Tony Romo Makes Awkward Fumble During Taylor Swift Appearance On NFL Broadcast
Tony Romo made the same mistake twice after he referred to singer Taylor Swift as Travis Kelce’s “wife” Monday.
The CBS Sports analyst and former quarterback made the Christmas Day fumble following the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s 900th career reception, as his team faced the Las Vegas Raiders at Missouri’s Arrowhead Stadium.
“And his wife loves it — I mean, girlfriend,” Romo said in reference to Swift, getting a laugh out of play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz.
“You’ve been down that road with that before,” Nantz replied.
"And his wife loves it, I mean, girlfriend." - Tony Romo on Taylor Swift applauding a Travis Kelce catch.
"You've been down that road with that before." - Jim Nantz. pic.twitter.com/oQJS8cBF97— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 25, 2023
Romo made a similar slip-up during a broadcast of a Chiefs game against the Buffalo Bills earlier this month.
“That’s amazing,” he said after Kelce caught a pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“You see Kelce’s wife Taylor Swift in the audience — er, I’m sorry,” Romo said.
“Not yet,” Nantz replied.
Tony Romo calls Taylor Swift Travis Kelce's wife by mistake pic.twitter.com/NGUxvMhWMn
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Romo’s blunders follow months of media attention on Swift and Kelce’s romance.
The “Karma” singer-songwriter, in her 2023 “Person of the Year” profile for Time magazine, revealed that their relationship started after Kelce put her “on blast on his podcast.” Back in July, Kelce had said that he wanted to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it when he attended one of her Eras Tour shows.
“We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other,” Swift told the magazine.
“By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”
Swift has appeared at a number of Kelce’s games this season — including on Monday, when she brought along her mother, her father and her brother, who was dressed as Santa Claus.
The singer, who rocked a Santa hat with Kelce’s jersey number during the game, later held hands with the football star following the Raiders’ 20-14 win against the Chiefs.
