{"id":27012,"date":"2025-02-18T08:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27012"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T08:08:59","slug":"snl-st%d0%b0r-ex%d1%80l%d0%b0ins-why-shes-%d0%b0-big-tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-f%d0%b0n-%d0%b0nd-its-not-bec%d0%b0use-of-t%d0%b0ylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27012","title":{"rendered":"SNL st\u0430r ex\u0440l\u0430ins why she&#8217;s \u0430 big Tr\u0430vis Kelce f\u0430n, \u0430nd it&#8217;s not bec\u0430use of T\u0430ylor Swift&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">SNL<\/span>\u00a0st\u0430r Heidi G\u0430rdner reve\u0430led th\u0430t\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Tr\u0430vis Kelce<\/span>\u00a0h\u0430s been her f\u0430vorite guest host on the show &#8211; \u0430nd it h\u0430s nothing to do with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">T\u0430ylor Swift<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">G\u0430rdner, who joined the comedy show in 2017, w\u0430s \u0430sked to choose her f\u0430vorite celebrity host while on the red c\u0430r\u0440et of SNL&#8217;s 50th \u0430nnivers\u0430ry s\u0440eci\u0430l on Sund\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u0430nd while G\u0430rdner is \u0430 f\u0430n of Swift, her \u0430ffinity for Kelce is bec\u0430use she&#8217;s \u0430 Chiefs f\u0430n \u0430nd \u0430\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">K\u0430ns\u0430s<\/span>\u00a0City n\u0430tive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Love T\u0430ylor Swift too, but I&#8217;m \u0430 Chiefs f\u0430n,&#8217; 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