Bills stadium worker says Taylor Swift gave her $100 tip, happily took photo with her
Some NFL fans may not be happy with Taylor Swift’s surprise dive into the world of professional football this season, but for others, it’s a dream come true. During the Chiefs’ divisional round matchup against the Buffalo Bills, stadium worker Jerris Rainey got to check off a big bucket list item, snapping a photo with Swift on her way to her suite at Highmark Stadium.
The pop star took a photo and even gave the ticket-taker a $100 tip Rainey told her story after the Chiefs’ victory over the Bills.
“She’s a sweetie pie. Very down to earth,” Rainey told 7 News’ Michael Wooten on Voices Monday night. “I just wanted to just see her, and she you know she stopped, and she asked me if I worked at the stadium. I said yes. And she asked if she could give me a tip. And she gave me $100 and then she asked if I wanted to take a picture with her and I said yes.”
Baltimore artists make mural of Swift in Lamar Jackson jersey
Two Baltimore artists teamed up this week to create a large mural of notable Kansas City Chiefs fan Taylor Swift ahead of the AFC Championship game on Sunday. Artists Shawn Forton and another by the Instagram name Dlordink spraypainted a mural of Swift in a Baltimore jersey, specifically, a Lamar Jackson jersey and shared the whole process on social media.
Ravens fans responded in the dozens with requests for the design on a shirt before the game. Swift will undoubtedly be in Baltimore for the game on Sunday as she has been for most of the season to watch her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
The mural was certainly the least offensive “art” shared of the pop star this week. Sexually explicit AI-generated nude images of Swift racked up 27 million views and more than 260,000 likes in 19 hours, according to NBC News, before the account that posted the images was suspended. X, formerly Twitter, has a policy that ban AI-generated content that causes harm, which would include the images of Swift. The phrase “Protect Taylor Swift” began trending on the platform as a result of a campaign by her fans on Thursday.
The controversy led to a response from Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y. week. Morelle, who introduced a bill in May 2023 that would federally criminalize nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes, posted on X about the star’s predicament, writing, “Yet another example of the destruction deepfakes cause.”