Taylor Swift Gifted Her Scarf to This Chiefs Fan: 'The Scarf Smelled Like Home' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift reaches out to talk to Chiefs fan Beth Lynch on Jan. 13, 2024.Photo:Courtesy of Beth Lynch/Joya for PEOPLE

Courtesy of Beth Lynch/Joya for PEOPLE

Beth Vancil remembersSaturday’s frigid Chiefs-Dolphinsgame all too well.

Taylor Swift, 34, was seated directly behind her. The pop star left her scarf there in Vancil’s hands — and the lucky Kansas City Chiefs fan has still got it in her house, even now.

“The scarf smelled like home,” Vancil told PEOPLE on Monday, just before taking photos of her 4-year-old daughter wearing it.

Whileinteracting with fansfrom her Arrowhead Stadium box seat window, Swift noticed how cold some people in the crowd were amid the below-zero degree temperatures at one of thecoldest games in NFL history.

That’s when the 12-time Grammy winner, who isdating Chiefs player Travis Kelce, gifted the St. Louis resident the —notred — scarf.

In the Swiftie community, a red scarf is synonymous with Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version),” the fan-favorite songcontaining lyrics about her red scarfan ex-boyfriend kept after they broke up.

“We came, we saw, we conquered,we swag surfedwithDonna [Kelce], Taylor andBrittany [Mahomes]and Taylor gave me her scarf (it was not red and she doesn’t want it back),” Vancil noted in the caption of an Instagram selfie with Swift, Mahomes and her friend Betsy Nacrelli.

Vancil, whose favorite Swift song is “Love Story” and who went to Swift’s Reputation Tour, capped off the caption with Swift-coded emojis. “🧣 🏈 🫶🏻.”

TheChiefs, who beat the Dolphins, are now7-3 with Swift in attendance.

Beth Lynch snapped this photo while interacting with Taylor Swift.Courtesy of Beth Lynch/Joya for PEOPLE

The other victories that the “Cruel Summer” singer has attended were when the Chiefs defeated the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24, New York Jets on Oct. 1, Denver Broncos on Oct. 12, Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 22, New England Patriots on Dec. 17, and Cincinnati Bengals on Dec. 31.

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source: people.com