Kylie Kelce reacts to Taylor Swift dethroning podcast record with 'New Heights' appearance
Kylie Kelce has been dethroned as the owner of the most-watched podcast episode by none other than her husband, Jason Kelce, whose "New Heights" show welcomed Taylor Swift this week for a surprise album announcement.
Swift, who dates Kelce's cohost and brother Travis Kelce, joined the episode to share revelations about her career and relationship, shade male football fans angry at her newfound NFL fame, and to reveal a new project, "The Life of a Showgirl," which will drop in October. The announcement was followed by an Instagram blitz, which saw Swift posing in cabaret-inspired costumes and revealing a collaboration with one-time tour opener Sabrina Carpenter.
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"Officially no longer the record holder for the most-watched episode of the other podcast. There's no way it's even close, and I love that for me," Kylie Kelce joked on the latest episode of "Not Gonna Lie," her own widely popular audio show.
Her prediction rang true, with the episode surpassing 9 million streams to date, a larger share than Kelce's record-setting September 2023 show, which raked in 8.6 million views.
"It is very entertaining to watch the internet break," Kylie Kelce joked, alluding to a glitch in the livestream of the "New Heights" episode, seemingly caused by an overabundance of viewers. "It's just crumbling apart, and I love it. I love it. I love that we know that a day before it releases, my interview on the other podcast is going to lose its long-tenured reign as most-watched episode, and I welcome that wholeheartedly. Let's drop that sucker down."
Swift's announcement quickly whipped her loyal fanbase into a frenzy, as a tracklist and a new "era" color palette spawned immediate conjecture of what might be to come for the pop superstar. Her decision to drop the news on "New Heights" signals a further cementing of the high-powered partnership between her and Kelce.
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