Taylor Swift turned down the Super Bowl halftime show for the sweetest reason

Before Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl LX halftime performer, there were rumors that the Queen of Kansas City could perform on one of the biggest stages at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 8, 2026. But that will have to wait... for now.

A report from Rob Shuter alleged that Swift walked away from playing the halftime show because the NFL wouldn't meet her demands. Specifically, she "wanted a deal that reflected her value" and primarily sought control of the “performance footage.”

However, the singer is now setting the record straight on what really went down.

"You didn't turn down the Super Bowl because of performance footage," Jimmy Fallon asked Swift during her Oct. 5 appearance on The Tonight Show.

"No," she stated. "Here's the thing, Jay-Z has always been very good to me. Our teams are really close... We're always able to tell him the truth, which is that I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field, like that is violent chess.

"The whole season I am locked in on what that man is doing on the field,” Swift added. "Can you imagine if he's out there every single week, putting his life on the line and doing this very dangerous, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport, and I'm like, 'I wonder what my choreo should be?'"