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Sportscaster Erin Andrews has downplayed her role as matchmaker in Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship.
Andrews and ‘Calm Down’ podcast co-host Charissa Thompson acted as wingman for the Kansas City Chiefs star when they urged the pop superstar to give him a chance last summer.
The sportscasters are credited with sparking the romance that swept the NFL last season, and the tight end himself even thanked them.
However, Andrews has insisted that they take no credit for the relationship, telling the New York Post that they were only telling Swift to date the three-time Super Bowl winner “for America.”
The ‘Fortnight’ singer took his advice and entered into a relationship with the NFL star, and the rest is history.
Erin Andrews downplayed her role as matchmaker in Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s romance
Kelce and Swift’s whirlwind romance dominated the NFL throughout the NFL season with much media attention focused on the singer in stadium suites across the country during her tight end’s games.
However, their relationship and the attention surrounding it sparked some negative reactions, especially from the ‘dads, Brads, and Chads,’ as Swift herself put it.
However, Andrews can’t understand the criticism as he insisted the ‘Antihero’ hitmaker is only having a positive impact on the sport.
‘All this media fascination with his involvement in our sport and people having opinions about how it hurts the league, are you kidding me? “She’s incredible for our sport,” Andrews told The Post.
‘Meeting [Swift] “It’s completely fascinating and empowering, and I feel like now more than ever,” Andrews added, “it’s opened the door for these young female viewers.”
Andrews and Charissa Thompson urged the singer to give the tight end a chance
Andrews also credited the 14-time Grammy winner for helping fathers and their daughters bond over sports, just as she did with her own father.
“I loved watching sports because of my dad,” he said. ‘I grew up thinking that these players were my friends.
“And a lot of guys come up to me and say, ‘This is so cool, [Swift] “I got my daughter interested in watching a game and now I can sit down and teach her.”
In mid-October, Swift was seen wearing a jacket that came from Andrews’ WEAR fashion line, which the journalist said made her cry.