Taylor Swift screaming a possible F-bomb became an instant, perfect meme
You knew it the moment it happened that it would become a meme:
Taylor Swift leaped out of her seat in a Gillette Stadium suite and SCREAMED at referees after New England Patriots cornerback may have interfered with Travis Kelce (no flag was thrown).
What she screamed may have been a loud F-bomb, so of course fans everywhere took that video of her possibly dropping a “What the [expletive]?!” and made some meme magic out of it, with a lot of the jokes … well, Taylor themed, naturally!
Here’s a sampling of a few we saw on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday afternoon:
Taylor Swift may not have dropped the F-bomb at Chiefs game after all — here’s what she said
See Taylor Swift’s reaction after boyfriend Travis Kelce gets pushed and NFL fans booing her during Kansas City Chiefs game
She talked her talk and went viral — but for all the wrong reasons.
Fans were convinced that Taylor Swift dropped the F-bomb while watching Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs game this past weekend, however, an expert believes she didn’t use the swear word after all.
“After careful examination, it is my professional opinion that Taylor Swift did not utter the expletive ‘f–k’ as has been alleged,” Jeremy Freeman, a forensic expert lip reader based in the U.K., told Fox News in an article published Tuesday.
Freeman explained that Swift’s lip pattern did not “align” with the F-word.
“The sequence appears to begin with ‘you,’ followed by a sound resembling ‘f.’ However, upon closely observing her mouth movements, it seems she rolls her R,” Freeman explained. “This movement does not correspond with the alleged word ‘flag.’”
A lip-reading expert believes Taylor Swift did not yell “f–k” while watching Travis Kelce’s game play.FOX/NFL/Twitter
“After careful examination, it is my professional opinion that Taylor Swift did not utter the expletive ‘f–k’ as has been alleged,” forensic expert lip reader Jeremy Freeman said.FOX NFL
Instead, the lip-reading aficionado offered three “nonsensical” terms she may have shouted to keep things G-rated — them being frug, fry or fruck.
“Given the context and her vocal expression, it is plausible that she might have altered her intended word mid-sentence, possibly upon realizing she was being observed,” Freeman said. “This could result in what appears to be an incomplete or nonsensical utterance.”
Freeman pointed out that he could only speculate since there is no “clear audio” to accompany the footage.
The lip-reading expert believes she used a “nonsensical” word instead of cursing word when she realized she was “being observed.”AP
“However, based on my expertise in lip-reading, the evidence does not support the claim that the specific offensive word was used,” he added.
The “Cruel Summer” singer, 34, left onlookers convinced she had cursed after Kelce, 34, was pushed down during the Chiefs’ winning game against the New England Patriots on Sunday.
Swift was caught on camera jumping up from her seat in the VIP Suite at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. after Patriots cornerback Myles Bryant shoved her boyfriend in the end zone.
Swift’s heated moment happened when Kelce was pushed down by Patriots cornerback Myles Bryant.
Kelce then signaled for a referee to issue a pass interference penalty, though ultimately, no flag was thrown.
Bryant reacted to Swift’s heated moment in the stands, admitting to People on Monday, “It’s a high-stakes game. People get real into it, so it’s cool.”
He added, “It’s cool she’s into it.”
“It’s a high-stakes game. People get real into it, so it’s cool,” Bryant said of Swift’s reaction to the play.CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The singer was attending the game with her dad.CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Swift had been attending the NFL game with her dad, Scott Swift, and best friend Alana Haim.
The pop star has been candid about being ultra-aware that cameras are on her as she cheers on her man.
“I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in. There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once,” she told Time magazine in her interview for Person of the Year.
She has been spotted at several of the Chiefs player’s games since they went public in September.Getty Images
The pop star confirmed they started dating this summer.Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
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“I’m just there to support Travis,” she continued. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”
The Grammy-winning artist has been attending many of Kelce’s games since they took their relationship public in September when she hit up his game against the Chicago Bears.
However, she later confirmed that they started secretly seeing each other in July.
