A body language expert has picked apart the differing reactions of NFL WAGs Hailee Steinfeld and Taylor Swift as they watched their respective husbands in action this season. 

Steinfeld was shown supporting Josh Allen for the first time on TV on Monday night as she cheered the quarterback on passionately in the Buffalo Bills’ thrilling win over the Los Angeles Rams.

Fans were left stunned when the camera panned to the 29-year-old Hollywood star jumping up and down and appearing to scream: ‘Go Josh! Let’s go Josh! Let’s f***ing go Josh!’

She clapped her hands and pointed downfield as Allen, 30, rushed for a first down and gave a grin after moving his team close to the end zone. She was later shown looking nervous in overtime after another big Allen run put his team within field goal range.

Fans flocked to social media afterward to comment on Steinfeld’s wild natural reactions and how the action on the field had left her totally engrossed.

They also speculated that it was in contrast to Taylor Swift, who famously pointed at her wedding ring, rumored to have cost Travis Kelce up to $1 million, as she celebrated his touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts live on NBC last month.

Hailee Steinfeld was shown on TV cheering on Josh Allen on Monday night

Steinfeld passionately gestured as Allen rushed for a big gain in the fourth quarter in LA

Taylor Swift pointed at her $1 million ring as she celebrated Travis Kelce scoring last month

The singer-songwriter went wild alongside her parents and Donna Kelce at Arrowhead Stadium

‘That’s my husband!’ screamed the pop superstar, who was at Arrowhead Stadium alongside her parents – Scott and Andrea Swift -and her mother-in-law Donna Kelce. 

According to body language expert Judi James, Steinfeld’s display on Monday night was born out of ‘total absorption and authenticity,’ while Swift’s ring-pointing was a ‘performed message.’

James told The Daily Mail: ‘There are two very different sets of reactions here as the women fan-girl their men in the best of moods.

‘Both women are clearly emphatically happy and proud to visibly support their guys and to be seen doing it. Hailee looks totally lost in the moment, swept up into some knee-jerk or spontaneous reactions that come at such a quick rate and which are so varied they suggest total absorption and authenticity.

‘She crouches forward with her fists clenched tight in a pose of warrior-style tension by proxy. Her brows are raised and there is a tongue-poke and she virtually joins in the action on the field by miming directing it with a pointed finger and a sweep of her hand as she shouts out her commands.

‘When she calms a little she steps back to clap, suggesting she is happy to blend more when she is calmer.’

James said Swift was making more of a ‘conscious’ effort to show her pride to TV viewers.

‘Taylor is in a slightly different league,’ James added. ‘She knows she has the eyes of millions of fans on her at these games and she uses the moment to speak to the world by sending a visual, performed message of total pride in her husband.

Steinfeld had not previously been shown on TV at a Bills game supporting her husband

But Swift has been a large presence in the NFL since she started dating Kelce in 2023

‘Her upward glance implies she knows she is being watched and she uses the moment delightfully to point to her ring finger and yell out “That’s my husband!” to create a fun conversation with the fans.

‘It’s a ritual of utter pride but it’s a more conscious ritual and directly communicated message from a woman who is obviously used to the attention as an A-lister in her own right.’

Steinfeld has notoriously stayed out of the limelight when it comes to the career of the Bills star quarterback, but that briefly changed in Los Angeles as cameras found her in a lavish suite at SoFi Stadium. 

While she has previously shared pictures from Highmark Stadium in suburban Buffalo and has been occasionally filmed by fans in a suite at games, Steinfeld has remained out of the glare of TV cameras.

That has been widely reported to be a deliberate tactic to give her husband time to shine.

The contrast has been particularly stark with Swift, who has been a huge presence on TV screens at Chiefs games while watching Kelce over the last few years.  

Steinfeld and Allen began dating in May 2023, got engaged in November 2024, were married in May 2025, and then welcomed their first child in April this year.

Swift and Kelce began dating later in 2023, got engaged in August 2025 and married at a star-studded ceremony at Madison Square Garden in July.

Steinfeld was in attendance to watch Allen and the Bills grab a major victory over the Rams

Swift has not been at Kelce’s last two games on the road but they reunited in New York City

The pop sensation has been absent from Kelce’s recent road games against the Miami Dolphins and Las Vegas Raiders, but they were pictured having dinner in New York last week as the Chiefs star enjoyed his team’s bye.

The 36-year-old Grammy winner, who also celebrated the NFL player’s birthday in the Big Apple last week, grabbed dinner with her husband at the restaurant Old Rose inside The Jane Hotel, although Yelp notes that the eatery is permanently closed. 

Gossip site DeuxMoi suggested that the couple could have stopped by the members club San Vincente. 

Swift might be back at Arrowhead Stadium this weekend when the Chiefs host their AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon.