Knicks radio analyst Monica McNutt is backpedaling fast after a Taylor Swift comment sparked Swiftie backlash. Following the heat after she suggested the pop star wasn’t a real Knicks fan, McNutt apologized and explained she “misspoke,” saying she had not seen
Monica McNutt didn’t expect her Taylor Swift take to land like a punch in the middle of the NBA Finals.
The Knicks radio analyst had thrown shade suggesting Swift wasn’t a real fan of New York’s team when she was at Game Four. In the moment, McNutt even told the pop star to “leave the game.”
Swifties, unsurprisingly, pushed back.
When TMZ caught up with her on Thursday. McNutt admitted she was wrong—and went point by point on how she missed the mark. She began by addressing the backlash directly: “Swifties, I appreciate your passion. I said what I said and here’s the deal. if I’m wrong — and I am wrong apparently because we’ve got an OG Amar’e Stoudemire jersey.”.
Then she explained what changed in her understanding. “I misspoke. I did not know, but here’s the deal. I literally just did a piece on celebrity row, I know these folks. I had not seen her here, this year or last year, and we just saw her with her fiancé.”
McNutt added that she hadn’t seen Swift wearing Knicks paraphernalia when they spotted her. “Obviously, Travis supports the Cavs, but she didn’t have on any Knicks paraphernalia, so I did not know her Knicks loyalty, but shout out to T-Swift. We can be united in orange and blue.”
She closed her statement with a simple, clean correction: “I apologize.”
The apology followed social media fire after an “EXCLUSIVE: Knicks radio host Monica McNutt apologizes to Taylor Swift for NBA finals comment” video circulated, posted June 11, 2026 by TMZ on X.
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