Stephen A. Smith Passionately Comes To The Defense Of Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce

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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith decided that on Wednesday during a segment on First Take that he would take a few moments to defend his girl Taylor Swift.

Smith, an avowed Swiftie, apparently has heard enough of the criticism the singer receives with regard to all of the attention she draws due to her relationship with Travis Swift-Kelce… err, I mean Travis Kelce.

The reason for Stephen A. Smith doing this was because Chris Russo claimed that Kelce is under a lot of pressure because of Swift’s impending appearance at Saturday’s playoff game.

“Travis Kelce, who is arguably, not arguably, indisputably one of the greatest tight ends in the history of football,” Smith went off. “Who is a two-time Super Bowl champion and all of a sudden he’s under pressure because Taylor Swift is his woman and she on camera a lot? That is utterly ridiculous! That might be one of the dumbest takes I’ve ever seen in my life!”

“I have to take a moment to come to the defense of Taylor Swift,” Smith said during Wednesday’s “Mad Dog’s A-List” segment. “Everybody’s sitting up there and acting like she’s some kind of impediment.

“Excuse me, she did her job! That Eras Tour? Off the chain. Generated billions. Now, there’s only one Beyonce to me, and Beyonce, all day, everyday, but Taylor Swift was phenomenal. I went to the concert, I see these kids, they absolutely love her. The concert was absolutely, positively, phenomenal, off the chain,” Smith continued.

“She did her job. She’s going to support her dude, to show up at a football game, and the cameras are on her. That ain’t her fault! And by the way, she went to the games after the concerts. It’s not like she used the games to bump up the concerts, oh no! Those kids were going to her concerts whether the NFL was promoting her or not! Taylor Swift is that girl. Let’s show some respect. She probably is gonna have a positive impact on Travis Kelce’s performance, okay? I’m not trying to disrespect Taylor Swift.”

So there you go.