Knicks star Tyler Kolek calls out Taylor Swift as teams fakest celebrity fan: A little performative

Taylor Swift may need to shake this one off.Knicks point guard Tyler Kolek called out the “Patient Zero” hitmaker as the “fakest” celebrity fan for jumping on the orange and blue bandwagon during the team’s championship run this year.Kolek and teammate Deuce McBride were tasked with answering a series of questions during an NBA 2K TikTok livestream on Thursday when they were asked, “Who is the fakest celebrity Knicks fan?”“At the Knicks games, I would say it’s very performative,” Kolek said.

“Because they just want to be seen at the game.They’re not necessarily fans.”But he singled out the “Bad Blood” singer as by far the biggest offender.“Maybe Taylor Swift? I don’t know if I’ve seen her at any other games,” Kolek said.

“I guess she has a lot going on so she can’t come all the time.But it’s a little performative.” McBride agreed but warned his teammate that “Swifties” wouldn’t like his answer.“I’m going to get some hate from the Swifties,” Kolek acknowledged.McBride praised the Knicks’ core group of celebrity fans, like Ben Stiller and Tracy Morgan, but noted that most stars were rarely seen at games outside of the championship series at Madison Square Garden in June.Swift was among the many stars at Game 4 of the NBA Finals when the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106.The “Cruel Summer” artist sat courtside with singing sisters Este and Alana Haim, with the trio cheering on the team as she wore an orange-and-blue T-shirt that read “Stevie Knicks.”Swift had been in the Big Apple for the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony the night after her appearance at the Garden — less than a month before she and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce tied the knot at the venue It wasn’t the “Cleveland!” singer’s first playoff game during the Knicks’ historic run.She was caught rooting for the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside her Ohio-born husband during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which dr...