From Cosmopolitan · Mehera Bonner · · 1m 20s
No, Taylor Swift didn't say "don't show me"
A lip reader watched the Arrowhead footage and found something far more ordinary than fans assumed.
In brief
A lip reader watched the Arrowhead footage and found something far more ordinary than fans assumed. A viral read of someone's lips is a guess, and this one fell apart the second an expert looked at it. Originally reported by Cosmopolitan.
First game of the season
Taylor Swift turned up at Arrowhead Stadium for Chiefs vs Broncos, her first official NFL appearance this season, in Travis Kelce's suite.
An odd guest list
She sat with Donna Kelce, Andrea Swift, and Jason Kelce. Also there, for reasons nobody quite explained: Tom Cruise.
“sitting in Travis Kelce's suite alongside Donna Kelce, Andrea Swift, Jason Kelce, and, somewhat randomly, Tom Cruise”
The claim takes off
Cameras cut to her all game, and fans froze a clip where she seemed to be asking the broadcast not to film her. "Don't show me" spread fast.
A lip reader looks closer
Nicola Hickling told The Mirror the footage shows nothing of the sort. Swift was talking about the play in front of her.
What she actually said
Hickling's read: "Oh, he's open. He's open. Get off him, jeez." Not a plea to the camera crew, just someone yelling at a defense.
“Oh, he's open. He's open. Get off him, jeez.”
She's there for the football
The simplest explanation held up. Swift goes to these games to watch them, so the field had her attention, not the jumbotron.
The one thing
A viral read of someone's lips is a guess, and this one fell apart the second an expert looked at it.
