{"id":826454,"date":"2026-11-06T22:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/826454\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T22:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:04:12","slug":"taylor-swift-named-fakest-celebrity-knicks-fan-by-tyler-kolek-deuce-mcbride-in-trending-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/826454\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Named &#8216;Fakest&#8217; Celebrity Knicks Fan by Tyler Kolek, Deuce McBride in Trending Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">New York Knicks guards Tyler Kolek and Miles McBride named pop star Taylor Swift the fakest celebrity Knicks fan in a video shared Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Appearing on the <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nba2kleague\/video\/7704751038280273165\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBA 2K League TikTok account<\/a>, Kolek brought up Swift when asked the question, and McBride agreed. Kolek added, &#8220;I guess she&#8217;s got a lot going on, so she can&#8217;t come all the time, but it&#8217;s a little performative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In the wake of Kolek and McBride&#8217;s comments, the Knicks issued a statement to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/11\/06\/knicks-support-taylor-swift-after-players-call-her-fakest-fan\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;Taylor Swift has been a Knicks fan for many years, has a long history with Madison Square Garden, and we are incredibly appreciative of her support of the organization,&#8221; the organization said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Many celebrities were spotted courtside during the Knicks&#8217; run to an NBA championship last season, including Swift, who attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden alongside friends Alana Haim, Este Haim and Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Knicks guards Tyler Kolek and Miles McBride named pop star Taylor Swift the fakest celebrity Knicks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-826454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}