It is difficult to surpass the most popular sports star in the United States in popularity.
To achieve this, you would simply have to be called
Taylor Swift
.
The thing is, these days the latest winner of four Grammy Awards rubs shoulders with the most famous personalities on earth, alongside
Lionel Messi
,
Pope Francis
and the current president of the United States.
This causes everything near you to steal the spotlight.
This is the case of her boyfriend,
Kansas City Chief tight end
Travis Kelce
, who four days before the game with
the San Francisco 49ers
that will define the
2024 Super Bowl,
has become the focus of attention.
If we transfer it to Argentine football, the situation would be experienced as a scandal.
Such a high-profile girl would cause problems in the locker room.
She would be disapproved by the coaches but also by the fans.
There are plenty of examples, perhaps the closest is that of
Mauro Icardi
with
Wanda Nara
.
But it also happens in the first world, if not remember the case of David Beckham and his relationship with the former Spice Girl Victoria Adams.
The situation is very well portrayed in the biopic of the former Galactico on Netflix.
But sport in the United States is experienced differently.
The show must go on
, they say.
And it all fuels the show.
That is why
the last edition of the Super Bowl was the most watched show in history
on the face of the earth with
more than 115 million viewers
.
Impossible to go unnoticed: Travis Kelce, the 250-pound, six-foot-six beast.
Photo: AFP
Therefore, in the run-up to the big game that will be played in Las Vegas on Sunday, a question arose: does Travis Kelce's performance hurt his relationship with Taylor Swift?
Does he feel harassed by the press?
How does he live it?
In North America they highlight that the notoriety of the 34-year-old 'tight end' has skyrocketed in recent months, giving him as many spaces in entertainment news as in sports news.
What did Kelce say?
He responded about his girl without itching (another difference with Argentine elite athletes): "
I think he's fair
," the player started, accepting his place next to the super beast of world pop.
"
Everyone has fun with it
and I don't experience it as if you were here attacking me left and right."
"Everyone is having a good time with it, so how could I be upset?" he asked.
Still, Kelce admitted that he's still adjusting to the spotlight.
"
Being famous around the world is very different from being famous in Kansas City
," he acknowledged.
The Super Bowl could offer a new episode of this media romance in the event that Swift, who on Sunday received her fourth Grammy for best album of the year, flies to Las Vegas on time after the concert she must offer on Saturday in Japan.
Last January 28, Taylor hugs her boy, winner of the Super Bowl. Photo: AFP
But the Taylor-Kelce boom is so big that the affair has been the subject of conspiracy theories in the United States by those on the right most closely linked to Donald Trum who claim that it is a false relationship, created to influence the presidential elections. November in favor of the Democrat and current president Joe Biden.
Before the press, the experienced Kelce stressed that all the commotion around his personal life will not affect his mission to win the Super Bowl and establish the Chiefs dynasty with a third title since 2020.
"Three is a lucky number," he said.
"Three is when you solidify yourself as a dynasty," she concluded.