Overview

• Speaking to Pedestrian.TV while promoting the football thriller Him, Fox said it is “crazy” to fault wives and girlfriends for athletes’ performances.
• She cited past reactions to a Travis Kelce loss where some fans claimed Taylor Swift was responsible, calling the logic irrational.
• Coverage notes the narrative resurfaced during the Chiefs’ early-season slump, even as Kansas City rebounded with a 22–9 win over the Giants.
• Fox said the highly publicized world around professional athletes is not for her and that preparing for her role gave her new respect for the women in it.
• Outlets contextualized her comments with earlier defenses of Swift, including Whoopi Goldberg’s 2024 on-air rebuke of critics.