Colin Cowherd bashes ‘lonely, insecure men’ and insists Taylor Swift is good for NFL

FS1 analyst Colin Cowherd came to the defense of Taylor Swift on Tuesday, saying the pop star is a positive for the NFL.

Iconic singer Taylor Swift has been a fixture in the NFL world since news broke of her relationship with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Beginning in September, Swift has shown up at 12 of Kelce’s games. As you’d have it, Kansas City claimed victory in nine of those matchups, including Sunday’s most recent win against Baltimore.

Following a triumphant performance against the Ravens, Kelce and Swift embraced midfield during the post-game celebration.

Social media reactions ranged from happiness for the pair to a heavy dose of “why are we still talking about this” from fans tired of seeing the onscreen romance.

Colin Cowherd defends Taylor Swift

One prominent sports analyst came to Swift’s defense this week. Colin Cowherd, a long-time sports radio host, says that the NFL benefits greatly from the influx of “Swifties.” And he blamed ‘lonely, insecure men’ for the constant vitriol.

“There’s a lot of really weird, lonely, insecure men out there,” Cowherd said on Tuesday. “The fact that the world’s biggest pop star is dating a star tight end, who had one of his greatest games ever, and the network puts them on the air briefly… that it bothers you, what does that say about your life?”

Cowherd continued, “Judge people sometimes on the silly stuff that bothers them. It’ll tell you a lot about them.”

Then there’s the section of fans that claim they are only tuned in to watch football. Cowherd shut down that stance in his rant.

“People say, ‘I just want to watch football’—liar, you’re lying, that’s not true,” Cowherd pressed on. “Did you know statistically, in a three-and-a-half hour NFL playoff broadcast, just 18 minutes are actual football?”

“The New York Times measured how long Taylor Swift was actually on the broadcast. Do you know how long it is, on average? Twenty-five seconds, in three-and-a-half hours,” Cowherd exclaimed.

“And why wouldn’t CBS [show her]? CBS has the Grammy’s; why wouldn’t the network cross-promote the world’s biggest pop star?” Cowherd asked rhetorically.

The outspoken analyst went further, this time examining the different treatment men and women receive when they’re in the limelight.

“Here’s the other thing that strikes me. Matthew McConaughey, Drake, Spike Lee at Knicks games, Eminem at Michigan sporting events — we celebrate it. But a talented and beautiful woman is on the air. One who would never pay attention to lonely men, and it bothers them.”

Cowherd offered up another stat by saying: “There’s a number out there — it’s kind of uncomfortable for you sad guys — that 50 percent of men never have real intimacy with a woman. And those ones that don’t are angry and sad and lonely, and they are often misogynistic. And they resent women who didn’t give them the time they think they deserve.”

“This anger says nothing about Taylor Swift. It says everything about the men bothered by it,” Cowherd said to wrap up the discussion.