{"id":1837100,"date":"2026-07-23T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/?p=1837100"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:17:08","slug":"maggie-witt-compara-torcedores-do-royals-aos-torcedores-do-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/pt\/maggie-witt-compara-torcedores-do-royals-aos-torcedores-do-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Witt compara torcedores do Royals aos torcedores do Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--&gt;--><\/p>\n<figure \/><!-- WPS-5038 - removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-->[&#8211;><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-summary-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ai-summary\"><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expander\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Maggie Witt compared Chiefs and Royals fans during a podcast at the MLB All\u2011Star Game.<\/li>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<li>Witt described how Bobby Witt Jr. wooed her in high school using Snapchat and smoothies.<\/li>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<li>Maggie and Bobby married in December 2024 in Dallas, inviting all the Royals players.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--&gt;--><!--&gt;--><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>During a podcast interview last week in Philadelphia at the MLB All-Star game, Maggie Witt deftly compared Chiefs fans to Royals followers and shared how her shortstop husband, Bobby Witt Jr., wooed her in high school.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Apparently Snapchat and smoothies did the trick.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Witt also had to educate<a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1jNF-uvMFc4\"> \u201cNot So Little\u201d host Kendall Vertes<\/a> on the fact that the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals do, in fact, play in the same city when Vertes appeared confused on that point.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Singer\/dancer\/TV personality Vertes, with nearly 11 million followers on Instagram, found fame as one of the first child dancers featured on the Lifetime show \u201cDance Moms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Maggie and Bobby were already high school sweethearts when the Royals drafted the Texas teen right out of high school in 2019. They married in December 2024 in Dallas, inviting all the Royals players.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Bobby was slow out of the gate in the teen romance game.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the grade above him, he loves to remind me of that,\u201d Maggie laughed. \u201cHe actually was supposed to be in my grade. I might be totally making this up but I\u2019m pretty sure he started kindergarten late because his dad (Bobby Witt Sr.) was in the MLB.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis dad played for 16 years in the MLB and the year he started kindergarten was the year his dad won the World Series. So I feel like that\u2019s why, I think that\u2019s why he started late unless I\u2019m making this up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>She was a junior, then, when Bobby was a sophomore. \u201cAnd back then, you could make your own schedule,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>So Bobby got her schedule from Maggie\u2019s best friend. \u201cAnd the only class that he could take with an upperclassman was physics,\u201d she said. \u201cSo we were in physics together and he sat behind me &#8230; and didn\u2019t talk to me like for the first three months.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very shy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>But then they worked on a group project together, exchanged phone numbers and Bobby made his first move on Snapchat.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d actually just like broken up with a previous boyfriend and (Bobby) was like \u2018oh you\u2019re so beautiful, you deserve better,\u2019 all this stuff. And I was like that\u2019s so sweet,\u201d said Maggie.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he put the big guns on when he started leaving smoothies on my car after softball practice every day with a note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Maggie was a gifted athlete in her own right, a star softball player at Colleyville Heritage High School who went on to play shortstop and third base at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>She was a college freshman when the Royals drafted Bobby. \u201cAnd then after that he was doing his thing in Arizona and I was doing mine in Louisiana,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Vertes asked Witt how she felt about the word \u201cWAG,\u201d a shorthand term used to describe wives and girlfriends of professional athletes.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Some wives and girlfriends balk at the label, calling it demeaning shorthand that gives short shrift to a woman\u2019s own worth.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>In Kansas City, Witt is one of the best-known Royals wife, active on social media and an organizer of many events involving other spouses.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care, I really don\u2019t,\u201d Witt said. \u201cI guess some people care &#8230; I don\u2019t take it personally &#8230; I mean, it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><!--&gt;]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Vertes, who mentioned she hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, seemed a little confused on geography when she asked Witt if Kansas City is considered the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I think so,\u201d said Witt.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis might be such a dumb question,\u201d said Vertes. \u201cThe Kansas City Chiefs are also &#8230;?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d said Witt, confirming that the Royals and Chiefs play in the same city.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust to be sure,\u201d said Vertes. \u201cI\u2019m not really good at geography. So I just had to get that out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Witt told her the Royals and Chiefs stadiums are next to each other and are connected by an underground tunnel.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow\u2019s your fan base, because Phillies fan base, they kind of take the cake for craziest,\u201d Vertes said. \u201cDo the Royals have like a really passionate fan base?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word I would say for Kansas City fans is loyal,\u201d Witt said. \u201cThey\u2019re super loyal &#8230; I don\u2019t know, this might (ruffle) some feathers but I feel like they\u2019re really passionate about the Chiefs &#8230; which makes sense &#8230; they bring so much to Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Royals do as well but there\u2019s a lot of passion in football and in baseball they\u2019re just so loyal.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be a Wednesday afternoon game, it\u2019s hot as crap outside, and like you\u2019re still gonna get people going there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the Chiefs. Well, one particular Chiefs WAG, at least.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Vertes asked if Witt has ever seen Taylor Swift in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p><!--]-->[&#8211;><\/p>\n<p>Witt said she\u2019s seen the new wife of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at games since the suites they watch games from are near each other. But she\u2019s never seen Swift \u201cin the wild\u201d of Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!--&gt;--><!--&gt;--><\/p>\n<div class=\"zone grid\">\n<div class=\"related-stories story-module\">\n<h5>Hist\u00f3rias relacionadas de Kansas City Star<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-module\">\n<div class=\"author-card \">\n<div class=\"thumb\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/profile\/219033635\/\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-details\">\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/profile\/219033635\/\">Lisa Guti\u00e9rrez<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"credit\">A estrela de Kansas City<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                     <!-- End of class=\"social-media\" --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span>Lisa Gutierrez \u00e9 rep\u00f3rter do The Kansas City Star desde 2000. Ela aprendeu jornalismo na Universidade do Kansas, sua alma mater. Ela escreve sobre cultura pop, celebridades locais, tend\u00eancias e a vida no metr\u00f4 atrav\u00e9s de seu povo. Ah, e cachorros. Voc\u00ea pode contat\u00e1-la em lgutierrez@kcstar.com ou segui-la no Twitter \u2013 @LisaGinKC.<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>  &#8216;O artigo anterior pode incluir informa\u00e7\u00f5es divulgadas por terceiros&#8217; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>  &#8216;Alguns detalhes deste artigo foram extra\u00eddos da seguinte fonte www.kansascity.com&#8217; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 O artigo anterior foi obtido e traduzido do site internacional da celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&#8211;> AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Maggie Witt compared Chiefs and Royals fans during a podcast at the MLB All\u2011Star Game. 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