Taylor Swift had been “rumored” to be dating Lakers guard Austin Reaves for quite some time, well before she began dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
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The person who orchestrated the hoax that linked Swift, 33, with Reaves, 25, in a now-viral tweet from June has spoken up, and it just so happens to be a Lakers rival.
According to Zain Fahimullah, the Clippers’ assistant of social media design, Austin “is the trending boy, like the Lakers’ darling of the summer” in a recent interview with Fox Sports.
He has just put pen to paper on this [four-year, $54 million] contract. The United States Olympic Team will be getting him. It’s much more amusing because of the difference between Austin Reaves and Taylor Swift. Austin is a country bumpkin, akin to a farmer. And Taylor Swift is this enormously popular performer. That’s probably why I went with him.”
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The text reads, “Taylor Swift, fresh off a breakup, was spotted at a bar in Arkansas with star Laker basketball player Austin Reaves this weekend.”
The end outcome is… 4.400.00000 pageviews on X.
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Since Fahimullah is employed by the Clippers, he “tweeted off there” instead of using his “main” account.
In addition to saying that the Swift rumors were “all bulls-t” in July, Reaves also revealed the exact minute he heard them.
My brother, best buddy, and girlfriend and I were playing cards. “I mentioned it to her and she looked at me like, ‘Yeah, I’ve seen that,’” Reaves said, who had gotten the tweet in a message from a friend.
As an example, “I was like, ‘Yeah, one night while you were asleep I just snuck out and went to a bar.’ In all likelihood, she made light of the situation, saying something like, “If it were at a golf course, I would have been a little more worried.”
Since then, Swift and Kelce, 34, have been the NFL’s new favorite couple.
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The pop superstar first became associated with the Chiefs in September, the same month he witnessed the team’s Week 3 victory at Arrowhead Stadium over the Bears.
The 12-time Grammy winner and Kelce’s mom, Donna, were seen out and about in New York City together lately, and for the first time, they were seen holding hands.