Two of America’s most-accomplished wing women — sports commentators Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson — visited The Tonight Show Thursday (May 23) to discuss their role in setting up golden couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce many months ago.
While speaking with host Jimmy Fallon about urging the pop star to give the Kansas City Chiefs tight end a chance during an August episode of their joint podcast Calm Down, Thompson joked, “Yes, Jimmy, we are responsible [for setting them up].”
“We’re friends with him, and how could you not be,” added Andrews. “The guy’s a time. He had mentioned on his podcast that he went to the show, had wanted to meet her afterwards, didn’t get the chance to. We just started talking about it on our podcast, saying, ‘Taylor, do this for America. Date him.’ The guy, he’s not ugly by any means.”
“We’ll take the credit,” Thompson concluded, laughing. “I just love both of them, and I’m so happy to see them happy.”
The interview comes several months after the two women sent a public message to Swift on their show, during which Andrews implored, “Taylor, I don’t know what you’re doing in your life right now besides rocking the world… please try our friend Travis, he is fantastic!” Kelce had previously shared his failed attempt at meeting the singer at her Kansas City Eras Tour stops on his New Heights pod.
Then, two months later, Swift attended her first-ever Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium, signaling to the world that she and the athlete had made things official. Shortly afterward, Kelce himself thanked Andrews and Thompson for their service, commenting on one of their October Instagram posts, “😂😂 You two are something else!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I owe you big time!!”
The 14-time Grammy winner has been a fixture at Chiefs games ever since, seeing the team through the entire 2023-24 season leading up to their victory against the San Francisco 49ers at this year’s Super Bowl. Speaking of, things came full circle on the day of the big game, with Swift showing up to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in a red jacket from Andrews’ own WEAR apparel line.
“Super Bowl Sunday, she walks in looking amazing,” the Fox Sports personality recalled to Fallon. “She threw that on and I lost my mind.”
Watch Andrews and Thompson discuss Swift and Kelce above.
