Singer Taylor Swift, 33, has a fortune estimated at more than $1.1 billion and is considered the most influential current figure in music and possibly entertainment.
As a side note, she also appears to be the girlfriend of Travis Kelce, a
football
player and candidate with the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl that will be played on February 11 against the San Francisco 49ers.
This romantic relationship has received excessive interest from the media in recent months, and this week it also seems to have made Taylor Swift the protagonist of a deranged
far-right
conspiracy theory.
shared even in the environment of former President Donald Trump.
Taylor Swift's original sin
seems
to be her notable influence on millions of people, and the possibility that she will use it to support Democrat Joe Biden in the November presidential election.
But, as in most
conspiracy
theories ,
nothing is what it seems
, and everything is even more absurd than you could imagine.
Center, Taylor Swift to Travis Kelce on January 28 in Baltimore.
On the right and left, respectively, archive images of Joe Biden and Donald Trump.AP
Taylor Swift's political influence
His influence is undeniable: in September he published a message on the social network Instagram calling on his 272 million followers (not all in the United States, of course) to register to vote, linking to the non-partisan website Vote.org, and it ended up registering to more than 35,000 new voters, the record for a National Voter Registration Day since 2020. That does not mean that they were all due to Swift's push, but after her publication on Instagram, entries to the voter registration page did skyrocket, according to indicated the website.
In the past, Swift had been "reluctant to publicly express her political opinions," in her words, but in 2018 she endorsed two Democratic candidates in Tennessee, saying she felt "very different" due to "several events in her life and career." world in the last two years." He then promised to vote for candidates who "protect and fight for human rights" in the United States. And in 2020 he explicitly supported Biden against Trump.
Biden's campaign for the November elections now appears to be hoping for similar support (it even considered sending the president to a concert, according to The New York Times).
And that seems to have triggered not only some resentment on the conservative side but also
crazy theories that even call into question the outcome of the Super Bowl
.
“Don't get involved in politics”
After the New York Times article was published, and also a poll that showed that 18% of respondents would be inclined to vote for the candidate supported by Taylor Swift, the host of the conservative Fox News network Jeanine Pirro urged the singer to "not get into politics."
Previously, also on Fox News, it had been reported that Taylor Swift was a secret Pentagon agent,
a false idea that the Department of Defense denied
.
"As for this conspiracy theory, let's get it out of the way," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told Politico magazine, referencing Swift's song,
Shake it Off.
Now in conservative circles the false ideas that the singer, along with her partner, are supposedly trying to prevent Donald Trump from returning to the White House, and, in the process, promote coronavirus vaccines, seem to have become an asset of the deep state. and end the Super Bowl.
The hoax about vaccines responds to the fact that Travis Kelce participated in an advertisement for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
He also announced Bud Light, a beer reviled in conservative circles for a social media promotion by trans
influencer
Dylan Mulvaney.
The possibility that Taylor Swift could appear at the Super Bowl, not in the audience cheering on her boyfriend but on stage with Usher, seems ruled out, according to the TMZ site.
But the imagination of
conspiracy theorists
goes further.
"Exactly," says Elon Musk
"The NFL is RIGGED in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor Swift, Mr. Pfizer (Travis Kelce)," Mike Crispy, a figure at the conservative media conglomerate Salem Media Group, wrote on the social network X.
"Everything to spread DEMOCRATIC PROPAGANDA," he added, anticipating that Swift will participate in the halftime show with Kelce to give her support to Biden.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who now helps Trump, commented on the
In a later comment he defended his theories from criticism published in the press, claiming that they are "an amalgamation of incentives hidden in plain sight."
He responded to billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X, with a single word: “Exactly.”
Truth, lie, illusion or fantasy?
So are they conspiracy theories or clues hidden in plain sight?
As almost always in these cases, a little bit of the true, some of the probable, a piece of the possible and a few drops of the plausible are mixed
to support something impossible to know
and in the process introduce an absurd statement with which to add viral spice.
These are the questions that remain in the air and what we know so far to answer them:
Will Taylor Swift go to the Super Bowl?
It looks like she'll try: she has a concert on February 10th in the evening in Tokyo (Japan) and she must travel 5,500 miles to make it in time for the game the next afternoon in Las Vegas.
In her favor they play 17 hours of difference: the concert starts at 1:00 in the morning on Saturday in Las Vegas time, and the game is at 6:30 in the afternoon on Sunday.
That, and Taylor Swift has a private plane.
Will Taylor Swift appear at Usher's halftime show?
According to TMZ, no, but no one would be surprised if she were like that, and (almost) no one would bother her if the artist invited her, quite the opposite, taking into account the global success of her concerts.
Would Taylor Swift take the opportunity to support Biden?
Nothing indicates that this is her intention, but only she can know.
Could the president appear on that show to receive the endorsement?
It is not impossible, but using the most relevant sporting event of the year to campaign for an election with the connivance of the NFL
falls within the realm of fantasy
.
And on this downward slope towards science fiction,
another false story has been added
that the NFL could rig the final to ensure the Chiefs' victory (which, even within the conspiracy theory itself, would not even be necessary because the supposed election announcement would take place at halftime).
Our advice:
if someone tells you that tomorrow the Earth is going to be invaded by extraterrestrial spaceships, you will find it difficult to prove absolutely that it is not going to happen, but you may also find it difficult to believe.
And if that invasion does not come the next day but they tell you another implausible story, remember the proverb: the first time is the fault of the one who deceives me;
The second is my fault.
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