Eagles’ Saquon Barkley Slams Taylor Swift Getting Booed at Super Bowl

Saquon Barkley thinks the Taylor Swift hate train should calm down.

The Philadelphia Eagles’ running back, who won the team’s Super Bowl playoff against the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 9, didn’t appreciate the crowd booing the “Fortnight” singer during the game. 

“I remember that they showed her on the jumbotron and she got booed,” Saquon, 28, told Howard Stern on his self-titled SiriusXM show. “I don’t get why she was getting hate there.” 

The show’s host echoed the sentiment, adding he also “didn’t like” that moment. The crowd’s icy response to Taylor—who was cheering on her Chiefs boyfriend Travis Kelce alongside rapper Ice Spice—was notable, considering she was the only star who got that reaction. Other celebrities, including Adam Sandler and Paul Rudd, were met with positive applause once they were shown on the big screen. 

Once Taylor, 35, noticed she was being booed, she gave the camera a semi-surprised look before laughing it off.