{"id":38644,"date":"2025-04-05T04:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T04:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38644"},"modified":"2025-04-05T04:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T04:31:41","slug":"controversial-fox-sports-host-slams-recklessly-unfair-claims-he-blamed-taylor-swift-for-travis-kelce-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38644","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Fox Sports host slams &#8216;recklessly unfair&#8217; claims he blamed Taylor Swift for Travis Kelce rift.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nick Wright set the record straight after generating comments earlier this week with a statement about\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Taylor Swift<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Travis Kelce<\/span>\u00a0being taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After revealing on his &#8216;What&#8217;s Wright&#8217; podcast that he and Kelce have not socialized much for some time, fans assumed that Swift had wedged Kelce and Wright&#8217;s friendship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During the program, the Fox Sports 1 host shared that he and Kelce intended to spend time together at the Chiefs\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Super Bowl<\/span>\u00a0parade in 2024. However, the shooting incident hindered their meetup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wright&#8217;s explanation about why a raincheck did not happen in the offseason caused a stir on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Trav and I have not, like, talked, talked since he&#8217;s been serious with Taylor Swift. Since he&#8217;s become a high-priority, super celebrity,&#8217; Wright shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So here&#8217;s the thing. I don&#8217;t want to bother him during the year. 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But we don&#8217;t hang out. We don&#8217;t talk on the phone. Might text or DM occasionally,&#8217; he said on the What&#8217;s Wright podcast. &#8216;But I leave him alone during the season and last offseason he was the busiest man in the world. That&#8217;s what I said.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am so incredibly, oddly frustrated by this because it is so recklessly unfair to Travis Kelce,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So let me reset exactly what happened. Not restate, not clarify, cause everything that I said was totally, 100 per cent clear.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I didn&#8217;t misspeak, I didn&#8217;t misrepresent but the headlines, to me, are.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wright also named PEOPLE, US Weekly, and several other media outlets for taking the story out of context.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5f070a0cba844d5a\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/04\/19\/96926101-14572327-Wright_revealed_his_friendship_with_Kelce_has_deteriorated_since-a-1_1743790084254.jpg\" alt=\"Wright revealed his friendship with Kelce has deteriorated since he started dating the popstar\" width=\"634\" height=\"821\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Wright revealed his friendship with Kelce has deteriorated since he started dating the popstar<\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The controversial sports personality, who previously enjoyed a close relationship with Kelce, has barely spoken to the tight end since he entered a serious relationship with Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, that didn&#8217;t stop Travis and his brother Jason from naming Nick as a potential future guest on the latest episode of their New Heights podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wright, whose takes on FS1&#8217;s &#8216;First Things First&#8217; often divide opinion, was shown a clip of the Chiefs tight end saying he &#8216;f***ing loves&#8217; him on New Heights, before he opened up on the breakdown of their friendship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Wright set the record straight after generating comments earlier this week with a statement about\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0and\u00a0Travis Kelce\u00a0being taken out of context. 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