Taylor Swift Not Seen at Chiefs' 20-3 Loss as Seahawks Troll Her
Taylor Swift was not spotted in Seattle as the Seahawks beat Travis Kelce's Chiefs 20-3, then trolled her online with an Eras Tour friendship bracelet post.
Credit People, Us Weekly, The Kansas City Star
Taylor Swift was not spotted at Lumen Field on Sunday, Oct. 25, when the Seattle Seahawks beat her husband Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs 20-3 on Sunday Night Football. Staying home did not keep her out of the story. Once the game ended, the Seahawks went after her on social media anyway.
The loss was Kansas City's first of the 2026 season and dropped the Chiefs to 5-1. Seattle, the defending Super Bowl champion, moved to 4-3. The Chiefs did not score a touchdown, and their only points came on a third-quarter field goal after Seattle had built a 10-0 halftime lead.
Seattle's postgame posts went straight at Swift
The Seahawks' official X account posted a photo of two friendship bracelets in team colors that spelled out "Seahawks win." The caption was two words, "End Game," the title of a track from Swift's 2017 album Reputation. People was among the outlets that picked up the posts on Monday.
Via Seahawks on X
The team mascot, Blitz, piled on over on Instagram. The post showed the bird in a sparkly, stage-ready outfit in the style of the Eras Tour, with a caption borrowed from a lyric in Swift's 2022 song "Vigilante S---."
Via Blitz the Seahawk on Instagram
Friendship bracelets were the signature fan tradition of the Eras Tour, so the joke needed no explanation for anyone who has followed Swift over the past three years.
Other teams have used Swift against Kansas City before. In 2023, the Philadelphia Eagles posted their own "Eagles win" bracelet after beating the Chiefs, and the Denver Broncos played "Shake It Off" through their stadium speakers after a win over Kansas City that Swift did not attend.
Was Swift at the game?
No widely shared photos or credible reports put Swift in Seattle. Us Weekly described her as seemingly absent, and neither Swift nor her team has said anything about where she spent the evening.
Not being photographed is not the same thing as an official confirmation. The accurate way to put it is that she was not seen at Lumen Field.
Her 2026 season so far: home games yes, road games no
Swift's attendance this fall follows a clear line, based on who reported seeing her at each game.
- Monday, Sept. 14, vs. Denver Broncos (Arrowhead): Attended. It was her first game as Kelce's wife after the couple married at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
- Sunday, Sept. 20, vs. Indianapolis Colts (Arrowhead): Attended. The Chiefs won in overtime.
- Sunday, Sept. 27, at Miami Dolphins: Not seen.
- Sunday, Oct. 4, at Las Vegas Raiders: Not seen.
- Sunday, Oct. 18, vs. Los Angeles Chargers (Arrowhead): Attended. The Chiefs won 22-6.
- Sunday, Oct. 25, at Seattle Seahawks: Not seen.
That is three home games out of three and zero road games out of three. The Kansas City Star noted that the Chargers game was her first appearance since the Colts game on Sept. 20, which means she also skipped the trips to Miami and Las Vegas while the Chiefs were still winning.
So the Seattle absence was not a break from her routine. It was her routine.
Why does she stay home for road games?
Swift has not given a public reason. The explanation most often repeated comes from a 2024 Page Six report, in which an unnamed source said she reportedly avoids venues her security team has not scouted and secured well in advance. Arrowhead is a stadium her team knows well.
No new report has tied that reasoning to the Seattle game specifically, so it remains a likely factor rather than a confirmed one.
What is on the record is how much attention follows her when she does show up. At the Chargers game, beauty influencer and podcaster Ashlie Molstad sat directly in front of Swift's suite. In an Instagram Story, Molstad said fans in her section spent the game staring up at the suite rather than the field, and that three security guards arrived with Swift and kept their eyes on the crowd the whole time. "They're not watching the game. They're watching people," she said, according to Us Weekly.
That is one fan's account of one afternoon. It says a lot about what a Swift appearance involves, but it does not explain her choice to skip Seattle.
A packed week before Seattle
Swift's last appearance came at the end of a busy 24 hours. On Saturday, Oct. 17, she performed at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles. The next afternoon she was at Arrowhead, wearing Chiefs red in a suite with WNBA star Caitlin Clark and HAIM's Este Haim. Cameras also caught her hugging her mother-in-law, Donna Kelce, when Donna arrived.
The weekend of the Seattle game carried its own milestone. Saturday, Oct. 24, marked 20 years since Swift released her self-titled debut album on Oct. 24, 2006. A day earlier, her official website rolled out an updated archive section looking back across her career, and Taylor Nation, the account run by her team, spent the anniversary posting throwback questions to fans under the hashtag #20YearsOfTaylorSwift.
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Fans had circled the date as a possible release window for a re-recorded "Taylor's Version" of the debut. Swift has said the re-recording is finished, but no release has been announced.
When could Swift be back at a Chiefs game?
The Chiefs play on the road again on Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Denver Broncos. Their next home game is Sunday, Nov. 8, against the New York Jets at Arrowhead.
Based on her pattern this season, the Jets game is the obvious date to watch. Nothing has been announced, and Swift does not publicize her plans ahead of time, so any sighting will only be confirmed once she is in the building.
Until then, Seattle got the win and the last word on social media, and Swift's season attendance record stayed exactly where it was: perfect at home, absent on the road.
