They think that she can do it in style.
Taylor Swift fans are turning to an unlikely source to explain how the pop star can make it to the Super Bowl: “The West Wing.”
Swift, 34, will be performing at a concert in Tokyo on Feb. 10, the night before the Super Bowl on Feb. 11.
Her NFL player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, 34, is on the Kansas City Chiefs, the team that will play against the San Francisco 49ers in the big game.
The match will happen in Las Vegas, which has a 17-hour time difference from Tokyo.
It’s a tight schedule, if Swift wants to cheer him on . . . but, one fan said in a viral post on X (formerly Twitter), “Can Taylor Swift make the Super Bowl from her Tokyo concert? A West Wing episode from 2001 already answered this.”
Taylor Swift could be at the Super Bowl to cheer on Travis Kelce, despite being in Tokyo the night before. AFP via Getty Images
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift celebrating the Chiefs going to the Super Bowl. Getty ImagesThey then shared a clip from “West Wing,” the Emmy-winning NBC political drama, which aired from 1999 until 2006.
In the scene, the characters — including White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), communications director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff) and press secretary C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney) — are discussing the time difference between the US and Asia, debating, “So, it’s 14 hours ahead…we’re sure it’s ahead and not behind?”
“Okay, so it’s almost 11 o’clock in Tokyo,” someone says.
They continue arguing about whether that means 11 in the morning or in the evening, and how the time difference allows them to “buy a day.”
Toby (Richard Schiff, right) and Sam (Rob Lowe) in a scene from “The West Wing.” Max via Rohita Kadambi/X
The “West Wing” scene that explains the time difference. Max via Rohita Kadambi/X
Rob Lowe, on “The West Wing,” explaining how going from Tokyo to the US works, chronologically speaking. Max via Rohita Kadambi/XSam triumphantly says, “He’s going to travel eastward from Tokyo, leaving at 7 p.m., so, when he crosses the international dateline —”
“He’ll have traveled back in time to what?” Toby asks.
“3 a.m,” Sam explains.
“He’s going to land in Washington an hour before he took off?” Josh asks, and Sam nods.
Toby (Richard Schiff) puzzles out the time change. Max via Rohita Kadambi/X
Allison Janney as press secretary C.J. Cregg figures out timing on “The West Wing.” Max via Rohita Kadambi/X
Bradley Whitford as White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman in “The West Wing” clip. Max via Rohita Kadambi/XThis might not be so farfetched, because Swift will reportedly be in Vegas to cheer on Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs, a source told Page Six.
“It’s a brutal flight, but she’ll get on her plane right after the concert,” the source said. Swift’s appearance at the Super Bowl will be the 13th game that she has attended in support of Kelce.
Taylor Swift will be traveling to the Super Bowl, using logic explained on “The West Wing.” AP
Taylor Swift has attended a dozen NFL games to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. APThe couple shared a smooch on the field after Sunday’s win over the Baltimore Ravens, in a series of photos that have since gone viral.
Although Swift has been on her successful Eras tour, she’ll just be attending the game as a fan and girlfriend of a player — unless Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show performer Usher decides to bring her on as a surprise guest.
