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Travis Kelce Yelling at Andy Reid or Travis Kelce Screaming at Coach refers to an image that emerged from Super Bowl LVIII in mid-February 2024 in which Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was photographed yelling at his head coach Andy Reid soon after a Chiefs turnover in the first half of the game, with fans and internet users using the image as an image macro and recaption meme during and after the 2024 Super Bowl. The format is similar to memes such as Bro Explaining.

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The Kansas City Chiefs played against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LVIII in 2024. Travis Kelce, the Chiefs' tight end, was photographed screaming at his head coach during the Chiefs' turnover during the first half of the game.

Redditor^[1] /u/OkEscape7558 posted a video of Travis Kelce bumping into and screaming at his head coach to /r/NFL on February 11th, 2024, gathering over 25,000 upvotes in a day (seen below).

X^[2] user @jonmoxIeys was one of the first to post a meme about Kelce shouting at his head coach, gathering over 90,000 likes on a post that read, "SHE WEAR SHORT SKIRTS I WEAR TSHIRTS SHES CHEER CAPTAIN AND IM ON DA BLEACHERS" (shown below).

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X^[3] user @ITYSL_memes posted a 55 Burgers, 55 Fries, 55 Tacos, 55 Pies meme using a video of the incident on February 11th, 2024, gathering over 3,000 likes on a joke about Kelce aggressively ordering junk food (seen below).

“55 BURGERS, 55 FRIES, 55 TACOS, 55 PIES, 55 COKES, 100 TATER TOTS, 100 PIZZAS, 100 TENDERS, 100 MEATBALLS, 100 COFFEES, 55 WINGS, 55 SHAKES, 55 PANCAKES, 55 PASTAS, 55 PEPPERS AND 155 TATERS” pic.twitter.com/EDCY9z3FTS

— ITYSL memes 💦🥩 (@ITYSL_memes) February 12, 2024

On February 11th, 2024, gimmick account^[4] @ArtButSports compared the image to The Mocking of Christ by Carl Heinrich Bloch, gathering over 48,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). On the same date, X^[5] user @CMWAshby captioned the image, "TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE," gathering over 15,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

A post^[6] by X user @2008Philz on February 11th gathered over 128,000 likes after referencing The Wicked Witch of the East Bro meme (seen below, left). That same day, X^[7] user @youshouldaffirm compared the image to a frame from I Think You Should Leave, gathering over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Reactions From Swifties

Alongside the memes of Travis Kelce yelling at his coach Andy Reid, numerous Taylor Swift fans also expressed concern about the moment in relation to him dating her.^[9] For example, on February 11th, 2024, X^[10] user @KimHans25763370 posted a comment that received over 10 likes in 12 hours and said:

TRAVIS KELCE IS A HOT HEAD. HE'S YELLING AT HIS OWN HEAD COACH. THIS COULD BE A WARNING SIGN FOR TAYLOR SWIFT NOT TO MARRY HIM. POTENTIAL DOMESTIC ABUSE SITUATION

The incident also notably sparked a discussion on /r/Gaylor,^[8] a subreddit dedicated to the theory that Taylor Swift is secretly gay (seen below).

A similar discussion unfolded on the /r/taylorandtravis^[11] subreddit on February 11th under the SUPER BOWL LVIII megathread in which numerous Redditors expressed concern over the moment (example shown below).

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