Taylor Swift steps out with Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills amid her inner circle’s fury at New York Times’ op-ed suggesting she’s GAY

Taylor Swift wowed in a black mini dress as she enjoyed a girls’ night out with her friends Brittany Mahomes and Lindsay Bell in Beverly Hills on Saturday.

The pop sensation, 34, stepped out in California amid furor in her camp after the New York Times published an opinion piece suggesting Swift may be gay – despite her budding romance with Kansas City Chief’s Travis Kelce.

While Kelce and his teammates were staying at a H๏τel near LAX, his girlfriend and her new pals dined at restaurant H๏τspot Spago, DailyMail.com pictures showed.

The Chiefs are in town to play the Los Angeles Chargers at So Fi Stadium on Sunday, but that didn’t stop their WAGS from having a night out on the town.

On January 4, the New York Times published a story questioning the popstar’s Sєxuality – but the insinuation has already caused chaos among fans and reportedly within Taylor’s inner circle.

Anna Marks’s essay for NYT suggested that Swift could be hiding her Sєxuality from the world because of her ‘affinity for queer idenтιтy.’

One of Swift’s friends claimed that such an article would never be written about a male artist – although Marks previously wrote a similar article questioning Harry Styles’s Sєxuality.

‘This article wouldn’t have been allowed to be written about Shawn Mendes or any male artist whose Sєxuality has been questioned by fans,’ a source close to the situation told CNN.

The New York Times is now the target of the wrath of Swifties, as well as the singer’s personal pals. ‘I’ve learned that they are not pleased to say the least,’ Oliver Darcy told CNN of the drama.

Meanwhile, Taylor has been in LA for several days – and DailyMail.com have pictured her exclusively working out at the Dogpound Gym in West Hollywood.

Brittany Mahomes, wife of KC Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, and Lyndsay Bell, wife of KC Chiefs тιԍнт end Blake Bell, arrived in LA and are believed to have spent Saturday night with Taylor at her Beverly Hills mansion.

The three left her estate around 7:30pm on Saturday night and entered the world-famous Spago restaurant from the back alley.

Taylor wore a short black dress with a gold chain around her neck, trademark red lipstick and Christian Louboutin knee knee-high boots.

Brittany had on a short, checkered skirt with calf-high boots.

Taylor and her two friends sat at a table across from the bar area of the restaurant, and her security sat a table next to theirs. She was out in the open for all to see.

For the next three hours, Taylor and company drank and had a choice to dine on such delicacies as pizza with prosciutto, $39, olive oil poached striped bᴀss, $68, Liberty Duck breast, $80, and grilled Westholme Farms, Wagyu striploin, $115.

While dining, DailyMail.com can exclusively report ‘the three did more talking than eating, at times appearing serious while other times, laughing.’

At one point, when Brittany and Lyndsay had to use the bathroom, Taylor looked like she was talking on the phone, as she had her hand up to her ear.

A few times throughout the evening, Taylor pulled out her phone and looked to be checking messages, most likely from Travis, who is was staying at a H๏τel just 12 miles away.

The H๏τel staff brought out a sampling of several desserts for Taylor and company, but they hardly touched it. At 11pm, they decided it was time to leave and they all got into Taylor’s vehicle and sped away.

Taylor’s ERA tour documentary is up for an award on Sunday night at The Golden Globes.

It’s not known if she is going to attend the award ceremony at The Beverly Hilton which starts at 5pm, PST or go watch the Chiefs’ last regular game of the season some 15 miles south at So FI stadium, which starts at 1:25pm local time.

The KC Chiefs have already clinched their division тιтle, so Coach Andy Reid has said that Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes will not play but will rest up ahead of the playoffs.

Since the team has already won their division, it does not make any difference in the standings if they win or lose.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kiss as they ring in New Year
Those close to 34-year-old Grammy winner Taylor have questioned the morality of the New York Times, after they published the article on her Sєxuality.

‘Because of her mᴀssive success, in this moment there is a Taylor-shaped hole in people’s ethics,’ a source close to the situation told CNN.

The contents of the article are based on conjecture, and the insider questioned whether a double standard had been applied in allowing the op-ed to be published.

The piece тιтled, ‘Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do,’ by on of the paper’s Opinion editors, looks at lyrics from the Lover artist’s body of work, which she believes could Sapphic love.

‘Anyone considering the whole of Ms. Swift’s artistry — the way that her brilliantly calculated celebrity mixes with her soul-baring art — can find discrepancies between the story that underpins her celebrity and the one captured by her songs.’ the author wrote.

Marks cited examples from her appearance, including wearing hair colors from the biSєxual pride flag, or rainbow dresses.

She also hints a so-called Easter eggs in the lyrics, in which refer to being in ‘glᴀss closets’ in Willow or paying homage to lesbian artist Louie Fuller during her Reputation tour.

‘In isolation, a single dropped hairpin is perhaps meaningless or accidental, but considered together, they’re the unfurling of a ballerina bun after a long performance,’ the editor wrote.

‘Those dropped hairpins began to appear in Ms. Swift’s artistry long before queer idenтιтy was undeniably marketable to mainstream America. They suggest to queer people that she is one of us.’