Tonight marks Sunday Night Football with an exciting matchup between the Green Bay Packers, hot off a surprise Thanksgiving day upset victory and new postseason ambitions, and the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs ... but all of that is irrelevant now because Taylor Swift is in attendance.
Yes, this is not a drill: Taylor Swift is coming to Wisconsin.
For those who've been living under a rock for the past several months, the "Cruel Summer" and "Shake It Off" pop star is currently doing future breakup song research while dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. (Jokes aside: We're rooting for them; they seem lovely, minus the fact that Travis Kelce isn't on the Packers.) She's shown up at several Chiefs games throughout this NFL schedule, including against the Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers – and each time helped cheer on a Kansas City victory. And now she's apparently en route to Lambeau Field.
Obviously, the gossip began early with rumblings that the pop star might show up to such a high-profile game – including even from Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. (Because when it comes to preparing for a primetime football game against the defending Super Bowl champs, the head coach of a football team definitely has time to check in on booth reservations and attendance numbers.) But Swift's arrival at Lambeau Field was officially confirmed Sunday afternoon by the Instagram account Taylor Swift Jets, which tracks the pop star's almost literal every movement. And indeed, according to the Instagram page, Swift's private jet has taken off from Kansas City toward Green Bay and most recently landed around Green Bay, marking her first Wiconsin appearance since playing Country Thunder in 2009.
So prepare yourself tonight for beyond the usual Jordan Love analysis and stressed Matt LaFleur sideline shots. Brace yourself for constant shots of her booth, brace yourself for tweets from local bars and brands begging the pop star to come to their establishments (probably with a song title pun), brace yourself for handheld footage of catering equipment that's ACTUALLY TAYLOR SWIFT SNEAKING OUT IN DISGUISE and brace yourself for breathless coverage from various local media outlets hoping for clicks. (Hi!)
And make sure to check in to OnMilwaukee tomorrow morning for analysis of tonight's Taylor Swift media appearance (with allegedly a Packers game).
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
