Tony Romo made it clear Saturday that when he called Taylor Swift, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, he was just joking and that it was part of his broadcast plan.
Romo will be in the squad for Super Bowl LVIII when the Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers. Swift is expected to be at least one of the focal points off the field.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback talked about his style with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Tony Romo on “The Drew Barrymore Show” before Super Bowl LVIII. (Gail Schulman/CBS via Getty Images)
“I think you're always trying to do new things,” he told the outlet. “I feel like, for me, one area is that I add humor a lot of times. So, people who really know me get it. So when I joke about Taylor Swift being (Kelce's) wife, not everyone gets it, but For me I feel like we are on the air for three hours and 15 minutes, sometimes three and a half.
“You're trying to add some levity to it, but really it's about the game and you always try to make it about the game.”
Romo made the comment when the Chiefs faced the Buffalo Bills during the regular season in December.
“…As you see Kelce's wife, Taylor Swift, in the audience…” Romo said on the broadcast and quickly apologized for making the mistake.
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Taylor Swift walked with Donna Kelce onto the field after the AFC Championship game in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
“Not yet,” Jim Nantz responded. “You don't know something we don't know, do you?”
Romo said earlier this week that someone played a prank on him when he played for the Cowboys and was dating Jessica Simpson.
“Someone did that to me in the past and said, 'And there's your wife. Oh, I mean, your girlfriend.' So sometimes humor doesn't work so well,” Romo said of his then-girlfriend Jessica Simpson, to via The Kansas City Star.
Swift and Kelce's relationship has sparked a debate between those who support the relationship and the NFL's coverage of the duo, and those who have complained about the latter.
According to Romo, he is in favor of the relationship.
Kelce is headed to Super Bowl LVIII with the Kansas City Chiefs and Swift is expected to be in the crowd. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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“It's Taylor, she has as big a personality as anyone in the world right now,” he continued. “And I think it's great that she's at football games, and I think she just adds value. And I think our team does it the right way… It just comes out organically, but to me it's more A Sometimes it's fun to joke with people.
Paulina Dedaj of Fox News contributed to this report.
