Overview

• In a new Pedestrian.TV interview, Julia Fox criticized the tendency to blame athletes’ girlfriends or wives for game outcomes, calling the practice irrational.
• Fox cited fans who labeled a Kansas City Chiefs loss as Taylor Swift’s fault, dismissing the claim as “crazy.”
• Discussing her football-set thriller Him, Fox said she studied real-life WAGs and rewatched reality TV to shape her influencer character.
• She described athletes’ relationships as relentlessly public and said the intense scrutiny isn’t for her, adding she has newfound respect for women in that world.
• As context to the ongoing discourse, Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement on August 26, and Kelce recently accepted responsibility for a collision that injured rookie teammate Xavier Worthy.