Terry Crews Saw Being Put 'on Blast' by Trevor Noah at Grammys with Taylor Swift Joke as an 'Honor' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Terry Crewsdidn’t have a problem with thatTrevor Noahjoke at the 2024Grammys Awards.

On Sunday, the Grammys cameras panned to former football player Crews, 55, after host Noah, 39, made a joke aboutthe attention Travis Kelce’s girlfriend Taylor Swift, 34, gets at NFL games.

Noah said at the ceremony, “I’m gonna get revenge. Every time someone says Taylor Swift. I’m going to cut the cameras to someone who plays football,” before cutting to Crews.

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“All I want to do is just enjoy the show and not mess up. Then Trevor puts me on blast in front of billions of people, but it was an honor,” he adds while speaking at the event in Las Vegas.

Crews and Swift left the joke at that and didn’t discuss it afterward.

Trevor Noah directs the camera to Terry Crews during a joke at the Grammys about Taylor Swift appearing on screen during NFL matches.CBS

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“Not at all,” Crews tells PEOPLE of whether he’d spoken to Swift. “I left it alone.”

Crews was a huge fan ofNoah as the Grammys hostand thinks we could even see him hosting the Oscars in the near future.

“Trevor didn’t insult anybody, he was the perfect host. I see him hosting the Oscars really soon. I think that that’s the next step for him ‘cause he is killing it as a Grammys host,” Crews says. “He’s amazing!”

TheBrooklyn Nine-Ninestar praised performances from musicians includingTracy Chapman,Billy JoelandAnnie Lennoxat the ceremony.

“It was insane! Probably the best show I’ve been to in 10 years,” he says.

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Swift was among the late arrivals at Sunday’s Grammys. Noah asked the crowd, “Are you seeing what’s happening right now as Taylor Swift moves through the room?”

“The local economy around those tables improves. Can you see you get this magic right now? Look at this magic. Lionel Richie, now Lionel Wealthy. Look at that,” he joked.

source: people.com