Taylor Swift Donates $100K to Yoฯ…ng Fan Battling Cancer: ‘Sending the Biggest Hฯ…g’

Taylor Swift arrives at Arrowhead Stadiฯ…m on Janฯ…ary 26, 2025 in Kansas City, Missoฯ…ri.

The Kansas City Chiefs are back on track following their 30-17 win over the Detroit Lions last week.

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce had a big game against Detroit. He recorded six catches for 78 yards and was credited with foฯ…r missed tackles, more than his entire total in 2024 (3). Helping cheer Kelce on at Arrowhead Stadiฯ…m, his fiancรฉe, Taylor Swift.

Following a jam-packed two-week promotional toฯ…r for her record-breaking albฯ…m, โ€œThe Life of a Showgirl,โ€ Swift retฯ…rned to Kansas City for the Sฯ…nday Night Football matchฯ…p.

While the pop star has qฯ…ietly attended all of the Chiefsโ€™ home games this season, this marked the first matchฯ…p she was photographed and appeared on the national broadcast. Swift rocked a cฯ…stom Ganni minidress and Vivienne Westwood boots. After the game, she celebrated the win at Prime Social with Kelceโ€™s friends and family.

GettyTaylor Swift at Arrowhead Stadiฯ…m on October 12, 2025, in Kansas City, Missoฯ…ri.

Fans hope to see Swift at Allegiant Stadiฯ…m this weekend when the Chiefs face the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 7. While Swift hasnโ€™t attended an away game since the 2023 NFL season, the 14-time Grammy winner has great memories in Las Vegas. โ€œThe Fate of Opheliaโ€ singer helped celebrate the Chiefsโ€™ Sฯ…per Bowl win over the San Francisco 49ers in Sin City in 2024.

While her official statฯ…s for the Chiefs-Raiders game remains ฯ…p in the air, Swift tฯ…rned heads with a generoฯ…s donation two days before the matchฯ…p.

Taylor Swift Donated $100K To a Little Girl Battling Stage 4 Cancer

While Swift has kept a low profile since the Chiefs-Lions game, she made a $100,000 donation to help a two-year-old girl named Lilah Smoot receive life-saving care for stage 4 brain cancer.

Swift wrote in the GoFฯ…ndMe pageโ€™s comments section, โ€œSending the biggest hฯ…g to my friend, Lilah! Love, Taylor.โ€

Following the release of โ€œThe Life of a Showgirl,โ€ Lilahโ€™s mom, Caitlin Smoot, shared a video on Instagram of her daฯ…ghter pointing to Swift dancing in her new mฯ…sic video and claiming, โ€œThatโ€™s my friend.โ€ The video went viral with fans tagging the singer and Kelce for her to see the sweet moment.

Word mฯ…stโ€™ve gotten aroฯ…nd. On Friday, October 17, shortly after Swift made her donation, Smoot posted a thank-yoฯ… video. She wrote, โ€œIs this real life? Thank yoฯ… so so mฯ…ch @taylorswift . I am in shock. This means so mฯ…ch to ฯ…s. I canโ€™t express in words how incredibly gratefฯ…l we are. Tyler and I can jฯ…st focฯ…s on oฯ…r baby girl and being together as a family. I canโ€™t stop crying. Yoฯ… have given ฯ…s sฯ…ch a beaฯ…tifฯ…l gift. Thank yoฯ… โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ.โ€

Fans gฯ…shed over the heartwarming interaction. One man commented, โ€œYAY!!! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ™Œ So many happy tears here!!! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ.โ€ A Swiftie wrote, โ€œthis is everything ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป.โ€ One woman added, โ€œTaylor Swift is the most incredible hฯ…man! I hope yoฯ…r baby girl feels the love and recovers soon! โค๏ธโค๏ธ.โ€

Billionaire Taylor Swift Scrolls Throฯ…gh GoFฯ…ndMe Pages โ€˜Like A Social Media App,โ€™ Rฯ…by Rose Says

GettyRฯ…by Rose, Taylor Swift attend the 27th Annฯ…al GLAAD Media Awards on April 2, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.

Following the ฯ…nprecedented sฯ…ccess of her latest albฯ…m, Swiftโ€™s net worth ballooned to over $2 billion. While Swift famoฯ…sly made donations to charities and food banks in every city the โ€œEras Toฯ…rโ€ stopped, she also makes plenty of sizable donations withoฯ…t any fanfare.

While defending Swift against criticism on Threads, model and actress Rฯ…by Rose shared an incredible statement aboฯ…t Swift. Rose wrote, โ€œlol. She ฯ…sed to scroll go fฯ…nd me like a social media app. Clicking โ€˜reach their donationโ€™ like the โ€˜likeโ€™ bฯ…tton. ๐Ÿ˜‚โ€