Tony Romo clarified on Saturday that calling Taylor Swift Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce’s wife was a joke and that it was part of the plan for the broadcast game.
Romo will be called up for Super Bowl III, where the Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers. Swift is expected to be at least one of the core players off the field.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his style.
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Tony Romo appears on “The Drew Barrymore Show” ahead of Super Bowl VV. (Gail Shulman/CBS via Getty Images)
“I think you’re always trying to do new things,” he said. outlet. “I think a lot of times I add humor, so people who know me well can kind of understand it. That’s why Taylor Swift is[Kels’]wife. When you’re joking about something, you’re not.’ But to me, it feels like the airtime is three hours and 15 minutes, sometimes three and a half minutes.
“We’re trying to add some levity, but really it’s about the game, and we always try to make it about the game.”
Romo made the comment during the Chiefs’ game against the Buffalo Bills during the regular season in December.
“…I see Kelsey’s wife, Taylor Swift, in the audience…” Romo said on the broadcast, quickly apologizing for the mistake.
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Taylor Swift took to the field with Donna Kelce after the AFC Championship game in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
“Not yet,” Jim Nantz replied. “You don’t know something we don’t know, do you?”
Romo said earlier this week that someone made a joke about him while he was playing for the Cowboys and dating Jessica Simpson.
“Someone did that to me a long time ago, and I was like, ‘So, you have a wife too. Oh, I mean, she’s your girlfriend.'” So sometimes the humor just doesn’t come through. “There are things that happen,” Romo said of his then-girlfriend, Jessica Simpson, via the Kansas City Star.
Swift and Kelce’s relationship has sparked controversy between those who support the relationship and the NFL’s coverage of the pair, and those who complain about the latter.
According to Romo, he is in favor of the relationship.
Kelce is scheduled to attend Super Bowl III with the Kansas City Chiefs, and Swift is expected to be in the crowd. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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“That’s Taylor. She’s the biggest personality in the world right now,” he continued. “And I think it’s great for her to be in the football game and I think it just adds value. And I think our team is doing it the right way. … It just comes as a natural result, but for me it’s more than that.”It’s fun to joke around with people sometimes. ”
FOX News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor at Fox News Digital.
Tony Romo insists Taylor Swift wife comments are a joke: ‘Not everyone gets it’
Tony Romo clarified on Saturday that calling Taylor Swift Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce’s wife was a joke and that it was part of the plan for the broadcast game.
Romo will be called up for Super Bowl III, where the Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers. Swift is expected to be at least one of the core players off the field.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his style.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Tony Romo appears on “The Drew Barrymore Show” ahead of Super Bowl VV. (Gail Shulman/CBS via Getty Images)
“I think you’re always trying to do new things,” he said. outlet. “I think a lot of times I add humor, so people who know me well can kind of understand it. That’s why Taylor Swift is[Kels’]wife. When you’re joking about something, you’re not.’ But to me, it feels like the airtime is three hours and 15 minutes, sometimes three and a half minutes.
“We’re trying to add some levity, but really it’s about the game, and we always try to make it about the game.”
Romo made the comment during the Chiefs’ game against the Buffalo Bills during the regular season in December.
“…I see Kelsey’s wife, Taylor Swift, in the audience…” Romo said on the broadcast, quickly apologizing for the mistake.
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Taylor Swift took to the field with Donna Kelce after the AFC Championship game in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
“Not yet,” Jim Nantz replied. “You don’t know something we don’t know, do you?”
Romo said earlier this week that someone made a joke about him while he was playing for the Cowboys and dating Jessica Simpson.
“Someone did that to me a long time ago, and I was like, ‘So, you have a wife too. Oh, I mean, she’s your girlfriend.'” So sometimes the humor just doesn’t come through. “There are things that happen,” Romo said of his then-girlfriend, Jessica Simpson, via the Kansas City Star.
Swift and Kelce’s relationship has sparked controversy between those who support the relationship and the NFL’s coverage of the pair, and those who complain about the latter.
According to Romo, he is in favor of the relationship.
Kelce is scheduled to attend Super Bowl III with the Kansas City Chiefs, and Swift is expected to be in the crowd. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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“That’s Taylor. She’s the biggest personality in the world right now,” he continued. “And I think it’s great for her to be in the football game and I think it just adds value. And I think our team is doing it the right way. … It just comes as a natural result, but for me it’s more than that.”It’s fun to joke around with people sometimes. ”
FOX News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor at Fox News Digital.
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