At any given second, millions of people are liking different things on Instagram. Sunset and sunrise photos, keto brownie recipes, viral K-pop dance videos – there’s something for everyone. But right now there’s a certain semi-famous woman whose social media activity (likes, dislikes, postings) has garnered a lot of attention: Brittany Mahomes.
Best known as the wife of Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes’ national profile has overtaken her husband’s at the moment. This is due to his perceived support for former President Donald Trump and his promised political policies. It all started when Mahomes liked and then unliked an Instagram post from the former president outlined his 2024 platform.
In any normal situation, only Biggest fan of Brittany Mahomes Whether he wants mass deportations and an Iron Dome missile defense system built over America will be deeply invested. But Mahomes has a connection to the most famous woman in the world, Taylor Swift. That highly valued association has led social media to turn the likes and dislikes of an American football WAG (that’s “wife and girlfriend”) into a pop culture story.
We’re here to answer your most pressing questions.
Wait, what happened?
Brittney Mahomes has become a fixture this news cycle as she has been liking and disliking social media posts supporting former President Donald Trump and his various policies.
on August 13Trump’s Instagram account posted a platform that promised to “seal the borders and stop immigration attacks,” “keep men out of women’s sports” and “conduct the largest deportation crackdown in American history.” He plans to “cut federal funding to any school that pushes critical race theory, radical gender ideology, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content on our children.”
Eagle-eyed internet sleuths Turns out Mahomes “liked” and “disliked” the xenophobic and transphobic dog whistle salad last week. And although Mahomes doesn’t follow Trump in his account, it seems the narrative has already been set: Mahomes supports some of Trump’s most damaging and divisive policies.
The news that people had seen Mahomes’ social media activity eventually circulated all the way back to Mahomes, who was not pleased that people noticed his public activities. That, he posted a message through Instagram stories (Instagram stories are temporary), slams her haters and calls them mentally damaged adults:
I mean honestly, to be hateful as an adult, you have to have some deep core issues that you refuse to heal from childhood. There is no reason why your brain is fully developed and you hate to see others do well.
Mahomes seemed to be He seemed to see the negativity surrounding his social media as a sign that people were mad for him to succeed, rather than people disappointed in his supposed politics, i.e. his beliefs about how the country should be run. How others should be treated. Mahomes also Like a pro-Trump comment Under a recent post, dispels any ambiguity that his earlier play of likes and dislikes may have been an accident.
On Monday, Mahomes doubled down and shared a post It read, “Contrary to the tone of today’s world … you can disagree with someone, and still love them. You can have different views and still be kind.” He did not comment on or explain the relative generosity of the views he espoused.
And sorry, who is Brittany Mahomes again? Do people regularly care about Brittney Mahomes?
Brittany Mahomes is primarily famous because she is married to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who was her high school sweetheart. He is also co-owner of the Kansas City Current, a team in the National Women’s Soccer League, in which she excelled through college, and was a Sports Illustrated. Swimwear model In May this year. She and Patrick have two children and are currently expecting a third.
D Biggest “Brittany Mahomes” search spike Last year was during the Super Bowl when people were apparently trying to figure out if Patrick Mahomes had a wife and if he was hanging out with Taylor Swift (more on that in a bit).
For the most part, the name Brittany Mahomes is not one that the average American gives much thought to, and her political views probably deserve even less consideration. He is not a political scholar and he is not a kingmaker of any kind. Before making his online statement about “haters”. The American public was not frantically Googling “Brittany Mahomes loves Trump?” or “Brittany Mahomes Republican.” There is a bit The Streisand Effect As is happening, the more Mahomes doubles, the more attention he draws to the kerfuffle. Perhaps there’s a timeline where Mahomes lets the whole story run its course and fades away as football season begins.
One thing to note is that his pro-Trump political stance seems to many to be at odds with Patrick’s identity. Patrick is outcast with a black father and a white mother. And it would seem that Britney liked that pro-Trump post, especially her bits about attacking critical race theory (an attack that diminishes the historical black American experience) would be sensitive if not inconsistent with her husband’s identity. Trump recently attacked the racial ethnicity of Vice President Kamala Harris, claiming she was “blacked up” for political gain. Harris’ father is Jamaican.
Patrick hasn’t been outspoken about who he’s voting for, but he’s talked about police brutality and Supported Black Lives Matter. In 2020, he requested the NFL Separate yourself from cynicism and racism.
But more important than her husband and what everyone is talking about is the fact that she is allegedly friends with Taylor Swift – the most famous person on the planet.
So this is all because she’s friends with Taylor Swift?
Pretty much!
How long have they been friends?
Swift and Mahomes seem to have developed a close bond after Swift began dating Travis Kelce, a Chiefs tight end who played alongside Patrick Mahomes. The two women probably sparked their relationship last year during a Chiefs game, when they The picture was taken Multiple times together in VIP suites, even potentially wearing matching necklaces. It wasn’t long until they took their friendship on the road, with Taylor along with Britney Girls night in NYC along with the rest of his squad.
Wait, what is Taylor saying about Trump?
Swift has spoken out against Trump in the past. admits in his 2020 documentary Miss Americana That he regrets not talking about him and his policies during the 2016 elections Ahead of the 2020 elections, Swift tweeted That Trump is in cahoots with white supremacists and promised “we’ll vote you out in November.”
But ahead of the upcoming 2024 election, Swift is less vocal about Trump and more openly nonpartisan. In MarchHe urged his fans to “vote for the people who represent you the most in power.” Kells, her boyfriend, appeared on the Covid-19 vaccine and Budweiser Advertisement Two targets of right-wing protests.
At last year’s Super Bowl, Swift and Kelce found themselves in the middle of a cookie Right wing conspiracy theories That President Joe Biden rigged the game in favor of Kelce and Kansas City, all to get that sweet Swift’s attention. Summary: While Kells and Swift were generous, Biden tilted the game in their favor.
nevertheless, Trump also recently posted an AI photo Falsely suggesting that he has the support of his fans. Swift did not Respond formally that “acceptance” Still, Swift has yet to endorse a presidential candidate. In what could be a close election, Some of Swift’s biggest fans urging him to throw his support behind Harris.
Okay, so… Brittney Mahomes isn’t actually Taylor Swift, she’s just a friend. Why is his perceived politics important?
Mahomes’ social media debacle came at an odd time for megastar Swift. Mahomes and her husband spent the weekend with Taylor Swift on August 24 at the singer’s Rhode Island estate. Swift was reportedly hosting pal Blake Lively’s birthday party that weekend. Lively has recently been having a hard time in the press due to her spat with co-star Justin Baldoni during the filming of their movie. It ends with us.
Swift’s holidays are famous for being lavish and over the top, but only her very best friends accept invitations. Swift is known for picking and choosing her friends from a world of beautiful and notable people and then apparently hanging out with them. Since Swift’s 1989 tour, where her friends — from Fifth Harmony to Gigi Hadid — joined her on stage, Swift’s friendships with pop culture’s hippest, smartest, kindest and most beautiful women have become an important part of her image. All these people who call Swift a friend are culturally cool, which makes Swift culturally cool.
At the same time, Swift’s friendship is the most human thing about her. They are his way of signaling to the public that he is different from the rest of the population – a billionaire making hit music and selling all kinds of albums – he relates as a good friend. Arguably, Swift’s friends define the singer almost as much as she defines herself. Mahomes’ presence in Rhode Island would indicate that Brittany is indeed a bestie.
Now, not unlike how fans are trying to puzzle out the dynamics of Britney’s relationship with her husband, Swifties are trying to figure out how Britney’s politics figure into her friendship with Swift. Since the singer has been relatively quiet, they’re trying to read Swift’s current feelings about Trump. Or, perhaps, read one about how long Brittany and Swift will be friends.
Swift’s friendships have always been an important and visible part of her image. And Brittany Mahomes may have made a mark on that image that Taylor Swift doesn’t agree with.
