Travis Kelce all but admitted this week he is contemplating retiring after 12 NFL seasons. Apparently, the Kansas City Chiefs don't want to wait very long for his decision.

The star tight end just played in his third consecutive Super Bowl and, at age 35, he has not much left to accomplish in what is sure to be a Hall of Fame career.

Well, the Chiefs have reportedly given him a soft deadline of "around March 14" to make his decision, according to The Athletic.

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The date makes sense, as it's two days after free agency officially begins, but arguably more importantly, his $11.5 million roster bonus is due the next day.

A report from NFL.com on Super Bowl eve said Kelce was "expected to take time after the Super Bowl, consider his future and make a decision before free agency." 

On the latest episode of his "New Heights" podcast he co-hosts with his future Hall of Fame brother Jason, he said he is "kicking every can I can down the road."

"I am not making any crazy decisions, but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding there’s a lot that goes into this thing. I’ve been fortunate over the past five, six years, I’ve played more football than anybody," Kelce said. "The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and Super Bowls, that means I’m playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the entire league. That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body."

"It’s a lot of time in the building. … That process can be grueling. It can weigh on you. It can make you better, and it can drive you crazy," he added. "Right now, it was one of those things where it was driving me crazy this year. It happens as you tail off toward the back nine of your career."

With the Chiefs’ success over the last eight seasons, Kelce has played 25 playoff games, adding nearly a season and half worth of games to the 175 regular-season games he has played in his career. 

Clips of Kelce's apparent lack of effort in the Super Bowl have gone viral, with fans thinking he's rather checked out.

Among tight ends in NFL history, Kelce ranks third in catches (1,004) and yards (12,151) and fifth in touchdowns (77). That comes despite 11 tight ends, including those ahead of him in those prior categories, playing more games than him. For reference, Tony Gonzalez, who leads in catches and yards, played in 270 games, 95 more than Kelce.

However, it's clear that he's not his All-Pro self anymore. This season marked the first time since 2015 in which Kelce played in at least 16 games and failed to reach the 1,000-yard mark. He also scored only three touchdowns in the regular season, the lowest mark of his career outside his one-game rookie season where he didn't take an offensive snap before undergoing knee surgery.

If Super Bowl LIX was the final time fans saw Kelce on the field, it's certainly the end of a legendary career. Kelce has made 10 Pro Bowls and was either a First- or Second-Team All-Pro seven times.

Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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The Kansas City Chiefs are headed towards a transformational offseason where the bulk of the roster is due to enter free agency. But one of the biggest questions facing the team will be what tight end Travis Kelce decides as far as his future is concerned. 

Kelce faced retirement speculation in the lead-up to Super Bowl LIX. Had Kansas City gone on to make NFL history with a third straight championship, many believed he would’ve retired. 

But the Philadelphia Eagles threw a wrench into those suspected plans. 

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Kelce said after the 40-22 loss that he’s going to take time to decide what’s next. 

"I know everybody wants to know whether I am playing next year, and right now I am just kicking everything down the road. I am kicking every can I can down the road," he said on the latest episode of his podcast, "New Heights." 

But one of Kelce’s current teammates believes the veteran tight end will be back next season. 

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"Big dog, we – the whole organization – we can’t go out like that," Kansas City defensive end Charles Omenihu said Thursday during an appearance on FOX Sports’ "The Facility." 

"He’s a Hall of Famer from the moment he says, ‘I’m done.’ But I think Trav has a lot left. I think Trav is an extreme competitor. I think he’s somebody that loves the game, and I think in the storied career he’s had, going out like that – in my opinion, wouldn’t be something that he would do."

Omenihu said that despite the changes that are sure to come in the offseason, Patrick Mahomes is enough of a reason for Kelce to stay. 

"I believe that he’ll be back. I believe that he’ll give it one more go."

A team source told The Athletic on Friday that the team has given Kelce a deadline of mid-March to make a decision. 

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Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce isn’t making any decisions on his potential retirement – yet. 

Kelce, 35, opened up about what his NFL future holds during a recent episode of "New Heights."

"I know everybody wants to know whether I am playing next year and right now I am just kicking everything down the road. I am kicking every can I can down the road," Kelce said.

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The three-time Super Bowl champion completed his 12th NFL season, which ended with a 40-22 demolition by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

"I am not making any crazy decisions, but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding there’s a lot that goes into this thing. I’ve been fortunate over the past five, six years, I’ve played more football than anybody."

"The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and Super Bowls, that means I’m playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the entire league. That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body."

"It’s a lot of time in the building… That process can be grueling. It can weigh on you. It can make you better and it can drive you crazy. Right now, it was one of those things where it was driving me crazy this year. It happens as you tail off toward the back nine of your career."

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With the Chiefs’ incredible success over the last eight seasons, Kelce has played 25 playoff games, adding nearly a season and half worth of games to the 175 regular season games he has played in his career. 

Kelce was still productive this season, but his yards (823) and touchdowns (3) in the regular season this year were the lowest he has had in a full season. 

In the Super Bowl, Kelce had just four catches for 39 yards, all of which came with the Chiefs trailing by multiple touchdowns. 

"As you see yourself or feel yourself not having this success that you once used to have, it’s a tough pill to swallow," Kelce said.

"To not be there in the biggest moments, knowing your team is counting on you, those are all extremely hard things – it’s just a tough reality."

The star tight end said he was going to take some time to figure it out. 

"I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, it’s going to be something that – it’s a wholehearted decision," Kelce said.

"I’m not half-a--ing it. I’m fully here for them and I think I can play. It’s just whether or not I’m motivated or if it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility."

If Kelce does decide to retire, he will likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer and will go down as one of the best tight ends to ever play in NFL history. 

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Golf influencer Paige Spiranac came to the defense of Taylor Swift on Monday as the pop star was booed when she was shown on the video board during Super Bowl LIX.

Swift was at the game supporting her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs – as she has done for the last two seasons. However, Philadelphia Eagles fans swarmed the city of New Orleans and made their presence felt throughout the game.

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Eagles fans booed Chiefs players when they took the field and made their feelings about Swift known in the stadium, though Swift is from West Reading, Pennsylvania, and even sang about being a fan of the guys in green and white.

Spiranac gave her thoughts on the boos towards Swift in a post on X.

"It was reported that the NFL’s brand value has increased almost 1 billion dollars since Taylor Swift started dating Kelce," she wrote. "The NFL is using her popularity to boost their brand. So booing Taylor Swift is lame. She was just showing up to support her significant other. The amount of times she’s shown at a game or posted on social media is out of her control."

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The Swift effect was real and talked about a lot during the 2023 season, but all of that tailed off a bit in 2024. She was shown fewer times on television than she was when she and Kelce first started dating and was only shown a handful of times during the Super Bowl LIX broadcast.

Tennis great Serena Williams also defended Swift on X.

"I love you @taylorswift13 dont listen to those booo!!" Williams wrote.

Boos or not, Swift will now embark on an entire offseason with Kelce. Last year, she was still in the midst of her "Eras Tour." This time, she will get a firsthand look at what the tight end will decide to do about his playing career.

Retirement rumors have swirled around Kelce all season. He said Swift gave him the green light to continue playing if he wanted.

"She’s fully encouraging me to enjoy playing this game," the 10-time Pro Bowler said last month on "The Stephen A. Smith Show," adding that Swift loves coming to Arrowhead Stadium for games.

"I got all the support in the world to keep chasing these dreams."

Kelce suggested he had contemplated stepping away, but his mind "changes every single day."

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Philadelphia Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson trolled Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in a post on social media following the team’s Super Bowl LIX victory on Sunday.

Gardner-Johnson, who had an interception return for a touchdown nullified late in the game, posted a message seemingly directed toward the star tight end and his romantic life.

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"Should’ve stayed w that thick s***" he wrote as the caption.

Gardner-Johnson seemed to reference Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole and made a comparison towards the tight end’s current flame, pop star Taylor Swift. Both women were on hand to watch the Eagles rout the Chiefs, 40-22.

Nicole was on the field blowing the green and white confetti around while celebrating the Eagles’ win. Kelce was seen after the game going up to Swift’s suite to meet with her before he left with the team. Kelce appeared downcast as he walked off the field following the loss.

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The question will be whether Kelce returns to the Chiefs for the 2025 season or whether he walks into the sunset and retires.

For Gardner-Johnson, he will be with the team on Friday when they celebrate their title win in Philadelphia. He had three tackles in the Super Bowl.

Gardner-Johnson played in 16 games for the Eagles in 2024. He tied his career high with six interceptions. He returned one during the regular season for a touchdown.

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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift appeared to be shell-shocked at how Super Bowl LIX turned out on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 40-22.

One person from Kelce’s past was extremely pleased as she celebrated the Eagles’ win down on the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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Kayla Nicole was on the field blowing green and white confetti around and talking with Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni after Philadelphia’s blowout win. She captioned one video, "They said there’s room on the wagon yall."

She was at the Super Bowl on behalf of the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast.

Kelce and Nicole dated for about five years before they split in 2022. In November, she lamented in a podcast interview that she was not "as cool" with some of the other wives and girlfriends of Chiefs players as she once was.

She told Radar Online at the time that she is not as close with the other Chiefs wives and girlfriends as she once was.

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"We are not as cool as we once were.," she told the website, adding that the breakup was hard because of how close she was with some of the women.

It was not the first time Nicole has seemingly commented on her ex-boyfriend’s relationship.

Nicole talked about the comments she has received from Swift’s fans on her social media posts during an appearance on "Unapologetically Angel" with WNBA star Angel Reese.

"I would be lying if I said that that level of hate (from Swift’s fans) and just like online chaos doesn’t impact me, it does. Even to this day," Nicole said. 

Nicole said she still receives comments from Swift’s fans to this day. 

"Oh yeah, you could go to my most recent post, and it will be people debating with each other why I am worthless, and I’ll never be a talented person, and I have no career, and I’m a bum," Nicole said.

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Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce looked downcast as he walked off the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans following a Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kelce’s performance was far from what the Chiefs and NFL fans are used to seeing in big moments. The tough and low catches he usually makes, he did not make on Sunday night. He had four catches on six targets for 39 yards in the game.

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The broadcast caught Kelce walking off the field. He spoke briefly about the 40-22 loss afterward.

"We haven’t played that bad all year. You don’t lose like that without everything going bad," he said.

The question Kelce will face now is whether he will return to the Chiefs for another season. The 35-year-old’s production was clearly down starting the 2024 season. He had moments when he showed flashes of himself in his prime, but it was far from what Kansas City previously received from him.

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Retirement rumors had swirled around him over the last weeks of the year.

"I’ll let Travis make that decision on his own," Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said after the game. "He knows he still has a lot of football left in him. I mean, you can see it. He always makes plays in the biggest moment, but it’s if he wants to put in that grind, because it takes it to go out there and play 20 games, whatever it is, and get to the Super Bowl.

"He’s done enough to be a gold-jacket guy and first-ballot Hall of Famer but I know he still has love for the game, and he’ll get to spend some time with his family and make that decision on his own."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Prior to the Philadelphia Eagles' 55-23 drubbing of the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship, the famous Rocky statue in downtown Philadelphia was wearing Commanders gear.

Actually, the statue was dressed in Redskins garb, the Commanders' former identity.

But Travis Kelce isn’t buying into the fact that the opposing team’s fans are the ones dressing up the "Rocky" statue.

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"I’m fully aware of the fact that it happens every single meaningful game, I don’t think it’s the other team doing it at this point," Kelce said during a recent episode of "New Heights."

Jason Kelce, former Eagles star center and avid supporter of the team, proposed who might be dressing up the statue.

"You think the Eagles are doing it?" Jason asked.

"100%," Travis responded. 

The Rocky statue has been dressed numerous times in opposing team’s colors, with each occasion normally leading an Eagles victory. 

When the Eagles won the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots, someone put a Tom Brady jersey on the statue.

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During the Eagles run to the Super Bowl in 2023, Rocky was dressed in both New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers gear before the Eagles dismantled both teams en route to the big game. 

Jason then referenced a Kansas City Chiefs shirt on Rocky ahead of the Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl matchup in 2023, but Travis expressed skepticism that a Chiefs fan was the culprit.

"Yeah that was Chiefs gear," Travis said doubtfully, "It was like a red shirt that said Chiefs on it."

"They like wrote Chiefs in Sharpie or something. It’s got to be Philly, it’s got to be Eagles fans."

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Jason supported Travis's theory, saying that it’s "a conspiracy I can get behind."

Travis thinks the motivation for dressing Rocky up in the opposing team’s gear is to get Eagles fans riled up.

"They’re just firing up the entire city, getting it nice and rowdy," Kelce said. 

Rocky has not yet been dressed in Chiefs gear, but there is still plenty of time before kickoff in the Super Bowl. 

Kelce’s Chiefs will take on the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX at 6:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 9 on FOX.

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The Kansas City Chiefs are AFC champions once again and are one more win away from completing what was thought to be impossible – three straight Super Bowl titles.

Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes spoke about the opportunity to make history in his postgame interview with CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz.

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"It always comes down to the wire. Luckily, we were on the winning side this time. But like I said, I’m just excited to get down to New Orleans," Mahomes said. "Let’s go make history."

Nantz mentioned on the stage with Travis Kelce that the tight end was already thinking about three consecutive Super Bowl titles before Kansas City eked out a Super Bowl LVIII win over the San Francisco 49ers last year. 

"Never satisfied, baby! When you play in front of Arrowhead Stadium like this every single AFC Championship. You kidding me?" Kelce said.

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Since the NFL merged with the American Football League and called the title game the Super Bowl, there have been eight repeat champions.

The Green Bay Packers (1966-67), Miami Dolphins (1972-73), Pittsburgh Steelers (1974-75 and 1978-79), San Francisco 49ers (1988-89), Dallas Cowboys (1992-93), Denver Broncos (1997-98), New England Patriots (2003-04) and the Chiefs (2022-23).

Only the Chiefs have gotten the opportunity to win a third straight title. Before the merger, the Packers won three straight NFL championships from 1929 to 1931. The Packers won the NFL championship in 1965 and then Super Bowls I and II.

What will it take to win a third straight title? Only defeat one of the best rushing attacks in the NFL in the Saquon Barkley-led Philadelphia Eagles. Also, try to dig deep and block a defensive front that includes Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis and Milton Williams.

The Chiefs and Eagles will play in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9. The game can be seen on FOX and Tubi.

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Taylor Swift was seen entering Arrowhead Stadium to cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs in their effort to make history and compete for a third straight Super Bowl championship.

Swift was far from the focal point of the contest as the Chiefs topped the Buffalo Bills. The CBS broadcast showed her reacting to a big play in the game along with at least two shots of her hanging out with her mother, Andrea, and Travis Kelce’s mom, Donna.

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The next time Swift was shown was on the field as she and Donna watched Travis celebrate the team’s third consecutive conference title. Cameras also caught the two lovebirds sharing a few kisses in the mix of the celebration.

Swift was a major focus for the NFL and broadcasts during the 2023 season as she and the Chiefs’ star tight end announced themselves to the world as a couple. The "Swift Effect" was real, and her fandom drew an increase in viewership for the game.

However, Swift herself expressed some dismay with the attention she received in a 2023 interview with Time magazine.

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"I don’t know how they know what suite I’m in," she said. "There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once.

"I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads," she added, referencing the hype that came with her appearances – good and bad.

This season, Swift was seen at Arrowhead Stadium a few times, but she also had to continue with her "Eras Tour." When the Chiefs were off, she and Kelce were spotted in New York City having dinner multiple times.

Now, Swift is likely to be back for the big game when Super Bowl LIX heads down to New Orleans.

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Brooke Shields joined Donna Kelce at the Kansas City Chiefs' playoff game against the Houston Texans Saturday.

Shields posted a selfie with Travis Kelce's mom as Taylor Swift arrived at Arrowhead Stadium.

"with @donnakelce! Let's go @chiefs & @killatrav!!" Shields captioned her Instagram post.

Kelce's mom typically sits in the NFL star's suite along with Swift and the pop star's family.

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Shields previously attended one of Swift's concerts in Toronto with her daughters. At the time, "The Blue Lagoon" star sat with Swift's mom.

"the very best night with my girls & ‘mama swift,’" she wrote on Instagram at the time with videos from the night.

"In awe of @taylorswift!! Swipe to see my friendship bracelet collection from all of the nice 'swifties' I met!!" Shields added in another post.

Swift concluded her Eras Tour in December after nearly two years of worldwide travel. The tour began in Glendale, Arizona, in 2023 and featured 149 shows across five continents.

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Kelce, who hosts the "New Heights" podcast with brother Jason Kelce, revealed in an interview how his family has handled the fame his relationship with Swift has brought.

"Everyone’s loving it. Mama Kelce is having so much fun," he said during an appearance on "CBS Mornings" in September. "I think my dad is slowly getting more comfortable with it, and Jason has always been a pro at it."

Swift has been actively supporting Kelce at his home games, showing up to Arrowhead Stadium often. For his part, the NFL star spent the off-season traveling Europe watching Swift perform on her record-breaking tour.

Kelce even participated in Swift's three-hour concert in London, appearing on stage in costume for a transition between "The Tortured Poets Department" songs. The football star picked Swift up after she fell to the floor at the end of "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived" and carried her across the stage to help the pop star get ready to sing "I Can Do It With A Broken Heart."

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Kelce and Swift debuted their relationship at a Sept. 24, 2023, Kansas City Chiefs game. The two met that July and had quietly hung out, establishing their relationship before taking it public.

Since then, he's become familiar with being called the pop star's arm candy.

"It’s the life I chose, I guess," Kelce told "CBS Mornings." "I have fun with it."

The year is ending and, shockingly, it was filled with less drama than most people predicted. Self included. Last year’s annoying list focused on the enemies of sanity like teachers union boss Randi Weingarten and Greta Thunberg, climate extremist turned full-time lefty activist. 

Of course, 2024 still had drama. A lot of it can be traced to some of its annoying people and there are too many to list here. We get to make fun of the worst of them.

Let’s begin with a bipartisan spirit. Both left and right find MSNBC "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski super annoying. I’m practically a founding member of the "Joe is a Joke" caucus. Until recently, that was a mostly conservative clique.

They spent years saying awful things about President-elect Trump and other conservatives. Scarborough’s lie about President Biden being coherent earned him "Worst Quote of the Year" from the Media Research Center. Scarborough told the audience: "This version of Biden intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever." He threw in an "F---you," for good measure. Remarkably, both he and Biden are still employed.

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After that lie, the "Morning Joe" twosome paid a visit to Trump and alienated their far-left base, with Scarborough telling viewers they need to, "Grow up." Their ratings have gone anywhere but up ever since. MSNBC had to add another host and lefty loon Keith Olberman is saying it’s time for Scarborough and Brzezinski to go. Here’s the Variety headline: "Keith Olbermann: How Can MSNBC Save Itself After Trump’s Win? First Step: Fire Mika and Joe."

He’s far from alone. Bluesky is filled with hate for the pair and their show. I’d be surprised if they still have a show on MSNBC by Christmas 2025. I bet they would be, too. 

Me, me, me, me. That’s the voice for narcissistic journalism – Taylor Lorenz. She used to write about tech and social media at The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc. By any fair measure, she’s a social media sensation. She has over half a million followers on TikTok and another half a mil combined between Twitter and Bluesky. Now she has a Substack readership where she promotes COVID-19 paranoia and hatred of health care CEOs.

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She exited traditional journalism in August after she posted what she claimed was an "obvious meme" calling Biden a "war criminal." Then she got called out for saying she felt "joy" after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which she now says was "dubiously edited." And she can usually be found wearing a mask and criticizing those who don’t as, "raw dogging the air and spewing ur disease laden breath all over ur elderly neighbors."

To top it off, she got in an online argument with statistician Nate Silver about her age. Lorenz is still listed in her Wikipedia profile as "age 37–39," taunted him saying, "Just assume I’m 50!" (According to Soap Central, the real number is 40, for those who care.)

But all of these things got people talking about her. That’s the true measure of Millennial, or Gen. X, success. 

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In the normal world, there’s only one Taylor – Taylor Swift. It’s easy to admire Swift and her football star boyfriend Travis Kelce. (She was one of my superstars of 2023.) Both of them had successful years. Her Eras tour did great and Celebrity Net Worth says she’s now worth $1.5 billion. Her boyfriend remains one of the top tight ends in the NFL and his team is a favorite of fans and referees in its quest for a third straight Super Bowl. (Boo here.)

The problem is, I’m sick of them. Be honest, if you don’t think of yourself as a "Swiftie," you are, too. Happens to anyone in the public eye so much that your eye starts to twitch. Despite that, I still wish them great success both individually and as a couple in 2025. (Except for that Super Bowl.) 

When it comes to race-baiting, MSNBC host Al Sharpton outdoes himself, going all the way back to promoting the Tawana Brawley rape hoax. Then there’s his antisemitism. But 2024 put him on the map for something new – allegations of pay for play. 

It came out after the election that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign gave $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network. That might be fine except it happened right before a super nice October interview. Ooops. 

I could write a whole column about the horror that is "The View." Or 10. I was all set just to highlight how truly awful co-host Sunny Hostin is for managing to outshine her coworkers by being the most despicable Bozo in the ABC clown car. 

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Hostin called the GOP "morally bankrupt" and blamed Hispanic support of Trump on "misogyny and sexism." She also advocated for families to boycott Trump supporters at holiday time because it's "more of a moral issue."

But they had to turn it up a notch. Fellow hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar got discussing why they hadn’t seen Vice President-elect JD Vance recently. Behar claimed, "He’s planning the presidency when they get rid of Trump."

Whoopi responded, "So, you think it's Musk/Vance?"

Whoopi followed up with, "Stay away from the stairways. Because, you know, people put their leg out to trip you going down the stairs. Watch out."

They later claimed it was a joke but that’s pretty dark, especially for three women named Sunny, Joy and Whoopi.

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