{"id":55643,"date":"2025-06-13T08:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55643"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:31:37","slug":"taylor-swift-sits-with-t-r-u-m-p-ally-wayne-gretzky-at-stanley-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55643","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift sits with T.r.u.m.p ally Wayne Gretzky at Stanley Cup Final.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Swift<\/span>\u00a0was pictured sitting with\u00a0Donald Trump<\/span>\u00a0supporter Wayne Gretzky at the Stanley Cup Finals in\u00a0Florida<\/span>\u00a0– despite her long-running feud with the president.<\/p>\n

The pop icon and her boyfriend\u00a0Travis Kelce<\/span>\u00a0made a shock appearance<\/span>\u00a0at Thursday night’s Game 4 showdown between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n

And during the third period, Swift sparked controversy after she was seen watching the final unfold next to both Kelce and hockey legend Gretzky, whose friendship with Trump is well-documented.<\/p>\n

Just under a month ago, the latter took a random shot at Taylor when he bizarrely claimed on Truth Social that he is the reason she is ‘no longer hot.’<\/p>\n

Liberals and Swift’s legion of diehard fans were therefore not happy to see her in the company of a full-blown Trump ally on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

‘Ugh with a trumpster so disappointed,’ one Swiftie wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Another posted: ‘it\u2019s unfortunate he\u2019s a huge maga trumpie’.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Swift was pictured sitting with Trump ally Wayne Gretzky at the Stanley Cup Finals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Swift sparked controversy after she was seen watching the final unfold next to both her boyfriend Travis Kelce and Gretzky<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The hockey icon has come under fire in his home country of Canada for being close with Trump<\/p>\n

‘Would be great if taylor swift could stop associating with trump supporters actually,’ said a third.<\/p>\n

‘Noo taylor get out of there,’ a fourth warned.<\/p>\n

While one simply put along with a Canadian flag: ‘Boooooooo’.<\/p>\n

Some of Swift’s most loyal supporters were even unsure if the picture of their idol sitting with Gretzky was actually real.<\/p>\n

One asked: ‘is this ai?’<\/p>\n

Another user, meanwhile, pointed out that Gretzky may well be in his friend’s bad books after sitting alongside Swift.<\/p>\n

‘Trump Will not be happy to see his friend Gretzky with Taylor Swift,’ they concluded.<\/p>\n

Gretzky has come under fire\u00a0both in his homeland of Canada<\/span>\u00a0and its contentious neighbor of the United States in recent months over his\u00a0friendship with the American president<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Despite threatening to make Canada the 51st US state, and his government placing tariffs on imports from the country, Trump still has the backing of the four-time Stanley Cup winner, whom he has tipped to run for ‘governor’ one day.<\/p>\n

Amid the controversy surrounding his political affiliations, Gretzky recently joined Swift’s boyfriend Kelce and his brother Jason on the latest episode of their New Heights podcast.<\/p>\n

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Swift looked in fine spirits as her and Kelce enjoyed a conversation with Gretzky in Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Less than a month ago Trump took this random shot at the pop megastar on Truth Social<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gretzky was a special guest on Travis and his brother Jason’s New Heights podcast last month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The pair were thrilled to have him on the show, with an impassioned Jason reeling off some of his greatest achievements before introducing him as ‘the great one’.<\/p>\n

However, a number of fans hit out at the Kelce brothers for hosting a Trump supporter as a special guest on their podcast – especially following the latter’s recent attack on Swift.<\/p>\n

One user commented on a teaser clip of the Gretzky episode: ‘MAGA- really??? Do better!’<\/p>\n

‘This would have been a lot more interesting before he went public as a MAGA loser,’ said another.<\/p>\n

‘So Trump went after Taylor and your answer is to invite a big trumpie guy who is friend with him ?!? Have some shame,’ fumed a third.<\/p>\n

A fourth put: ‘Love you Kelce brothers but do better. Having maga gretzky on sucks! Wonder what Taylor thinks…..’<\/p>\n

While one simply commented: ‘No thanks.’<\/p>\n

Trump recently sparked outrage after unleashing the random attack on Swift earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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Swift and Kelce made a shock appearance at the game between the Panthers and the Oilers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair took their seats for the game almost an hour after rumors of their attendance surfaced<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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