Despite fan claims to the contrary, CBS Sports’ Tony Romo is doing an excellent job in the broadcast booth, Taylor Swift appeared to tell him during the post-game celebrations after the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC Championship win over the Baltimore Ravens.
Swift’s first comment to Romo couldn’t quite be heard in the viral clip, but he appears to compliment her before the pop star replies: ‘We’re doing very different things. It’s a different skillset.’
Romo retired from the NFL in 2016, but has been CBS Sports’ No. 1 football color commentator since, and was in the booth for the Chiefs’ 17-10 victory over the Ravens on Sunday.
While Swift and Romo shared a fist bump on the M&T Bank Stadium field, others are not as thrilled with how the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback called the game.
The online criticism for CBS’ top pair of Romo and Jim Nantz comes as the network will broadcast Super Bowl LVIII in less than two weeks with that duo on the call.
Swift and Romo’s conversation happened during the AFC Championship trophy presentation
And those unhappy with Romo’s commentary already have CBS showing Swift at any turn it can during Chiefs games due to her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, playing for the team.
‘CBS has a massive Tony Romo problem,’ one fan said on X. ‘He makes no sense and it doesn’t even sound like he wants to be there. It’s unbelievably embarrassing.’
‘CBS should fire that bozo Tony Romo and hire Greg Olsen to broadcast alongside Jim Nantz,’ another fan said on social media as Olsen is set to be replaced by Tom Brady for FOX Sports next season.
Others online believed Nantz and Romo were incapable of saying anything critical about Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson.
Swift has constantly been shown on CBS’ broadcasts whenever she attends a Chiefs game
Romo has been with CBS since retiring from the NFL as the network’s top color commentator
Although Nantz’s voice is seen as iconic, and Romo was once a social-media darling for correctly predicting plays before they happened based on formations, their recent chemistry as lacked the sort of verve to call an NFL game in a compelling way.
Swift has not been listening to many of Romo’s calls on the Chiefs, as she has attended a heavy majority of Kansas City’s games since her relationship with Kelce publicly began on September 24.
Yet, Swift went out of her way to pay Romo a compliment many online feel he did not deserve.
For those hoping to just watch Super Bowl LVIII without distractions from Swift or Romo, it could prove to be a long night.