A body language expert has compared the contrasting reactions of NFL WAGs Hailee Steinfeld and Taylor Swift as they watched Josh Allen and Travis Kelce take the field this season.
Steinfeld made her first televised appearance supporting Allen during Monday night’s game, passionately cheering for the quarterback as the Buffalo Bills battled to a thrilling victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
Viewers were stunned when the camera cut to the 29-year-old Hollywood star jumping up and down while seemingly shouting: “Go Josh! Let’s go Josh! Let’s f***ing go Josh!”
She clapped and pointed toward the field as the 30-year-old Allen sprinted for a first down, then flashed a grin after bringing Buffalo closer to the end zone. Later, during overtime, Steinfeld appeared visibly tense when another major run by Allen put the Bills within field-goal range.
After the game, fans flooded social media to praise Steinfeld’s unfiltered reaction, saying she appeared completely absorbed in the action unfolding on the field.
Some viewers compared her animated support with Taylor Swift’s reaction to Kelce’s touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts, when she famously pointed toward her wedding ring—rumored to be worth as much as $1 million—during the live NBC broadcast last month.
Hailee Steinfeld was shown on TV cheering on Josh Allen on Monday night
Steinfeld passionately gestured as Allen rushed for a big gain in the fourth quarter in LA
Taylor Swift pointed at her $1 million ring as she celebrated Travis Kelce scoring last month
The singer-songwriter went wild alongside her parents and Donna Kelce at Arrowhead Stadium
“That’s my husband!” the pop superstar screamed from Arrowhead Stadium, where she was seated with her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift, and her mother-in-law, Donna Kelce.
Body language expert Judi James said Steinfeld’s reaction on Monday reflected “total absorption and authenticity,” while Swift’s gesture toward her ring appeared to be more of a “performed message.”
James told The Daily Mail: “There are two very different sets of reactions here as the women fan-girl their men in the best of moods.
“Both women are clearly emphatically happy and proud to visibly support their guys and to be seen doing it. Hailee looks totally lost in the moment, swept up into some knee-jerk or spontaneous reactions that come at such a quick rate and which are so varied they suggest total absorption and authenticity.
“She crouches forward with her fists clenched tight in a pose of warrior-style tension by proxy. Her brows are raised and there is a tongue-poke, and she virtually joins in the action on the field by miming directing it with a pointed finger and a sweep of her hand as she shouts out her commands.
“When she calms a little, she steps back to clap, suggesting she is happy to blend in more when she is calmer.”
James said Swift, by contrast, appeared to be making a more “conscious” effort to communicate her pride to viewers watching at home.
“Taylor is in a slightly different league,” James added. “She knows she has the eyes of millions of fans on her at these games, and she uses the moment to speak to the world by sending a visual, performed message of total pride in her husband.
Steinfeld had not previously been shown on TV at a Bills game supporting her husband
But Swift has been a large presence in the NFL since she started dating Kelce in 2023
‘Her upward glance implies she knows she is being watched and she uses the moment delightfully to point to her ring finger and yell out “That’s my husband!” to create a fun conversation with the fans.
‘It’s a ritual of utter pride but it’s a more conscious ritual and directly communicated message from a woman who is obviously used to the attention as an A-lister in her own right.’
Steinfeld has notoriously stayed out of the limelight when it comes to the career of the Bills star quarterback, but that briefly changed in Los Angeles as cameras found her in a lavish suite at SoFi Stadium.
While she has previously shared pictures from Highmark Stadium in suburban Buffalo and has been occasionally filmed by fans in a suite at games, Steinfeld has remained out of the glare of TV cameras.
That has been widely reported to be a deliberate tactic to give her husband time to shine.
The contrast has been particularly stark with Swift, who has been a huge presence on TV screens at Chiefs games while watching Kelce over the last few years.
Steinfeld and Allen began dating in May 2023, got engaged in November 2024, were married in May 2025, and then welcomed their first child in April this year.
Swift and Kelce began dating later in 2023, got engaged in August 2025 and married at a star-studded ceremony at Madison Square Garden in July.
Steinfeld was in attendance to watch Allen and the Bills grab a major victory over the Rams
Swift has not been at Kelce’s last two games on the road but they reunited in New York City
The pop sensation has been absent from Kelce’s recent road games against the Miami Dolphins and Las Vegas Raiders, but they were pictured having dinner in New York last week as the Chiefs star enjoyed his team’s bye.
The 36-year-old Grammy winner, who also celebrated the NFL player’s birthday in the Big Apple last week, grabbed dinner with her husband at the restaurant Old Rose inside The Jane Hotel, although Yelp notes that the eatery is permanently closed.
Gossip site DeuxMoi suggested that the couple could have stopped by the members club San Vincente.
Swift might be back at Arrowhead Stadium this weekend when the Chiefs host their AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon.