Taylor Swift questions to Patrick Mahomes leave NFL fans ANGRY before first game.

Taylor Swift made a grand entrance on Thursday night as she arrived at Arrowhead Stadium to watch the Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens in the opening game of the new NFL season.

Taylor Swift stole the show on Thursday night as the NFL season kicked off, with Patrick Mahomes fielding questions about the pop superstar. NFL fans were quick to express their frustration online.

Swift’s arrival at Arrowhead Stadium to watch her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Baltimore Ravens caused quite a stir, with clips of her entrance spreading like wildfire across social media and even featuring in NBC Sports’ broadcast before an unexpected weather delay saw the game start 20 minutes later than planned.

During the delay, NBC aired a pre-recorded interview with Mahomes that had fans fuming for its focus on Swift rather than the much-anticipated game. Viewers tuning in for the scheduled kickoff were instead met with Mahomes discussing his teammate’s famous partner.

We wait 8 months for the NFL and they are asking Mahomes about his tight end celebrity girlfriend? Can we come back to earth please,” one disgruntled fan posted on X. “Why are we talking about Taylor Swift in an interview with Mahomes,” another began.

“I don’t give a damn about how cool it is that Travis is dating her. Talk football and only football,” they continued. “There’s no way I just saw a Patrick Mahomes interview and half of it was just questions about Taylor Swift,” questioned another bewildered fan.

In a captivating sit-down with NBC’s Chris Simms, the exclusive chat aired last Sunday as a curtain-raiser ahead of the imminent first Football Sunday of the year. The broadcast was a silver lining provided by a surprise storm over Arrowhead Stadium, giving NBC the chance to showcase their major interview.

Mahomes opened up about the buzz surrounding the first game of the season in the interview clip highlighted on Thursday but paid special attention to Swift’s influence in attracting female viewers to the sport. The Chiefs’ star quarterback applauded Swift for making football more appealing to women and even playfully mentioned her involvement in strategizing plays.

He said: “I think it’s been cool to see the girls and the women that have really embraced watching football. I know being a girl dad, how cool it is for me to see like these little girls – these daughters – and how much they love to spend time with their dad, watching football.

“And then meeting Taylor, realizing how genuine and cool she is. I think that’s been special to me because she’s like you said, the most famous person in the world, she could not be (genuine).”

Not only has Swift shown an affinity for the game, but her curiosity and active participation have caught Mahomes’s attention: “And she’s really interested in football, and she asks a lot of great questions. Started drawing up plays. We might have to put one in.”