David Letterman will be cheering on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce during this year’s Super Bowl. The former Late Show host took to social media Monday (January 29th) to defend the pop star against football fans who aren’t too pleased by her time in the NFL spotlight. His message to their detractors? “Shut up!”
“I don’t think in the history of show business or the history of popular culture we’ve ever witnessed anything like this,” Letterman said of Swift in an Instagram reel. “Tremendous! She fills stadiums around the world and puts on a three-hour show. We live in a world now where all we hear is nonsense and ugliness. The nonsense can’t be more nonsensical and the ugliness, God hopes it can’t get any uglier. But that’s all we hear. So now, here’s Taylor Swift, who is a glowing bright light of goodness in the world, and she starts dating Kelsey Grammer.”
We suppose Letterman’s more of a movie guy than a football guy, jokingly mistaking the Chiefs tight end with the similarly-named actor. But his message persisted in spite of the mix-up: “The Kelsey Grammer people say, ‘Oh, no, no, no, don’t bother us. We’re all caught up in football. We don’t want Taylor in football.’ And the Taylor Swift people, the Swifties, are saying, ‘Oh, we don’t want a footballer in here with Kelsey Grammer’ — right, Travis Kelce — and I say to both camps, ‘This is such a lovely thing. Shut up!’”
Letterman continued: “It’s good for the footballers. It’s good for Taylor Swift and it’s something positive and happy for the world. And also politically, Taylor Swift is a huge force, and I think just wants to see people do the right thing. So God bless Taylor Swift and Kelsey Grammer.”
See Letterman share his well wishes below.
Kelsey Grammer Travis Kelce and his fellow Kansas City Chiefs are set to play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11th. That’s exactly a week after the 2024 Grammys, where Swift is currently nominated for six categories, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. Find out how you can score some Grammy-winning vinyl by entering Consequence‘s giveaway here.
Meanwhile, Swift’s “The Eras Tour” resumes on February 7th with the first of several shows in Tokyo. Tickets to her upcoming dates — including a late 2024 run of North American shows — can be purchased here.