Taylor Swift is right in the middle of the spotlight being shined on the WAGs

It’s been almost a month since Taylor Swift tied the knot with American football star Travis Kelce, and one of the singer’s first newlywed duties will be supporting her new husband as he returns for his 14th season with the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, insiders tell heat that life as the NFL’s most famous WAG is bringing a whole new level of pressure and scrutiny for the global superstar.

‘Taylor loves going to the games to support Travis – she finds it thrilling to be a part of the spectacle, and now that she’s his wife it’s going to be that much more important,’ a source tells us. ‘But that doesn’t mean it’s not stressful, the pressure is immense.’

The insider continues, ‘Game days take a lot out of her, because the cameras are on her from the second she walks into the stadium until the moment she leaves and everything she does gets dissected online a million times over. She can’t just relax and watch the game the way everyone else does – she has to constantly be on and doing everything perfectly. Even for someone as used to the spotlight as Taylor is, it’s daunting.’

The 36-year-old singer has long supported her partner from the stands over the years. Since the pair first started dating in 2023, Taylor was a frequent face at Chiefs games alongside her former friend Blake Lively. More recently Taylor has formed a close bond with fellow WAG Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

We’re told, ‘Taylor’s been able to lean on the other partners to some degree, especially Brittany, who really went out of her way to show her the ropes from the very beginning. Taylor picked things up very quickly but there’s no doubt she still gets anxiety about it all.’

While fans have loved seeing Taylor embrace game day, her appearances haven’t been without controversy.

Addressing the criticism that TV broadcasts spend too much time focusing on the singer, she said, ‘There’s a camera a half-mile away, and you have no idea when the camera is putting you in the broadcast.’

Following the couple’s wedding, which saw multiple streets in Midtown Manhattan closed for their lavish Madison Square Garden ceremony, we’re told Taylor is now facing a bit of negativity from within the WAG circle.

‘She’s very much the queen of the WAGs,’ says the insider. ‘It’s obvious any of these women would kill to be in her inner circle, so of course there’s a lot of jealousy, because there’s simply no way that she can have a close relationship with everyone. It might sound ridiculous that Taylor would even care about how she’s perceived among these women, but she absolutely does because she knows it reflects on Travis.’