To avoid another Mr. and Mrs. Mets’ love triangle moment, Derek Jeter slammed Taylor Swift during the Fox pregame show on Sunday, Oct. 20.
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While chatting with Matt Vasgerisan, who was filling in for Kevin Burkhardt as the Fox Sports host, Jeter discussed what he did on the off day between Games 5 and 6 of the NLCS Champion. The former baseball player used Swift’s Era Tour performance in Miami as an excuse to take a jab at Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz.
“I took my girls to the Taylor Swift concert,” Jeter explained. “I got a chance to hang out with a bunch of teenagers and toddlers. Very similar to what I do here at Fox.”
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"I took my girls to the Taylor Swift concert. I got a chance to hang out with a bunch of teenagers and toddlers. Very similar to what I do here at FOX." 💀 pic.twitter.com/NQMiRuuIej
The remark made Ortiz and Rodriguez laugh on the set.
Jeter’s jab came just days after Oritz invited Mrs. Met onto the Fox Sports set following Friday’s game. The New York Mets won 12-6 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, keeping their season alive for another game.
However, when Mr. Met made his way to the set as well, Jeter declared, “See Kevin when you win everything is shareable. I just make that up, everything is shareable.”
“Is this a love triangle?” Burkhardt asked. “I think this is a show for another network.”
Jeter then rose from his seat without saying a word.
Derek Jeter Previously Discussed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Relationship
Last year, Derek Jeter spoke to PEOPLE about the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce by stating the romance puts the “sports world” in the spotlight.
“Sports and music have been intertwined for a long, long time,” Jeter explained at the time. “In that sense, I don’t think it’s anything new. “I think anytime you get a new set of eyes, a new demographic that’s paying attention to sports, [it’s great].”
Derek Jeter also stated, “I think Taylor Swift has a lot of fans anyway, so I don’t necessarily think it’s like, ‘Oh, she’s got a new set of fans now.’ They probably were fans anyway. But I think it just puts the sports world into the spotlight. But, hey, if you go back over the years, it is funny. You always hear people say that a lot of entertainers want to be athletes, and then you look at athletes and they want to be entertainers themselves.”
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce became romantically linked in late 2023. The pop star started making headlines for appearing at Kelce’s NFL games throughout the 2023 season. This caused her fandom to turn their attention to the Kansas City Chiefs as well.
The couple is still going strong, with Swift still appearing at some of Kelce’s games. However, her Eras Tour resumed on Friday, Oct. 18. This means she may not be attending that many games between now and mid-Dec.