Weeks after his winning catch made the Kansas City Chiefs the Super Bowl LVIII champions, Mecole Hardman Jr. speaks out about the conversation he had with Taylor Swift following the big game.
During his appearance on the Pivot podcast on Tuesday, Feb. 27, Hardman Jr. recalled the exchange with the Love Story songstress. “She was like, ‘Good job, proud of you, good game.’ Like, ‘Man, it was crazy,’” he said. “Then she said something about doing these magic tricks.”
Hardman Jr. further revealed that he met Taylor Swift while attending a get-together at Travis Kelce’s home. Kelce and Swift have been dating since this past summer. They went public with their romance at the end of September 2023.
During the get-together, Hardman Jr. pointed out he impressed Swift with a magic trick. “[When] I first met her, I was doing magic tricks with the cards I got a few tricks I can do with the cards,” he explained.
“And she was like, ‘This is crazy,’ and every time she sees me, she talks about it. So then she was like, man, you and these cards, your hands are magical, something she was saying like that. That was kinda cool, her saying that.”
Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Coach Refers to Taylor Swift as the ‘Little Sister’ to the Team
Meanwhile, Kansas City Chiefs’ defensive coach Dave Merritt dished about the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. Merritt revealed that the pop icon had been secretly seeing Kelce before their relationship became public knowledge.
“When she started to come around, it was privately,” Merritt said while on The Sports Shop WIth Reese and K-Mac podcast earlier this week. “She was coming into the stadiums without people really knowing until the camera put a big spotlight on it.”
He then pointed out how much of an impact Taylor Swift has had on Kelce as well as the rest of the Chiefs players. “She actually affected the team in a positive way. It wasn’t a negative way.”
“Everybody was excited and Travis was happy. So when my player, a brother, is happy beside me, that helps me and that encourages me and so Travis came in there a different man. So, she helped us.”
Merritt then pointed out that Taylor Swift is more of a “little sister” to both the coaches and players.
Taylor Swift previously shared that she and Kelce have been together for a while. “I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.”