Eagles Champion Saquon Barkley On Taylor Swift Getting Booed At The Super Bowl: “I Don’t Get Why She Was Getting Hate”
deadline.comPhiladelphia Eagles fans are passionate about their football team, but Saquon Barkley didn’t like them booing Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.
The running back champion defended the “Fortnight” singer during a recent interview after he learned Swift was greeted with boos on Sunday night. “They showed her on the Jumbotron, and she got booed,” Barkley said on The Howard Stern Show. “I don’t get it.
I don’t get why she was getting hate there.” Barkley said that Swift was at the game supporting Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, noting her contributions to the sport in general. “She’s made the game bigger,” Barkley added. “We’re all about how can we expand the game and make it more internationally.
And we’re traveling to Brazil, we’re traveling to Mexico, and her being a part of it is only helping us.” Swift’s reaction to the booing went viral as she turned to look at her friend Ice Spice following the audience’s outcry over her image on the big screen at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
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