Taylor Swift had a very good night Sunday, winning a record-setting fourth Album of the Year Grammy and announcing a new album, but not in the eyes of the The New York Post, which posted an article attacking her for not thanking boyfriend Travis Kelce during her acceptance speech.
Previously, Swift had been tied with Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, and Paul Simon for most Album of the Year Grammys, each taking home that trophy three times, until she surpassed that number Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
In her acceptance speeches for her two Grammys, she thanked several of her collaborators, including long-time producer Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey, who contributed vocals and songwriting to “Snow on the Beach,” one of the tracks on the album.
It should perhaps be noted that a scroll through the Post’s archive of articles about Kelce shows a lack of interest in him not mentioning her name during his on-stage celebrations after his team won the AFC Championship.
Bizarrely, the outlet’s Page Six gossip blog did devote an entire article to lauding Kelce for “supporting” Swift even though he couldn’t attend the Grammys (the Chiefs are already in Las Vegas for practice and preparation for the Super Bowl).
Headlined “How Travis Kelce supported Taylor Swift’s record-making Grammys 2024 outing,” the blog breathlessly reports that Kelce “kept up with all things Grammys via social media, where he couldn’t help but like a post by NPR on Instagram featuring the singer-songwriter posing on the red carpet.”
Taylor Swift doesn’t thank Chiefs boyfriend Travis Kelce in Grammys 2024 win speeches https://t.co/VKqUeO5Rlt pic.twitter.com/k6IJSm0gWf
— New York Post (@nypost) February 5, 2024
Imagine having to thank the man you’re currently sleeping with for everything you wrote before you knew him ahahahaha https://t.co/uZutAnHIMc
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) February 5, 2024
I dunno, maybe because he literally had nothing to do with her album? What exactly was she supposed to thank him for, lunch? https://t.co/MixOzudMUX
— Chris Berez 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@chrisberez) February 5, 2024
She was supposed to thank him for an album she wrote and recorded before she knew him?
Should he go back and thank her for Chiefs wins before they met? 🤣 https://t.co/Tlkmesz1dZ
— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) February 5, 2024
And the Post followed up Monday morning with a second Swift-bashing article, this time quoting a tweet calling her “Disgusting!” for “ignoring” Celine Dion while on stage, although, as the article acknowledged at the end, Swift and Dion shared a warm hug moments later backstage.
As many Swifties pointed out in response to these two stories, Swift literally wrote a song about this.
