‘Lighten Up’: NFL Fans Irritated About Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce Air Time Need To Shake It Off And Be Happy, Says Colby Hall

NFL fans who hate hate hate hate hate the coverage that Taylor Swift is getting from the league during games and elsewhere over her romance with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce need to “lighten up,” Mediaite founding editor Colby Hall told anchors Adrienne Bankert and Markie Martin on Friday’s Morning in America on NewsNation.

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo was among those who lodged complaints about cameras repeatedly cutting to Swift at the Chiefs-Bears game last week and the volume of coverage of the two stars’ relationship by sports media, and Kelce himself said that perhaps the league has gone a bit overboard.

But everyone goes a bit overboard now and then, said Hall on Friday, and people should just try to have a little fun, be happy, and enjoy themselves. And seriously? Try that. It’ll change your life, friends.

By the way, Hall also said that Taylor Swift is “bigger than Elvis,” which comment this writer will not address.

BANKERT: Let’s talk about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Now he’s actually saying all the love the NFL is showing her when she’s in the suite at the games is too much. Let’s listen.

JASON KELCE (CLIP): Take away your feelings for Taylor —

TRAVIS KELCE (CLIP): I think everybody’s just like —

JASON KELCE (CLIP): What is your honest opinion on how the NFL is treating celebrities at games?

TRAVIS KELCE (CLIP): I think it’s fun when they show who all was at the game. You know? I think, I think it brings a little bit more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you’re watching. But at the same time —

JASON KELCE (CLIP): They’re overdoing it.

TRAVIS KELCE (CLIP): I think they’re overdoing it. They’re they’re overdoing it a little bit for sure. Especially my situation.

BANKERT: You know, people of a certain era may be familiar with the statement, “any press is good press.” I’m thinking the NFL doesn’t really care if fans are hating or not, they’re just glad people are talking about them. What do you say?

HALL: I, I kind of love this story. I mean, sure, of course they overdo it, but everyone overdoes everything a little bit, I mean first of all Taylor Swift —

BANKERT: Everybody? Everybody, Colby?

HALL: Well, I will say that, you know, Taylor Swift is bigger than Elvis. I mean, she’s huge. Two things: One —

BANKERT: You are saying a lot of things that people could take issue with. That Netflix has more money than God and that Taylor Swift is bigger than Elvis. Elvis for real?

HALL: I go big. I go big. Elvis was a hero to most. But I will say that Taylor —

BANKERT: Do you think Taylor Swift is a hero to all?

HALL: Look I’ve been to a Taylor Swift concert in 2016 in San Jose, and it was packed with everyone singing every word. It was bigger than anything I’d ever seen. Like Elvis has his historic role, and Taylor Swift is not historic like Elvis, but right now, she’s huge.

BANKERT: You are a “Swiftie” aren’t ya? You’re biased!

HALL: Yeah. Well, here’s what I would say. The thing is, the subset of NFL fans and Swifties don’t really overlap. So here’s this kind of lovely moment, where Taylor Swift fans and ardent football fans are kind of comingling. No one’s mad. Everyone’s getting along. It’s this pop culture thing.

BANKERT: No they are mad. There are fans, there are die-hard NFL fans who are saying, Cut the cameras, dude, let me watch the game. I don’t care who his girlfriend is.

HALL: There’s people — some people are going to be mad all the time no matter what. But I think people that get mad over like a five-second shot of Taylor Swift, need —

BANKERT: Fifteen times?

HALL: Oh, well sit with the game on Sunday night, they actually spent more time talking about Zach Wilson, the Jets quarterback, than they did Taylor Swift. He had a good game. So I think people like to — They get they get wedded to being angry about stuff that doesn’t matter. And I think this is that example.

People need to lighten up. It’s a pop culture phenomenon. It’s it’s a fun thing. And, you know, the Bears won last night, people should be happy. You know —

BANKERT: They’re thrilled.

HALL: Oh by the way, also, Taylor is promoting a movie and buying a lot of ad spots during NFL games. So that’s another angle here. So the NFL is like, hey, you buy ads on our games —

BANKERT: We’ll give you air time.

HALL: We’ll promote that a little bit. And that’s exactly right.

BANKERT: And meanwhile, there are some people who are just tired, just, they’re not mad. They’re just tired. They’re like, I just want to watch the game. But yeah.

HALL: I think be happy. Be happy, enjoy, exactly. It’s the Morning Show.

BANKERT: Let’s be happy. Let’s share some love. Let’s cheer for unity among football fans and Swifties alike.

HALL: It’s the Harmonic Convergence.

BANKERT: I now have greater hope in world peace because of your perspective. Colby thank you. So, generous.

HALL: I’m glad.

BANKERT: Have a great, great, great weekend.

MARTIN: I just. Want to see him in the crowd at a Taylor Swift concert. Singing every word, living it up.

BANKERT: Saying shake, shake, shake, shake it, shake it off.

MARTIN: Yeah, yeah. Colby, if you got footage, you know where to send it.

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