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Taylor Swift Was Eating a Piece of Chicken with Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch! refers to a tweet made by a Taylor Swift stan account about the pop singer's apparent meal, photographed while she was attending a Kansas City Chiefs football game in late September 2023. The zealousness of the tweet caused it to become a copypasta meme, and it was parodied in other ways on Twitter over the following days.

Origin

On September 24th, 2023, Taylor Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs NFL game, fueling rumors that she was dating the team's tight end, Travis Kelce. That day, the Swift stan account @tswifterastour^[1] posted a photo of Swift at the game on Twitter / X, alerting Swift fans that the singer was "eating a piece of chicken with ketchup and seemingly ranch!" The tweet gained over 6,900 retweets, 46,000 likes and 4,200 quote tweets in three days (shown below).

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The post was quickly mocked on Twitter as people poked fun at the zealousness of Swifties. In particular, the phrase "Seemingly Ranch" stuck out in people's minds, leading to a variety of jokes and memes. For example, on September 26th, 2023, the official Heinz ketchup Twitter account^[2] tweeted a parody new sauce called "Ketchup and seemingly ranch," gaining over 1,600 retweets and 34,000 likes in one day (shown below, left). On September 24th, user @TomZohar^[3] posted a Legally Blonde poster parody with the phrase, gaining over 880 retweets and 20,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).

Others used the tweet as a copypasta. For example, on September 26th, the Twitter account for New York Mets mascot Mrs. Met^[4] posted a recreation of the tweet, gaining over 680 retweets and 6,300 likes in one day (shown below, left). On September 24th, user @sallydarr^[5] posted a Kevin James Smirking meme with the copypasta, gaining over 2,200 retweets and 53,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

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