Taylor Swift reveals how Travis Kelce's shock Eras Tour appearance really came to be
The Kansas City Chiefs star stunned English fans back in June 2024 when he appeared on stage wearing a tuxedo and top hat, carrying his girlfriend to a red couch and even pretending to apply makeup to her face.
Until now, the full story of how the viral moment came to be has not been shared, but the loved-up pair revealed all on their special episode of New Heights on Wednesday night.
'It was so good, it was so special,' Swift explained about the on-stage bombshell. 'We both thought we were just joking. A lot of what we say is inside a bit, and we're laughing... it was like, "are you serious?" I could be... I could be serious, are you serious?'
Travis then replied, 'I was serious, in terrifying fashion,' before Taylor added: 'It was a "wouldn't it be funny if..." kind of thing.'
Kelce admits his sole aim was to 'try not to f*** this up', insisting to his girlfriend: 'The show's perfect, you don't want to f*** this up, do you Tay?'
She explained: 'If you wanted to do it, I was never going to pressure you to do it... but when we were talking about it, I could see the twinkle in your eye. You got up there, and you were so good. Every single beat, his comedic timing is crazy. He slows down time.'
'I just black out!' Travis then joked, noting: 'I rose from that stage and I saw how many people are looking at you.'
In response, Taylor insisted he 'looked so good' and even claimed it was the 'loudest scream I ever heard on the tour.'
Detailing more on how he felt in front of the 90,000-strong Wembley Stadium crowd, the NFL tight end said: 'I felt like the smallest piece of life ever. Oh my gosh, what is going on. I have to pick her up now... just don't drop her.'
Taylor then responded: 'You were actually scared about that? You could literally throw me over a mountain, and then climb the mountain and catch me on the other side!
'It was so good, it was London, it was Wembley Stadium, those were such special times.'
On the podcast appearance, which had 1.3million people watching live and eventually crashed before its intended finish, Swift opened up on various elements of her life and announced more details on her new album.
Swift also joked that Travis used New Heights as a dating app when he publicly revealed how he had tried and failed to give Swift his phone number after watching her perform at Arrowhead Stadium back in 2023. His confession eventually sparked the start of their relationship.
'This podcast had done a lot for me. This podcast got me a boyfriend,' Swift said. 'It was wild, but it worked. He is the good kind of crazy. The first time we talked, he was truly getting to know me. He is just a vibe booster in everyone's life that he's in. He's like an exclamation point.'
The pop sensation is now a regular at Kansas City Chiefs games but Swift revealed how little she knew about football before meeting Kelce. 'I'm not ready to be analyst right now but give me 16 months,' she joked, adding that she is now 'obsessed' with the NFL.
'I didn't know what a first down was, I didn't know what the chains were, I didn't know what a tight end (Kelce's position) was.'
She explained to Travis' older brother, Jason: 'On our first date, I legitimately asked him what it was like when the Chiefs played the Eagles in the Super Bowl (in February 2023) and he looked across the field, across the line of scrimmage, and saw his brother standing 5ft in front of him on the field... I now know what an insane question that was.
'He was like: "Actually I'm on the offense and my brother is the offense and I'm only on the field at the same time as the defense." I thought everyone was out there at the same time.'
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