Jalen Brunson is asking Taylor Swift fans to give Monica McNutt a break.
After the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in Saturday night’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Brunson stopped to chat with McNutt, an Emmy Award-winning basketball analyst. As McNutt prepared to ask Brunson some questions after the historic win, the point guard grabbed the microphone from her.
“I just want to say something to the Swifties,” he began. “She’s a really good one. Cut her some slack. It’s all good. I promise.”
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— sports live tweeter yadira (@jonmoxIeys) June 14, 2026
Brunson’s comments come just days after McNutt was caught talking about Swift in a hot mic moment during Game 4 at Madison Square Garden. Swift and her pals, Este and Alana Haim, were sitting courtside for the game, and definitely got a lot of attention as they cheered on the home team.
“Is that Taylor Swift down there?” McNutt said during the June 10 broadcast. “She’s not a Knicks fan. Get out of here girl.”
TMZ reached out to McNutt following the viral moment and she issued an apology to anyone she may have offended.
“Swifties, I appreciate your passion,” she told TMZ. “I said what I said. 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 this organization for five years. I know these folks. Ben Stiller, his wife Christine, Fat Joe. I had not seen her this year or last year.”
“Obviously, Travis [Kelce] supports the Cavs,” McNutt continued. “But she didn’t have on any Knicks paraphernalia so I did not know her Knicks loyalty. But shoutout T-Swift. We can be united.”
Swift has not publicly acknowledged McNutt’s comments—but she was more than likely celebrating the Knicks on Saturday night just the same.
