Caitlin Clark Says Taylor Swift Invited Her to Watch a Chiefs Game Together and Wants to See the Fever with 'Trav'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Caitlin Clark 22 of the Indiana Fever poses for a photo at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 01, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York.

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Another superstar friendship may be on the horizon forTaylor Swift.

Caitlin ClarkwasnamedTime’s “Athlete of the Year”on Tuesday and inan accompanying profile, the 22-year-old WNBA star opened up about her recent interactions with Swift, 34, during a pair of recent Eras Tour concerts.

The Indiana Fever star attended “back-to-back” Eras Tour performances during Swift’s Nov. 1-3 run at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., last month, according toTime, andeven met withSwift’s boyfriendTravis Kelceand his momDonna Kelceduring one of the shows.

“I thought people would be so in their own world, ready to see Taylor. And it was just completely the opposite,” Clark told the outlet.

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Caitlin Clark 22 of the Indiana Fever poses for a photo at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 01, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York.

But it wasn’t just Swift’s fans who noticed her attendance.

The “Shake It Off” singer ended up sending the WNBA Rookie of the Year “four bags” of Eras Tour merchandise, according toTime, which also reported that the bags came with a note saying Swift has been inspired to watch Clark’s rise in recent years.

Swift even invited Clark to attend an upcoming Kansas City Chiefs game with her and wrote in her note that “Trav and I” are hoping to attend an Indiana Fever game to watch her play, as well.

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Caitlin Clark 22 of the Indiana Fever celebrates after recording a triple-double in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Sparks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 04, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Rogers Centre on November 14, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario.

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For Swift, she’s broken records in her own right in 2024 — her own, to be exact.

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Swift called the globetrotting tour “the most thrilling chapter of my entire life” and said it’s been “the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I’ve ever done.”

source: people.com