Taylor Swift misses Emmys to cheer on Travis Kelce at NFL game with Tom Cruise

Taylor Swift missed the Emmy Awards in favour of an NFL game as she cheered on new husband Travis Kelce, alongside Hollywood star Tom Cruise.

The singer was pictured with Cruise in a box on Monday as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Denver Broncos 31-10 in their opening game of the season.

The pair were seen laughing, chatting and cheering as they watched the game alongside Swift’s father Scott and Kelce’s mother Donna and brother Jason.

Kelce marked his first match as a married man by moving to second in the NFL’s list of most receiving yards by a tight end.

Mariska Hargitay and Taylor Swift in a skit during the 78th Emmy Awards (Chris Pizzello/AP)

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Swift has made regular appearances at games since she began dating the Kansas City tight end in 2023.

Despite skipping the ceremony, Swift did appear in a pre-recorded sketch alongside host Mariska Hargitay.

The skit saw Hargitay reprise her Law And Order: SVU and ceremony role as Olivia Benson as her team of SVU detectives investigated whether Swift would attend the ceremony.

After Hargitay concluded the singer would not attend because of the conflicting game, Swift – appearing as a detective – said: “Maybe she’ll do one of those cool, pre-taped sketch things to support the host.”

Swift’s cat, named Olivia Benson after Hargitay’s character, also appeared in the clip.

The pop star’s documentary series The Eras Tour: The Final Show had also been nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy earlier this month but lost out to The Muppet Show.

Swift and Kelce, both 36, tied the knot in a star-studded event at New York’s Madison Square Garden on July 3, which Kelce said offered a “private” setting “without a lot of distractions”.

Taylor Swift sits with Tom Cruise while watching the first half (Charlie Riedel/AP)

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More than 1,000 guests attended the event, including Cruise and Hargitay, a long-time friend of the singer.

The couple’s romance began after Kelce publicly announced on his New Heights podcast that he was interested in Swift and tried to give her a friendship bracelet containing his phone number after a concert.

Swift later described the move as a “wild, romantic gesture”.

Speaking on his podcast earlier this month, Kelce said he and Swift had been having “so much fun” since the big day.

He said: “Me and Taylor are so thankful for everybody that showed up, from the vows to just seeing everyone, to how much fun we had throughout the entire evening.”