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Before the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history,<\/a> New York Knicks<\/a> analyst Monica McNutt was confused about the presence of Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden<\/a>. McNutt, who has worked as a radio voice for the Knicks since 2023, was heard discussing Swift’s appearance on celebrity row with play-by-play man Tyler Murray before Game 5. Her comment: “She’s not a Knicks fan, get out of here, girl<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Unfortunately for McNutt, the internet heard that comment, and the response was loud enough that she responded via TMZ street interview Thursday, less than 24 hours later<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n She apologized for the error, citing the fact that she hadn’t seen Swift at a Knicks game in the past couple years and wasn’t aware she was a fan:<\/p>\n “Swifties, I appreciate your passion, I said what I said. Here’s the deal, if I’m wrong \u2014 I am wrong apparently because she’s got an original Amar’e Stoudemire<\/a> [Knicks] jersey.<\/p>\n “I misspoke. I did not know, but here’s the deal, context, I literally just did a piece on Celebrity Row. I’ve been with his organization for five years. I know these folks: Ben Stiller, his wife Christine [Taylor], Spike Lee, Fat Joe. I had not seen her here this year or last year and we just saw her in Cleveland<\/a> with her fianc\u00e9 [Travis Kelce for Game 3 of Eastern Conference finals].<\/p>\n “Obviously, Travis supports the Cavs<\/a>. She didn’t have any Knicks paraphernalia, so I did not know of her Knicks loyalty. But shoutout to T. Swift, we can be united in orange and blue, it’s fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n As McNutt mentions, Swift has been known to be a Knicks fan for quite a long time. In 2014, she told Time Magazine<\/a> she’s loved the team since performing at a halftime kids talent competition when she was 12 or 13 and had developed a friendship with then-Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire.<\/p>\n We have photographs to accompany that note as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n So it appears Swift’s attendance, wearing a “Stevie Knicks” T-shirt and flanked by her friends Este and Alana Haim (and their “Knickelback” and “Knickole Kidman” shirts), was quite natural, as was her euphoria-fueled friendship with “Law and Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n McNutt does not appear to be sweating the error. She had bigger things to worry about Wednesday<\/a>:<\/p>\n “I knew it was a big deal on the internet, but I was too busy enjoying the actual game because I got it like that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n Game 5, in which the Knicks can clinch their first NBA title since 1973, is scheduled for Saturday in San Antonio<\/a> (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC\/ESPN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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