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HagathaCrispy

(154 posts)
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:41 PM Sep 16

BOMBSHELL Brittany Mahomes


Brittany Mahomes is 'deeply bothered' by Donald Trump's very public attack on her close friend Taylor Swift, according to sources who claim the Kansas City Chiefs WAG is questioning her support for the former president.

Weeks later, Taylor, 34, publicly endorsed Kamala Harris' bid for president - an action that drove a reported 338,000 visits to the federal voter registration website after she shared a link on Instagram.

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Zambero

(9,720 posts)
1. And you should be bothered, as he wishes harm to your friend
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:48 PM
Sep 16

Now, Ms. Mahomes, take the next step, denounce the S.O.B. as the evil sicko that he is, and affirm that he is unfit for any office, let alone POTUS.

GoCubsGo

(32,936 posts)
4. THAT bothered her, but not his migrant family separation policy?
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:52 PM
Sep 16

Or, throwing those kids in cages? Or, massively botching a pandemic, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of people? Or, fomenting anti-vaccination stupidity? Or, being adjudicated a rapist? Or, instigating an attempted coup? Or, his judicial appointments that lead to the overturn of Roe vs. Wade? Good Gawd.

IcyPeas

(22,557 posts)
13. Thats assuming she actually knew any of that
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 07:12 PM
Sep 16

My guess is she is what is politely known as a "low information voter" (if she even votes) ... all she knows is the name Trump and that he's a celebrity.

Who knows... maybe she'll do some research now. I just looked at her Twitter and she appears to follow a lot of sports related accounts. No news.

Sympthsical

(10,031 posts)
7. Well, I'm not a teenager
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:56 PM
Sep 16

So I don't care.

This gossip weirdness around Swift is cute in my niece, but really really weird with grown adults.

When people older than me (40s) are that invested in a celebrity's life, I tilt my head a little bit.

She endorsed Harris - which is awesome.

But good lord. Everyone log off instagram already. It's unseemly. (And a lot cringe the older one is)

Attilatheblond

(4,232 posts)
16. Ms Swift has a lot of fans who are not youngsters
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 10:30 PM
Sep 16

Swift, herself, is closer to 40 than she is to teens or twenty-somethings. Her songs and her messages resonate with many people older than you, like me for instance, at 71.

It's not really so much about her life as her messages about life in general.

Sympthsical

(10,031 posts)
17. Wasn't my point
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 10:59 PM
Sep 16

It isn't about whether or not one likes her music. I listen to her music. Music can be accessible to any age.

But the gross obsession over her personal life, to the point of scrutinizing friends of a friend of a boyfriend whose dog knows this girl who likes this tree, and so on. Mix in that this sort of thing now lands in the ostensibly serious media regularly (but not really, because most media - particularly online - are themselves living a prolonged adolescence. Particularly given how their socialization, behaviors, and subject matter would frequently not be out of place in any high school cafeteria).

Enjoying an artist and being extremely invested in an artist and their private lives on a personal level are not the same things. One is perfectly fine. The other is weird in adults - particularly older adults.

But what makes this more worthy of opprobrium is that this behavior is now apparently a part of our politics.

In an election that involves, you know, running an entire country of 340 million people, the idea that any topic surrounding her no matter how tangential gets as much attention it does is baffling. Well, not baffling - this is, after all, an America born of its own education system. Maybe dismaying is closer to the word.

It is . . . extremely cringe.

PittBlue

(4,376 posts)
10. There is a video of Brittany Mahones pouring champagne on KC fans below her.
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 06:59 PM
Sep 16

I could not care less what this rich trump supporter has to say.

arlyellowdog

(1,429 posts)
11. She knows who her meal ticket is
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 07:06 PM
Sep 16

Brittany Mahones wants to make money. She’s a model and would like some advertising money. Taylor Swift is the rising tide that raises all the ships. Look at what the Kelce’s are getting. I’m sure she’s pissed as hell that Trump devalued her (and I mean monetarily devalued her).

Bev54

(11,910 posts)
15. Yep, she has never had so much attention, she dropped her old friend (Travis's ex) like a hot
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 08:04 PM
Sep 16

potato when Taylor started seeing Travis.

Bev54

(11,910 posts)
14. Most people don't even know who Brittany Mahomes is so not really sure how big of
Mon Sep 16, 2024, 08:02 PM
Sep 16

a bombshell it is. My guess is she would rather keep Taylor as a friend rather than Trump. I still wonder why she supported Trump, isn't her husband black?

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