According to Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? guest stars Natasha Leggero and Ron Funches, Taylor Swift was not off limits when it came to joking with host Travis Kelce.
“There are certainly some Taylor Swift fans [on the show]. There’s some subtle jabs and jokes and references towards him, to see if we can get him to fully commit or not,” Funches, 41, told Luxury Handbag Shopping exclusively ahead of the show’s premiere. “We certainly were jabbing him.”
There were onset rumors that Swift, 34, stopped by — but Funches could not confirm or deny.
“We may or may not have heard whispers that she came by,” he said. “I did not see her, but I did hear whispers.”
Kelce, 34, is hosting the latest iteration of the Are You Smarter Than series, which became popular with Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? which premiered in 2007. This time around, contestants will compete against a panel of celebrities to answer the titular question: Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?
“He just kind of took them and gave us some back. He was really good,” Funches added. “One of my favorite things I actually saw, and I don’t want to use it as a spoiler, but, occasionally, some people tried to hit on him. Him shutting that down was really sweet and really nice to see. You can tell he’s in it with her.”
Leggero, for her part, told Us that Kelce was “standing on his own” on set, going on to praise him. She noted that comedian Nikki Glaser, however, couldn’t hold back on her Swiftie fandom.
Glaser is “probably one of the biggest Swifties” ever, Leggero told Us. “I think she was incredibly nervous just to be in the presence of him.”
Kelce and Swift went public with their relationship in September 2023. The duo have been sharing support for each other ever since, with Swift attending various Kansas City Chiefs football games and Kelce getting spotted in the crowd of various Eras Tour shows.
Ahead of his hosting debut, Swift and Kelce jetted off to NYC where they were spotted on various date nights over the weekend. Even though the NFL season is in full swing, the Chiefs had a bye week and Swift and Kelce were photographed going out to The Corner Store on Friday, October 11 and Torrisi on Saturday, October 12.
The Chiefs are set to take the field again on Sunday, October 20, against the San Francisco 49ers.
Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? premieres via Prime Video on Wednesday, October 16.
Reporting by Amanda Williams
