“Shocking Revelations: Brittany Mahomes & Taylor Swift’s Unlikely Friendship Secrets Exposed

Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes first sparked friendship rumors in late 2023, but that’s not to say their bond has gone uncontested. Just the reverse, many have been quick to point out things that could put a dampener on the unexpected pairing, from not-so-complimentary past comments to rumors about the friendship being used for clout

That people have been determined to pinpoint the reasons Swift and Mahomes shouldn’t be friends isn’t exactly surprising. After all, their touchdown handshake had many seeing red. That said, it doesn’t exactly take a hater to see why Brittany’s appearance in Kim Kardashian’s Skims holiday campaign raised eyebrows. Taking to the comments section of Mahomes’ Instagram post sharing the campaign, one wrote, “Promoting skims while being friends with Taylor doesn’t sit right with me.” Others shared similar sentiments, with another Instagram user making things more personal. “@taylorswift you see this?” they quipped.

On top of that, Mahomes’ previous posts had been of a girls’ night with Swift. Can we say yikes? For the record, neither Swift nor Mahomes spoke about the situation, and it’s possible the campaign had been shot months before the women became friends. Even so, “thanK you aIMee” proved Swift wasn’t over her beef with Kardashian, so we wouldn’t be shocked if she’d felt some type of way about it, at least at first.

Mere days after the Skims situation, Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift’s friendship was rocked yet again. This time, people had unearthed some of Mahomes’ old X, formerly Twitter, posts. Said posts were — let’s just say, not exactly complimentary about Swift.

In addition to one post complaining about Swift winning big at the 2013 AMAs, another saw Mahomes join the Swift hate train, accusing her of writing too many songs about former flames. “Taylor Swift.. I wanna know when your [sic] gonna find something different to write about besides boys and relationships,” she wrote (via @riristea). Unsurprisingly, the old posts were taken down soon after.

It does bear mentioning that at the time of Mahomes’ posts, she was still a teenager. In fact, the spicier of the two was posted when Mahomes was just 16 years old. Speaking to Life & Style, one source claimed that Mahomes had pointed that out to Swift in the wake of all the backlash. “Brittany explained to Taylor that she was just a stupid teenager and how sorry she was,” the insider said. As for Swift, the source added that the singer “was very understanding and decided to just let bygones be bygones.” Honestly, they didn’t even know each other personally at the time, so it would have been weird if this had turned into anything.

Another reason why Brittany Mahomes and Taylor Swift’s friendship has been side-eyed is because of the former’s defense of her brother-in-law, Jackson Mahomes. As many will know, Jackson was accused of assaulting a Kansas restaurateur in March 2023. Charges against him were ultimately dropped, as the survivor refused to testify against him (reportedly because she’d received death threats and even ended up closing her restaurant later that year). However, he was placed on six months of probation in March 2024.