The question on everyone’s lips when a top relationship hits the newsstand is almost always: is it love or is it PR?
A now-viral video of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrating the Kansas City Chief’s Super Bowl victory is coming under scrutiny after some claimed it showed the NFL tight end directing the hitmaker to show off their PDA hammering in front of the camera.
While many fans are adamant that the couple is the real deal, many have accused the high-profile couple of faking it.
The TikTok clip, which has been viewed more than 12 million times, showed the pair at a Las Vegas nightclub after the Chiefs won the 2024 Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers.
A now-viral video of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrating the Kansas City Chief’s Super Bowl win comes under scrutiny
Some have claimed that the clip shows the NFL tight end instructing the hitmaker to use their PDA on camera
In the 14-second clip, Travis can be seen hopping around and singing in the nightclub, surrounded by people, but he seems to notice when some people start filming.
As the NFL player sneaks away in the nightclub, the text overlay reads: “You can’t convince me this is (real).”
The text overlay changes to what the video creator thinks Travis is saying.
“Travis: Oh s**t, it’s filming time,” the video claims as the tight end smoothly puts on his sunglasses and turns to say something in his girlfriend’s ear.
“Travis whispers, get ready, they’re filming,” he says in the overlapping text, as the couple grows closer.
The video then cuts to a still image of the couple together from a different angle, with the text: “Mission accomplished: Respect +.”
Fans of the famous couple went wild as they serenaded and kissed while her song Love Story played at the victory party at Wynn Las Vegas’ XS Nightclub.
In the caption for the clip, TikTok creator Swiftieblues, who clarified that they did not create the video but simply reposted it, asked users to “rewatch the video without reading the subtitles” and share their thoughts on it.
Reactions were mixed, with some people convinced that Taylor and Travis’ romance is a PR relationship.
“Travis: Oh s**t, it’s filming time,” the video claims as the tight end smoothly puts on his sunglasses and turns to say something in his girlfriend’s ear
The video then cuts to a still image of the couple looking cozy together from another angle, and reads: ‘Mission accomplished: Respect +’
TikTok users were divided in their opinions on the relationship: some thought it was PR, while others thought it was the real deal
‘Yes, it’s all PR. However, most relationships we see start out as PR, even with actors, but they can grow to love each other. Depends,” one user wrote.
“This is 100,000% a PR relationship,” declared another.
‘He didn’t know what country she was in when a reporter asked: it must be PR!’ someone else agreed.
“It gives Katniss and Peeta from the (Hunger Games) lmao,” a fourth user laughed.
Others firmly believe that it is a real relationship and the power couple is very much in love.
“Taylor Swift is definitely NOT doing a relationship for PR,” one user argued.
According to relationship experts, Taylor’s drastic change from ultra private in her relationship with Joe Alwyn to flaunting her passionate romance with Travis could be a sign that she and the athlete are the real deal.
Taylor was seen cheering on Travis at many of his football games, hanging out with his family, wearing his merchandise, running onto the field to kiss him after his team’s wins, saying the L-word to him on camera and, most importantly most recently, sharing a video with him on her TikTok account.