This isn’t good for TayTay’s Reputation in the Big Apple.
Pop diva Taylor Swift — one of Manhattan’s most famous residents — has diehard Knicks fans crying foul after she was caught rooting for the NBA playoff rival Cleveland Cavs with Ohio-born beau Travis Kelce.
Now she’s Turncoat Taylor to the Knicks faithful.
Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce, A Cleveland Cavs fan, ticked off Knicks fans for rooting for the enemy. Aaron Josefczyk/Shutterstock
Knicks fan Marcellus Brown said he hated Travis Kelce, even before Saturdays NBA display in Cleveland. James Messerschmidt for the NY Post“She’s a traitor,” Knicks fan Alex Jenis said outside Madison Square Garden on Monday. “You can’t just turn into a Cavs fan because your fiancé is. I don’t f–k with that.”
“I’m disappointed,” added New York hoops fan Cecilia Williams. “If my fiancé was for the opposing team, I’d still rock my Knicks jersey while I’m sitting right next to him.”
“She’s a fake fan,” fellow fan Sono Singh said. “Bandwagon.”
Swift, 36, has donned Knicks garb over the years, but broke the hearts of New York hoops fans Saturday after her three-time Super Bowl champ fiancé’s pro-Cavs theatrics at Rocket Arena.
The “Shake It Off” singer sat courtside as the Knicks pounded the Cavs to take a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Knicks completed a sweep of Cleveland Monday night and are now headed to the NBA Finals for the first time this century.
Pals Matthew Bruen and Max Modica think New Yorker Taylor Swift is a “fake fan.” James Messerschmidt for the NY Post
Knicks fan Khoa Nguyen said Taylor Swift needs to write a song to apologize to the Big Apple. James Messerschmidt for the NY PostTo her credit, she didn’t don Cavs colors — but ticked off fans as Kelce, a tight end with the NFL Kansas City Chiefs, repeatedly riled up the Cleveland crowd and even chugged a beer to try to rally the deflated hometown fans.
The high-profile couple has announced plans to marry in New York City later this year — but some Knicks fans aren’t so sure they want the nuptials in their back yard after Saturday’s spectacle.
“Take it to Ohio,” diehard fan Jordan Phillips told The Post. “I didn’t like Taylor swift to begin with so this is just another reason not to like her. Going from a Knicks fan to a Cavs fan because of your husband just means you’re not a die hard fan.”
Knicks fan Alex Jenis called Taylor Swift a traitor for turning her back on the hometown team. James Messerschmidt for the NY PostFan Max Modica wholeheartedly agreed.
“They might as well get married in Cleveland. I won’t go to their wedding.”
Still some of the Knicks’ faithful gave her the benefit of the doubt — and a chance to come home.
“She gets one more chance,” fan Ryan Vargas said ahead of Monday’s game. “If we see her there tonight [for game four], her wedding should be banished to Ohio.”
New Yorker Taylor Swift and Ohio-born beau Travis Kelce rooting for the rival Cleveland Cavs on Saturday. Getty ImagesBig Apple hoops fan Khoa Nguyen suggested that Swift “should write a song apologizing to the city for rooting for the Cavs.”
And what the heck: fellow fan Marcellus Brown said it may not be as bad as it seems.
“Who knows? She could be rooting for the Knicks in secret.”
