Travis Kelce Is Reportedly Planning a ‘Man-to-Man’ Showdown to Defend Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift might be the picture of poise, but even she has her breaking point, and Kanye West has apparently pushed her to it. The pop star has reportedly issued a cease and desist against the rapper after his latest unhinged social media rant included graphic and completely baseless accusations involving Swift, Justin Bieber, and Harry Styles. And while Swift is handling the legal side of things, her boyfriend Travis Kelce seems ready to handle the rest.
Sources claim that Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, is “outraged” by West’s erratic behavior and has reportedly floated the idea of confronting West “man to man.” According to one insider, Kelce is frustrated by the idea that responding publicly to West’s conspiratorial posts only gives more oxygen to his harmful lies. But he’s also fiercely protective of Swift. “Taylor’s clearly upset, and Travis is obviously supporting her,” a source revealed to The Daily Mail. “There must be consequences. West would never dare say this to her face.”
This whole situation is just another page in the never-ending saga that is Kanye West versus Taylor Swift. For those blissfully unaware, this all started back in 2009, when West rudely derailed the then-19-year-old’s moment at the MTV Video Music Awards. The bad blood only deepened when West dropped his 2016 track “Famous,” with the misogynistic lyric, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b**** famous.” Then came the infamous music video featuring a wax figure of Swift made to look disturbingly lifelike and disturbingly naked. She accused West of creating “revenge porn,” and while West and his then-wife Kim Kardashian tried to spin things in their favor, a leaked extended phone call later vindicated Swift.
For years, Swift kept her distance, but it seems West’s recent meltdown made staying silent impossible. Among other things, he posted vile claims about a sexual encounter she supposedly had with Bieber and Styles — the latter of whom Swift briefly dated back in 2012 — and even bizarrely blamed her for his lack of a Super Bowl halftime show invite. “This isn’t just gossip,” one source said. “This is [West] sexually harassing a woman, defaming her, and intending to cause harm to her and her career.”
Both Bieber and Styles have already come to her defense, swiftly shutting down West’s allegations. “This never happened,” a Styles insider said, calling the remarks “so disrespectful.” Bieber’s team dismissed the accusations as “100 percent untrue.”
But it’s Kelce’s response that has everyone talking. Protecting his girlfriend from West’s harmful antics? That sounds like the kind of power play Swifties can absolutely get behind. As one source put it, “[Swift] is no longer the young woman Kanye humiliated onstage years ago. She’s stronger now, and she’s not alone.”
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