Kelly Clarkson is clarifying previous comments she made regarding NFL game coverage of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift that have been met with backlash.
The talk show host said Oct. 20 on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" that the rumored budding romance between Kelce and Swift "is literally taking over the NFL" and it's "like you're watching 'Housewives.'"
Her remarks appear to have been interpreted as bashing the rumored romance, but Clarkson posted to Instagram Oct. 21 saying that's inaccurate.
"Do not fall prey to clickbait, trash reporters twisting the facts again. I did not bash anyone's romance," Clarkson clarified. "I am pro romance. Yay romance. Did y'all even watch what I actually said on my show? I just said I want to watch football when I tune in to watch football. Seems an appropriate request."
Clarkson reacted to in-game coverage of Swift and Kelce in a clip of her show posted to YouTube Oct. 20. In the clip, she is interviewing Bowen Yang of "Saturday Night Live," chatting about its recent sketch on the very thing Clarkson critiques and the rumored couple's recent appearance on the comedy show.
"It’s not hilarious how it is literally taking over the NFL for people that like watching sports now," Clarkson said, gesturing to herself.
"It’s like you’re watching 'Housewives' while you’re watching," she said. "They’re just talking about gossip things and you’re like, so what about the play? But they’re taking over."
Swift has attended four Kansas City Chiefs games to cheer on her rumored beau, including the Oct. 22 game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
NFL broadcasts and commentators have been criticized for discussing their rumored romance too much. Kelce himself has weighed in on the matter.
"They’re overdoing it a little bit, especially with my situation,” he said on his podcast, "New Heights," earlier this month when his brother, Jason Kelce, asked for his take on "how the NFL is treating celebrities at games."
“I think they’re just trying to have fun with it,” Kelce added.
