Taylor Swift is making her debut on Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, whether or not certain “male sports fans” are ready for it.
Hours ahead of the pop star’s highly anticipated appearance on the Wednesday (Aug. 13) episode — on which she is expected to reveal more details about her new album, The Life of a Showgirl — Swift joked about a portion of the show’s audience that might be a little disgruntled to see her as a guest. “You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she quips in a clip posted to the New Heights social media accounts.
“And I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me,” she continues sarcastically as the Kansas City Chiefs tight end laughs next to her.
The snippet serves as a teaser for Swift’s full interview with Travis and Jason, which premieres at 7 p.m. ET on the New Heights channels Wednesday. The two cohosts/brothers have been getting fans hyped up for her appearance since Monday (Aug. 11), when they first revealed an episode featuring “a VERY special guest” was on the way.
And while countless Swifties are bursting with excitement over the premise of the 14-time Grammy winner chatting with the Kelces — especially knowing that she’ll likely provide more information on her 12th studio album, which she announced early Tuesday morning (Aug. 12) — Swift has cause to be wary of some football fans objecting to her appearance. Since she began attending Chiefs games to cheer on her boyfriend in 2023, a chunk of viewers have complained about her presence on NFL broadcasts — so much so that the league released a statement defending its coverage.
“The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce news has been a pop cultural moment we’ve leaned into in real time,” the NFL said at the time. “The vast majority of our content has remained focused on the game, our players and variety of other initiatives.”
But even if haters are gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, Swift definitely has two football lovers who are pumped up to see her on New Heights: Travis and Jason. Elsewhere in Wednesday’s teaser video, the elder Kelce almost runs out of oxygen while passionately listing off her many accomplishments in an introduction, to which Swift responds, “Thank you for screaming for, like, 47 seconds, that was so nice … Thanks for having me on my favorite podcast!”
Watch Swift gently troll certain sports fans below.
