Taylor Swift surprised a Kansas City Chiefs employee with an impressive tip on Christmas Day.
The 14-time Grammy winner, who's engaged to Chiefs tight end and podcaster Travis Kelce attended the team's game against the Denver Broncos on Dec. 25. Although the Chiefs lost 20-13, Swift was in a generous mood, and gifted a sizable tip to a staff member at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium. In a Facebook post, the employee Robyn Genty, recounted that she first saw Kelce and his mother, Donna, before spotting The Life of a Showgirl artist.
"She was running around telling everyone merry Christmas and came towards me, saying thank you so much for working on Christmas, please take this, Merry Christmas," Gentry wrote about Swift on Monday (Dec. 29). "My mind just froze. Of course I said Merry Christmas and thank you so much."
Gentry added that the couple was "smiling so big" while wishing employees a Merry Christmas, before she saw that Swift handed her $600.
"My whole paycheck for two weeks. I had just dropped that much for Christmas for 8 kids. I immediately started crying," Gentry continued. "So I came home and cant bring myself to spend it."
Gentry added that she framed one of the $100 bills and that she hadn't yet spent the money, but wanted to share her story with fellow Swift fans who will "appreciate" the sentiment. According to news outlet KY3, $600 tips were also given to other Arrowhead Stadium staffers.
"Taylor and Travis are beautifully kind people. Its very true, incredible and very kind people. Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to me 🥰" Gentry concluded.
The singer-songwriter is well known among the industry for rewarding those who work behind the scenes, like her dancers and crew on The Eras Tour, whom she surprised with $197 million in bonuses, per People.
"A bonus day is so important, because setting a precedent with the Eras Tour is really important to me–because people who work on the road, if the tour grosses more, they get more of a bonus," Swift said in the second episode of her The End of an Era docuseries on Disney+. "These people just work so hard, and they are the best at what they do."
