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Charli XCX added more speculation to a rumored feud with Taylor Swift this weekend by wearing a simple t-shirt that fans believe was directed at Swift. Here's what we know.
On Saturday, October 11, Charli made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live alongside the show's musical guest, Role Model — a friend of Charli's. During the musician's performance of “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out,” it has become a tradition for Role Model to bring out a guest on stage to play his “Sally.” It started on tour when Role Model used to bring out a fan. But now, he's switched to bringing out celebrities like Reneé Rapp and Natalie Portman.
Role Model's SNL performance was no different, and he decided to bring out Charli as his “Sally” for the special occasion. The Brat singer sauntered onto the stage with her signature sunglasses on, while also wearing a t-shirt that said “Max's Kansas City” on it. Since Taylor Swift has become synonymous with Kansas City and her Chiefs player fiancé, Travis Kelce, some fans believe the shirt was a choice made to stoke the fire between Charli and Swift.
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The t-shirt comes just after Swift released her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, and included a song called “Actually Romantic,” that fans believe is a diss track about Charli XCX. The song comes after the latter wrote a song called “Sympathy is a Knife” from her Brat album, which many believe is about her complicated feelings toward Swift.
It turns out that the shirt actuallt belongs to Role Model, who was seen wearing it in promos for SNL and is likely a nod at his album, Kansas Anymore. Some also pointed out that Max's Kansas City is a legendary New York City bar and venue where the band The Velvet Underground recorded a live album. Charli has spoken about being a fan of the band, along with the band's singer and guitarist Lou Reed.
Despite those two factors, that didn't stop fans from immediately speculating that the shirt was directed at Swift. “CHARLI ON SNL IN A KANSAS CITY SHIRT?!? THE GIRLIES ARE FIGHTING PUBLICLY,” one user on X wrote. “so charli wearing a kansas city shirt on snl tonight was definitely an interesting choice,” another wrote.
Whether it was on purpose to stir the pot or not, it does seem like interesting timing to wear anything related to Kansas City.
