Hailee Steinfeld was shown on TV supporting her husband, Josh Allen, for the first time as she cheered him on passionately in the Buffalo Bills‘ thrilling Monday Night Football game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Allen and the Bills were involved in a titanic tussle with last year’s MVP, Matthew Stafford, and the Rams in a game that went to overtime in Los Angeles.
With the game going down to the wire, Allen led his team down the field on an impressive fourth-quarter drive to give his team the lead.
And fans tuning in on ABC/ESPN were left stunned when the camera panned to Hollywood star Steinfeld, jumping up and down passionately 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 rushed for a first down and gave a grin after moving his team close to the end zone.
She was later shown again looking nervous in overtime after another big Allen run put his team into field goal range just moments after they looked set to lose in heartbreaking fashion.
Hailee Steinfeld was shown on ESPN/ABC cheering on Josh Allen on Monday Night Football
Steinfeld passionately gestured as Allen rushed for a big gain in the fourth quarter in LA
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Rams kicker Harrison Mevis had a field goal to win the game blocked in overtime to give the Bills life after a James Cook fumble looked to have gifted the home team victory.
Matthew Stafford had led a late touchdown drive to force overtime, only for Tyler Bass to kick the Bills to a 37-34 win from 45 yards and leave Allen and Steinfeld celebrating.
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 an executive suite at SoFi Stadium.
While she has previously shared pictures from Highmark Stadium in Buffalo supporting Allen and she has been occasionally filmed by fans in a suite at games, she has remained out of the glare of TV cameras.
That has been widely reported to be a deliberate tactic as she looks to stay out of the limelight and give her husband his time to shine.
The contrast has been particularly stark while Taylor Swift has been a massive presence on TV screens at Kansas City Chiefs games when watching her husband, Travis 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.
She shared the ‘blessing’ of their schedules with her acting career and his football on completely different timetables during the year.
She told Variety last year: ‘What we do is so unpredictable, and his job is on such a strict schedule.
‘So it’s actually a blessing – I try to organize my time so I can be where he is. This time of year, I get to hunker down, slow down, support him and live life. When the offseason rolls around, it’s go-time for me.
‘I’ve never lived this part of life before – outside of my work. I’ve gotten a lot better at understanding what it means to slow down and to share that with someone. That’s the greatest thing ever.’
Steinfeld has never been shown on TV before at a Bills game supporting her husband
Allen and the Bills won a thriller in overtime against the Rams in the final game of Week 5
Before the season started, and with their new daughter, Harper Haize Allen, now in their lives, Allen shared how they planned to get through the season as a family.
He told E! News before the season: ‘I can’t tell you exactly how I’m going to feel right at this moment, but it’s going to be obviously a lot of FaceTimes, a lot of calls. I don’t want to miss anything.’
He hailed his ‘supportive partner’ for allowing him to stay focused on the season, adding: ‘When we were back in Buffalo for OTAs. Just making sure that I could go to the facility, get my work done, be with the guys and understanding what that was for.’
He credited his wife with helping him ‘find that balance’ as a new parent and said he was ‘trying to ride the wave right now and enjoy’ their time together before the season started.
He shared his plan was ‘just maintaining a positive mindset throughout the whole year.’
Allen hailed Steinfeld’s impact in his MVP season in 2024, saying at the time: ‘She’s been a huge part.
‘The morale, the support. When I get home, she’s my biggest fan, my biggest supporter. She’s just the best.’
