Shortly after touching down in New Orleans on Friday ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enjoyed a pre-game double date with Patrick and Brittany Mahomes.
The couples were spotted ducking into the small French restaurant Lilette in the city’s Uptown area, as seen in video obtained by Fox 8 New Orleans.
Swift got dolled up in a black lace minidress with her signature red lip, while Brittany Mahomes, a newly minted mom of three, wore a long Chiefs red jacket with matching boots.
Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs stars went far more casual. Tight end Kelce sported a slate gray tracksuit with sneakers, while quarterback Mahomes wore a backwards baseball cap and a black jacket over a graphic tee.
News of their presence at the restaurant quickly spread around town, as fans were seen swarming the foursome, screaming and snapping photos, as they exited the eatery.
The sighting came less than 48 hours before the reigning Super Bowl champs face off against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, hoping to make history with a three-peat win.
Earlier in the day, reports made the rounds that the “Cruel Summer” singer had not invited bestie Blake Lively to join her in her star-studded Super Bowl suite, as she has in the past. According to insiders, Swift is attempting to distance herself from Lively amid the latter’s ongoing legal feud with Justin Baldoni, her director and co-star in “It Ends With Us.”
Lively filed a lawsuit late last year accusing 41-year-old Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set as well as a retaliatory smear campaign. Weeks later, Baldoni countersued with a $400 million lawsuit accusing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane of defamation and civil extortion.
Among the many allegations in his filing, Baldoni claims Lively leveraged Swift’s celebrity status in an effort to intimidate him into letting her steamroll production. Text messages included in the suit show Lively referred to the Grammy winner as one of her “dragons,” interpreted by Baldoni to be a veiled threat that she’d unleash Swift’s star power if he didn’t give in to her demands.
Sources told TMZ this week that Swift was baffled by the characterization and felt manipulated by her longtime friend. Insiders also claim that since getting pulled into the legal drama, Swift has found out about other times Lively has inappropriately dropped her name.
While Lively is said to have apologized, with sources claiming the pals are still as close as ever, forgiveness has reportedly not been so swift for the popstar.