I generally dislike massive celebrities being overtly political outside of their artistic endeavors. Their political opinions are no more valid or important than anyone else’s yet they exert a ton of influence over their fans, often young and impressionable fans, who are highly likely to agree with them without really informing themselves on the issue. I think they need to be super careful and responsible with that power.

With that being said, I’m really struggling to be upset with Swift or Kelce for “wielding their influence” to “promote their politics” as outlined in this article. Swift is cool with LGBT people and tells her fans to register to vote? Kelce is pro vaccine and also did a beer commercial with a brand that also did a sponsored social media post with a trans person once? This stuff is so benign it’s barely even news. These issues are only political because Republicans specifically made them political so if they’re upset about it, I can’t really feel sorry for them.