.
Let’s just say that there is one thing in common between your average NFL fan and a Swiftie: they do not like Jackson Mahomes at all.
Fans of the 33-year-old singer pointed to Jackson’s legal issues and wanted security to get him away from her.
“Jackson Mahomes a little too close to Tay Tay,” one fan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Surprised the NFL hasn’t sent a blocker up to the suite.”
Jackson Mahomes a little too close to Tay Tay. Surprised the NFL hasn’t sent a blocker up to the suite.#LACvsKC
pic.twitter.com/FepPJZRlnY— NFL Highs (@frito_paw) October 22, 2023
Another wrote, “I’m going to need someone to get her out of that box immediately, Jackson Mahomes is there.”
For some reason, former Bachelorette contestant Nick Viall wanted some attention so he chimed in on the discussion and took a shot at Chiefs security.
Chiefs security should be ashamed for letting Jackson Mahomes in the same room as Taylor Swift.
— Nick Viall (@NickViall) October 22, 2023
And the reactions kept on coming.
Here are some of the other responses to Swift being in Jackson Mahomes’ presence.
I was always skeptical but watching Taylor Swift dance around with Brittany and Jackson Mahomes makes me want to puke. Jackson should be serving prison time first of all. 😒
— ᘺᕼᓍᗷᗩᘿ (Jess) 🏈⚾⚽💖 (@thewhobae) October 23, 2023
okay guys so there are a lot of new swifties in the chiefs fandom and a lot of them don’t know who jackson mahomes is. jackson is patrick’s brother and he’s not a very good person which is why we keep saying to keep him away from taylor. this is some info!! pic.twitter.com/NkRRy5DG5K
— k! indy n2 (@SLUT41989) October 22, 2023
I’m scared for Taylor Swift with Jackson Mahomes right there pic.twitter.com/h9IIzOIRCb
— Dustin O’Donnell (@Bussin_Dustin) October 22, 2023
It’s actually a shame as a Taylor swift fan to see her, who famously sued a man for groping her and won, interacting with Jackson Mahomes.
— joanna breen (@meanjobreen) October 22, 2023
Taylor Swift realizing Jackson Mahomes is right behind her. #LACvsKC pic.twitter.com/fYyePtMyF9
— Austin (@AustinPlanet) October 22, 2023
what’s the taylor swift effect? people today are trying to defend JACKSON MAHOMES on the internet, an almost universally hated figure who committed SA and the entire thing was caught on video & released publically
— jami (@TayAugust0521) October 23, 2023
So, why the NFL may be going overboard with their Taylor Swift coverage — we can all admit it is a bit of overkill — we can all also agree that Jackson Mahomes sucks.
Mahomes was previously accused of sexually assaulting a 40-year-old owner of Aspens Restaurant and Lounge, with the woman alleging the 22-year-old TikToker had followed her into her office and forcibly kissed her.
Mahomes was visiting Aspens Restaurant and Lounge at the end of February when he allegedly assaulted a waiter by shoving him multiple times, before being accused of sexually assaulting the owner, 40-year-old Aspen Vaughn. Vaughn alleged that Mahomes “forcibly kissed” her and grabbed her by the neck in the restaurant’s downstairs office.
“He forcibly kissed me out of nowhere,” Vaughn said, via the Kansas City Star, “and I’m telling him, pushing him off saying ‘what are you doing?’ and then he proceeded to do it two more times where the last time I was pushing him off and I can see on the cameras that somebody was outside the office door and I was yelling for them to come help because he’s big and massive.”
Mahomes was with a group in the VIP area when Vaughn smelled marijuana coming from the room. She asked the group to stop smoking. She then says Mahomes asked to speak with her privately before grabbing her by the neck and leaving a “faint bruise that is evident in a photograph she provided.”
The incident — which has been under investigation since March — was captured on security cameras.
