Taylor Swift skips VMAs and Chiefs game in Brazil amid engagement

Taylor Swift will not attend this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in New York despite being nominated for Artist of the Year, and she also did not travel to São Paulo for fiancé Travis Kelce’s season-opening Kansas City Chiefs game, according to multiple reports. The absence from both high-profile events has drawn attention as Swift balances newly announced engagement and upcoming music commitments.

Organizers had scheduled the VMAs for Sunday at UBS Arena in New York, where Swift was among the nominees alongside artists such as Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Reports say she chose not to attend the ceremony. The Artist of the Year award ultimately went to Lady Gaga. No official explanation has been released for Swift’s decision to skip the VMAs.

Swift’s absence from Kelce’s Friday game at Arena Corinthians, where the Chiefs faced the Los Angeles Chargers, was attributed in reports to logistics and security concerns around an international trip. Sources said the 12-hour private flight and the need to have a security detail and advance team in place made a short trip to Brazil impractical for what would have been only a few hours on site. Other accounts noted that none of...