'The View' Cast Defends Travis Kelce After Joy Behar Denounces Taylor Swift Romance
L: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, R: Joy Behar
Joy Behar is not joining the ranks of public figures hyping up Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's blossoming romance any time soon.
While the likes of Rob Gronkowski, Kelsea Ballerini, Hilarie Burton and more have had nothing but positive things to say about the relationship viewed 'round the world, and Swifties are busy tickling themselves pink over Kelce's college-era tweets, Behar—a self-proclaimed Swiftie—isn't convinced.
On Nov. 16's episode of The View, moderator Whoopi Goldberg brought up the Kansas City Chiefs tight end's old social media posts, which have been going viral for their extensive typos and himbo energy. But a few of the messages sprinkled into the mix, which have since been deleted, embody a gentle misogyny that is much less acceptable today.
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The tweets in question date as far back as 2010, when the now-34-year-old was in his early 20s, and made several disparaging remarks about the physical appearances of a number of women.
“damn the clippers girls gotta be the s----y girls that dont make the lakers girls team, cuz they all was ugly,” Behar read one.
“I feel like if u wanna be a cheerleader you have to pass a beauty test...." he suggested in another. "there's too many ugly cheerleaders out here smh."
"why cant girls hide they backfat,” another that she read off said.
But while she was frustrated that he was "obsessed with the girls looking good," calling it "his thing,” she was even more put off by his grammar, calling him "illiterate."
When Goldberg asked why she cared so much, Behar defined herself as a Swiftie before noting, "I love her because she’s getting young people out to vote, so I don’t want her to be stuck with this idiot.”
However, some of her colleagues believed she was being too harsh given the time period the posts were made and how much time Kelce has had to mature.
While Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed that they were "not appropriate comments," she also pointed out how Kelce is part of the “first generation that grew up with social media our entire teen and adult life," going on to document their every thought where it would live forever.
She continued, “You think of songs that you liked at the time and you’re like, ‘Wait, this might be totally problematic and I didn’t even know at the time,’” calling for "a little bit of grace."
"[You've got to] hope that the way he treats women now is reflective of how he is as an adult,” she concluded.
Sunny Hostin jumped onto the train of thought, adding that he's “probably grown up a lot” over the last 13 years. “I really think that these kids—their frontal lobe, at that age, they’re not developed—and they’re writing all kinds of stuff.”
Goldberg agreed, pointing out how "young people do young people stuff.” She added, “And what you said 25 years ago may not be how you feel this time, so everybody needs to lighten up and let these people do what they want to do."
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