David Letterman Defends Taylor Swift Against Her NFL Haters — and Mixes Up Travis Kelce with Kelsey Grammer

Mar. 15, 2025

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift; David Letterman.Photo:Patrick Smith/Getty Images; Michael Hickey/Getty Images

Patrick Smith/Getty Images; Michael Hickey/Getty Images

David Lettermanis TeamTaylor Swift— and he wants haters to “shut up!”

“Now here’s Taylor Swift, who is a glowing bright light of goodness in the world and she starts datingKelsey Grammer,” said Letterman, 76, accidentally mixing up Swift’s 34-year-old football boyfriendTravis Kelcewith theFrasieractor, in footage shared via anew Instagram post.

“No, that’s not true,” interrupted producer Barbara Gaines, who can be heard offscreen in the clip that resurfaced from avideooriginally posted in October 2023 just after Swift and Kelce started dating.

“People go crazy [about seeing Swift],” Letterman continued. “The [Kelce] people say, ‘No, no, don’t bother us. We’re all caught up in football. We don’t want Taylor in football.’”

Letterman, who has had the “Cruel Summer” singer as an interview guest or musical guest several times onLate Showbefore his 2015 departure, went on to describe all the hype around Swift during football games as a good thing for everyone in a world of “nonsense and ugliness.”

“This is such a lovely thing. Shut up!” he concluded. “It’s good for the footballers. It’s good for Taylor Swift. And it’s something positive and happy for the world. … God bless, Taylor Swift and Kelsey Grammer.”

Travis Kelce; Kelsey Grammer.Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

Swift previously addressed viewers who hate seeing her on NFL broadcasts during Kansas City Chiefs games, too, describing those haters as “a few dads, Brads and Chads”in herTime’s 2023 Person of the Yearinterview.

“There’s a camera, like, a half-mile away, and you don’t know where it is, and you have no idea when the-camera is putting you in the broadcast, so I don’t know if I’m being shown 17 times or once,” she told the publication. “I’m just there to support Travis. I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads and Chads.”

The 12-time Grammy winner has attended 12 Chiefs games since she and Kelce went public withtheir relationshipin September 2023. With Swift in attendance,the Chiefs have won nine gamesand lost only three games.

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When theChiefs punched their ticketinto the2024 Super Bowl, after defeating the Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 28,Kelce found Swift on the field after his victory, hugged her andkissed her.

It’s unclear whether Swift will attend the Super Bowl on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas to watch the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers.

She has anEras Tourstop in Tokyo on Feb. 10 — causing fans to speculateif Swift can travel from Japan to Vegas in time for the game.

source: people.com