Taylor Swift says she is “too locked in” to what fiancé Travis Kelce is “doing on the sphere” to headline the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.
Taylor Swift has defined why it could be difficult for her to headline the Superbowl Halftime Present
The 35-year-old pop megastar appeared on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, the place she was requested if it was true that she turned down a suggestion to play the midway live performance on the NFL showpiece attributable to not having possession of the footage.
Taylor – who’s engaged to 35-year-old Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce – merely smiled in response to the query. Nonetheless, in an prolonged clip shared to the late-night present’s official YouTube channel, she defined precisely why she would not be capable to play the Superbowl.
The Destiny of Ophelia singer says her staff are sometimes involved with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation – who plan and produce the Halftime Present – although she’s by no means had a proper supply to headline.
She stated: “Jay-Z has at all times been excellent to me — our [business] groups are actually shut…They generally will name and say, ‘How does she really feel about [murmurs Superbowl]’ however that’s not like an official supply or a conference-room dialog.”
Taylor insists Travis would love her to land the gig, however she’s too invested in how he is doing on the pitch within the “harmful” sport.
She defined: “That [football] is violent chess. That’s gladiators with out swords. That’s harmful…The entire season, locked in on what that man is doing on the sphere. Are you able to think about…he’s on the market each single week, placing his life on the road, doing this very harmful, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport, and I’m like ‘I ponder what my choreo ought to be?’”
She insisted: “This has nothing to do with Travis — he would love for me to do it. However I’m simply too locked in.”
The 2026 Superbowl Halftime Present can be headlined by Dangerous Bunny on February 8.
Earlier Halftime Present headliners embody Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Girl Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, and Michael Jackson.
