Taylor Swift riles some Swifties after hugging Brittany Mahomes

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Taylor Swift is under fire from some of her Swifties after she hugged Brittany Mahomes, an alleged supporter of Donald Trump, at the US Open on Sunday.

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The pair were photographed embracing at the final day of the Grand Slam tennis final, following questions about the status of their friendship after Mahomes, who is the wife of Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes, liked an Instagram post shared by the former U.S. president.

Last week, eagle-eyed fans who were dividing their attention between the action on the field as the Chiefs took on the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL season opener and watching Swift’s every movement in her private luxury box couldn’t help but notice that Mahomes was nowhere in sight.

Mahomes and Swift have a history of watching Chiefs games together after the Cruel Summer singer started dating Patrick’s teammate Travis Kelce last fall. And during the offseason, the two hung out together in Amsterdam when Swift brought her Eras Tour to Europe.

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But Mahomes caused a stir last month when she lashed out at critics suffering “deep rooted issues” as rumours swirled that she had given her stamp of approval to “The 2024 GOP Platform” shared by Trump.

In the former president’s Instagram message, he promised, among other things, to “stop the migrant invasion,” “deport pro-Hamas radicals,” “keep men OUT of women’s sports,” “lock up violent offenders,” “prevent World War III,” and “stop the migrant crime epidemic.”

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News of Mahomes’ supposed social media endorsement made news with Newsweek and The New York Post, while several accounts on X shared screenshots and screen-recorded video of the her Instagram handle among the likes appearing on Trump’s post.

But the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model fired back at critics in a message of her own.

“I mean honestly, to be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep-rooted issues you refuse to heal from childhood,” a message on Mahomes’ Instagram read. “There’s no reason your brain is fully developed and you hate to see others doing well.”

Mahomes followed up with another post published to her Instagram Stories in which she shared a user’s message that read, “Contrary to the tone of the world today….you can disagree with someone, and still love them. You can have differing views, and still be kind.”

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Accompanying the repost, Mahomes wrote, “Read that again!”

In an interview with the Whoop podcast, Mahomes went a step further saying she “doesn’t give a f***” what people say about her online, and credited her husband for her attitude.

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As the controversy continued, Trump thanked Mahomes for “defending” him.

“I want to thank beautiful Brittany Mahomes for so strongly defending me, and the fact that MAGA is the greatest and most powerful Political Movement in the History of our now Failing Country,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social website. “With Crime and Illegal Immigration totally out of control, INFLATION Ravaging all Americans, and a World that is laughing at the stupidity of our hapless ‘leaders,’ it is nice to see someone who loves our Country, and wants to save it from DOOM.”

Trump also shared AI-generated images claiming Swift has endorsed him for president. 

The Republican nominee posted several screenshots to his Truth Social page showing women wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts.

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Another fake image showed Swift dressed as Uncle Sam and included text saying, “Taylor wants YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.”

“I accept!” Trump captioned his post.

Swift, who has not publicly endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, was a vocal opponent of Trump during the 2020 election.

After Trump tweeted threats at George Floyd protestors in Minnesota, she accused the commander-in-chief of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and promised to use her voice against him in that year’s presidential election.

In her 2020 Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, Swift addressed her decision to speak out politically, saying in the film: “I need to be on the right side of history.” 

Following the Chiefs’ 27-20 victory over the Ravens, an insider told the Daily Mail that none of Mahomes’ football friends plan to question the mother-of-two about her political beliefs.

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And Swift’s fans are angry that her friendship with the fitness entrepreneur has seemingly continued unabated.

“I don’t expect a billionaire to lead the revolution or anything I’m just confused as to why one would make a movie about standing up for what’s right at any cost only to literally never stand for anything again,” one person tweeted, while another added, “It’s disheartening when someone advocates for justice in film but fails to act consistently.” 

“Hey @taylorswift13 you dropped this,” another user wrote on X, attaching a picture of a spine.

Former NFL star Antonio Brown waded into the fray with a snide remark of his own.

“White People for Trump,” he wrote in a post along with smiling pic of Mahomes, Swift and Kelce.

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But Swift was not without her supporters online.

“I feel like living in a free country means that you can be friends with people that you don’t agree with on certain things, or maybe you just don’t align with their political or religious affiliations, but still like the person as a human being,” one person tweeted, while a second person wrote, “You can be friends with people that you don’t agree with on certain things.

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