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Throughout the Eras Tour, there was no place fairly just like the VIP tent. Week after week, celebrities you’d by no means count on to cross paths had been displaying as much as dance to “Love Story” collectively, typically someplace close to Travis Kelce, who was one of the crucial frequent attendees. Kelce brushed shoulders with all kinds of A-listers there, together with Greta Gerwig, who attended the tour’s second night time in London in June 2024 and who was seen singing alongside to “Shake It Off” with Kelce in video clips.
However apparently — regardless of being an enormous Gerwig fan — Kelce had no thought whom he was getting right down to this sick beat with. In an interview with Seth Meyers on Wednesday, Taylor Swift revealed that Kelce had fairly the mix-up that night time. Forward of the present, Swift mentioned she informed Kelce that Gerwig could be there. “He was like, ‘Oh my God, I actually need to inform her how humorous I assumed Barbie was,’” she recalled.
.@taylorswift13 recounts Travis Kelce’s unforgettable first assembly with Greta Gerwig and the mix-up that adopted 😅 pic.twitter.com/DVUKaNpJmh
— Late Night time with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) October 9, 2025
After the present, Swift requested Kelce how assembly Gerwig went. Not nice, Kelce informed her — he’d made an “I’m simply Ken” joke, and she or he smiled politely however didn’t actually interact. “I used to be like, ‘That’s very out of character, however perhaps she has heard that joke too many occasions,’” Swift mentioned. Kelce additionally famous that Gerwig spent a lot of the night time dancing with Hugh Grant and mentioned the 2 appeared very shut. “‘They form of appear to be they’re, like, soul mates,’” Swift mentioned Kelce had informed her. “I used to be like, ‘The tea is loopy tonight, Travis.’” Happily, Kelce mentioned he nonetheless had a superb time dancing with some household he didn’t catch the names of.
Then she opened her cellphone and noticed video after video of Kelce with Gerwig. “Everywhere in the web is simply movies of Travis dancing with Greta, all night time, like they’re greatest pals,” she mentioned. “And I’m like, ‘Travis, right here’s a video of you with Greta. It seems like she thought the joke was humorous!’ And he goes, ‘Oh, that’s not Greta.’”
Each time I watch this video I see somebody new. Greta Gerwig?? TOM CRUISE??! pic.twitter.com/duyAUcrnVF
— Michael Wachowiak (@mikewachowiak) June 23, 2024
That’s how Swift found out why Kelce’s joke didn’t precisely land. “Is there any probability in any respect, child, that you just complimented Hugh Grant’s spouse, Anna, on her film Barbie, mentioned, ‘I’m simply Ken too,’ and she or he politely nodded as a result of she didn’t have the center to let you know she didn’t direct it?” Swift recalled asking Kelce. “And is there any probability that the those who appear to be soul mates are Hugh Grant and his soul mate?’”
That’s certainly precisely what occurred. The excellent news is Kelce’s joke couldn’t have gone too badly, even when it left Grant’s spouse a bit of confused. After the present, Grant tweeted his because of Swift for placing on an awesome present and famous that he and his household had a blast together with her “wonderful if gigantic boyfriend.” He actually is simply Ken.
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