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World-renowned pop star Taylor Swift has been summoned to the Paris Olympics.

Sports Illustrated (SI), a sports media outlet, reported on the 30th of last month (Korea time) that a broadcast announcer mentioned superstar Taylor Swift at the men's volleyball match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. NBC, a broadcaster that has the right to broadcast the U.S. Olympics, broadcast the game, and Heather Cox, an announcer who is reporting, mentioned sports stars who visited the scene. "(NBA superstar) Stephen Curry visited the stadium to support the U.S. women's national team, and Jason Kelsey came to support the U.S. men's national team," he said, adding, "Everyone, Kelsey will be known as the brother of Taylor Swift's boyfriend Travis Kelsey."

"The fact that September is a month away means that the NFL will begin soon, and accordingly, content related to Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift will be poured out," SI said. "An NBC announcer tried to announce the imminent opening of the NFL by throwing a witty line about the most famous couple during the broadcast of the men's volleyball game at the Paris Olympics."

In fact, neither Jason Kelsey nor Travis Kelsey is a player who will be called someone's boyfriend or brother. In Korea, the NFL is relatively less interested, but in the U.S., the content far exceeds the popularity of the NBA and Major League Baseball (MLB). Travis Kelsey is the best tight end who led his team, the Kansas City Chiefs, to the Super Bowl championship last year. Jason Kelsey, who announced his retirement in March, is the center of the Philadelphia Eagles and is a likely candidate for the NFL Hall of Fame. The brothers made headlines when they clashed at the Super Bowl last year.

However, he could not overcome the public and media's interest in Swift, the world's rocking pop star. Rather than Kansas City, which won the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco 49ers in February, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who won the MVP award, Swift visited the stadium to see her boyfriend, was truly the hero. Attention was drawn to whether Kelsey would propose to Swift as the winning ring.

The NBC announcer seemed to want to mention Swift's name rather than the on-court player or sports star who came to cheer her on. "I applauded Cox for turning the tide," SI said.

Meanwhile, Swift is on a European tour. She reportedly has no concert schedule on Sunday, when the closing ceremony will take place. Expectations are high that she will be able to see her performance at the Olympics. Swift has a special relationship with American gymnastics hero Simone Biles.