This A-List Celeb Got More Boos Than Trump At Super Bowl 2025 (& We're Not Surprised)

At the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, the Kansas City Chiefs hoped to win the Super Bowl three times in a row, something that has never been done before (they ultimately lost to the Philadelphia Eagles). Another thing that's never happened before was having a sitting president attend the game. But this year, Donald Trump was in attendance; accompanied by two of his adult children, Ivanka and Eric (Trump's pregame Super Bowl prediction was, predictably, all about himself). Taylor Swift, girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, was naturally also at the game. And when the Jumbotron broadcast her, the Superdome crowd reacted quite loudly — largely with boos. 

In contrast, when the camera panned to the president during the national anthem, he seemed to be getting more cheers than Swift. As one user wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Trump cheered. Swift booed. What a time to be alive." Though there were plenty of people who heard boos for the divisive politician too, we weren't super surprised that the pop star was on the receiving end of some bad blood from the crowd since Swift infamously got booed at the 2024 Super Bowl after she was seen downing a beer.

Taylor Swift got showed on the big screen and got booed aggressively.

She asks: "What's going on?"pic.twitter.com/1CSLjNanmK

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 9, 2025

As the camera remained on the singer-songwriter and the boos continued, it was pretty clear that she was noticing the reaction though not, perhaps, gleaning that it was about her. Swift seemed to ask, "What's going on?" as the yelling continued. "It was in that moment she realized that everyone doesn't love her," one commenter quipped.

The confusion over Taylor Swift's seeming confusion over getting booed at the Super Bowl continued on social media. An X commenter wrote, "Is she really so oblivious? The NFL fan base isn't her fanbase. Why would people cheer for her?" Then there were those who reckoned that Swift legitimately didn't know what was going on. As one user posited: "I assume she didn't know she was on screen? which is probably why she was confused." It could also simply be that the crowd was more heavily skewed towards the Eagles, and so Swift, as a high-profile supporter of the Chiefs, would understandably be a target of hate. 

In her 2023 Time Person of the Year profile, the pop star talked about all the attention — sometimes negative — that she gets while attending Travis Kelce's NFL games. "There's a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don't know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast," Swift pointed out, adding, "I have no awareness of if I'm being shown too much, and p***ing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads."

The last time the "22" hitmaker was at the Superdome, there weren't any boos. She was getting cheers because Swift was on her record-breaking Eras Tour. If there's one thing that she knows, though, it's that haters gonna hate. And we're sure she'll shake it off. Whether Kelce will be able to shake off the Chiefs' loss to the Eagles, we'll have to wait and see.

It's easy to assume that the boos had more to do with the NFL cameras' obsession with Taylor Swift. But internet users have another theory: It could also be because Donald Trump has long made his jealousy of Swift crystal clear. In one of his many hate-filled posts on Truth Social, the divisive politician put it bluntly: "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" And unsurprisingly, Trump poured salt on Swift's 2025 Super Bowl wound — and it was absolutely brutal. The president took to Truth Social shortly after the game to gloat about the negative reaction, writing, "The only one that had a tougher night than the Kansas City Chiefs was Taylor Swift. She got BOOED out of the Stadium." 

Trump also warned, "MAGA is very unforgiving!" If it feels kind of unfair that the President of the United States is publicly targeting a private citizen over her political views, you're not alone. Former Ohio Senator Nina Turner summed it up perfectly on X: "Americans can't afford housing or healthcare and our President is publicly beefing with Taylor Swift." However, some believed the booing was more about the Eagles' fans' bad reputation.

Hip-hop artist Flavor Flav weighed in on the matter, noting, "Eagles fans will boo anyone [...] Remember when they booed and attacked Santa Claus??? SANTA CLAUS!!! The only person who might bring more spirit and joy to people than Taylor Swift." He also advised her to "just shake it off." But given that the Grammy winner has built a massive, billion-dollar empire, she was likely looking at the crowd thinking: "You Need to Calm Down."