The “View” co-hosts supported Travis Kelce after he gave a “diplomatic” reaction to President Donald Trump attending the upcoming Super Bowl 2025.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end made headlines earlier this week when he said it was a “great honor” that Trump will become the first sitting president to go to a Super Bowl.
The comment drew some criticism from fans, because Trump has previously expressed “hate” towards Kelce’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
“This Taylor Swift fan is not mad about it,” Alyssa Farah Griffin began on Friday’s episode. “I thought it was totally classy, a diplomatic answer, and it’s big day.”
The former political strategist pointed out that the “presidency is bigger than any one person” and Kelce, 35, said he’s “proud that the president of the United States is there.”
“I don’t know that it’s any kind of statement about Donald Trump specifically,” Griffin added. “He’d say the same thing if it was Joe Biden, Obama, George Bush. I thought it was a very classy statement and don’t make it a bigger story. It would’ve totally distracted from the game.”
Ana Navarro agreed and argued that if Kelce “had said something against Trump, it would be taken out on his team and all the hate that his team would receive as they’re heading into the Super Bowl.”
Meanwhile, Sara Haines reminded viewers that the upcoming game is a “historical moment” for Kelce and his teammates, because they could become the first NFL team to win the Super Bowl three years in a row.
“This is the biggest game [and] anything else he said would have made it about something else and not about them,” Haines said.
Haines, 47, also added that Kelce expressed his “love” for the country –– and not Trump.
“He was essentially saying, ‘I love this country,’” Haines said.
Sunny Hostin chimed in to say that Kelce is “very protective” over Swift and was thinking about the long-term effects.
“He was being a diplomat, and I think he did the right thing by not giving into this madness,” Hostin, 56, said.
Whoopi Goldberg ended the conversation by simply saying, “The kid did well.”
Kelce told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday that it was “awesome” and a “great honor” to have Trump coming to the game.
“I think, you know, no matter who the president is, I know I’m excited because it’s the biggest game of my life, you know, and having the president there, you know, it’s the best country in the world. So, that’d be pretty cool,” he said.
Trump –– who’s expected to attend alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem –– will see Kelce and his teammates take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday.
Kelce shared the statement months after Swift publicly endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris when she was running against Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Trump subsequently reacted to the endorsement by writing on his Truth Social platform, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Trump ultimately won the 2024 election and officially took office in January.
