Taylor Swift‘s Punk’d episode was over a decade ago, but fans are still laughing — even Travis Kelce.
On the Wednesday (April 24) episode of his and brother Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end spoke about the pop star’s 2012 appearance on Ashton Kutcher’s prank show with guest comedian Andrew Santino. The Ricky Stanicky star was one of the writers and actors who helped pull off an elaborate joke on Swift, which found the “Anti-Hero” singer’s former friend Justin Bieber tricking her into setting off fake fireworks that appeared to destroy a private wedding ceremony in Malibu.
Travis couldn’t stop laughing as Santino recalled the sequence of events that left Swift in tears before she realized Bieber had been pranking her the whole time. “So good,” the three-time Super Bowl champion said. “I gotta ask Taylor about that one.”
Santino, who played the fake groom in the Punk’d scenario, explained to the Kelces how he’d yelled at Swift for “ruining” his wedding as the then 22-year-old star tried to assure the fake bride that the incident hadn’t been a “sign” to call their nuptials off. “I’d set the boat on fire, and there was a wedding party on the boat … and we blamed her for ruining our wedding,” he explained. “[Bieber] was like, ‘I have these fireworks from Japan … Let’s set them off.’ And Taylor, obviously, to her credit, who’s always on point, was like, ‘I don’t know if I wanna do that.'”
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On the new episode, Travis also spoke about his post-Chiefs game ritual. “I thoroughly enjoy going up to the suite after football games and seeing all the friends and family,” he gushed. “Being so grateful for getting to where you are in this world and being able to share that excitement and success with the people that you grew up with, man, and the people that you’re with now, man, it’s just the absolute best.”
During the 2023-24 season, Swift was a mainstay in the Kelce family suite at Arrowhead Stadium. She was also at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium to help Travis celebrate after his third Super Bowl win in February, joining the team on the field and kissing the Ohio native.
The scenario sounds a lot like the one described by Swift in her new song “The Alchemy,” which appears on her April 19-released album The Tortured Poets Department. With lyrics such as “When I touch down, call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team” and “Where’s the trophy? He just comes running over to me,” Swifties are convinced the 14-time Grammy winner penned the triumphant track about Travis.
Watch the new episode of New Heights above, and check out Swift’s 2012 Punk’d episode below.