Taylor Swift pokes fun at Travis Kelce’s brother Jason for obsessing over his ‘beer’ when he met Royal Family

Taylor Swift had a laugh at the expense of her boyfriend Travis Kelce‘s brother Jason during her blockbuster appearance on their podcast New Heights on Wednesday.

Nearly an hour into the podcast, the 35-year-old pop superstar spoke about how Travis made his on-stage debut with her for her Eras Tour shows at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium.

‘Wasn’t this the week that I got to watch Jason meet the Royal Family?’ Taylor recalled, before she and Travis, 35, proceeded to poke fun at Jason, 37, for his neurotic concerns about his demeanor before meeting them.

The hitmaker ended up immortalizing the performances with selfies featuring Prince William — who was celebrating his birthday at the concerts — and his son Prince George and daughter Princess Charlotte.

‘I knew you were serious when I was like, “Jason, do you want to go meet [them]?”‘ she continued, and Travis chimed in to narrate his older brother’s reaction.

‘He was like, “What do I do with my beer?”‘ the Kansas City Chiefs tight end said.

‘[Jason] was like, “What do I do with my beer?”‘ Travis joked. Taylor said she could see him thinking: ‘But I want to take it. But I know that I probably should not take it’

Taylor summarized Jason’s mindset, which he confirmed was ‘exactly’ correct. ‘If I don’t have my beer, what do I do with this hand now? Or am I just, like, being authentic by having the beer? I would normally have the beer. Wouldn’t they want me to be myself?’ she joked

Taylor played off her boyfriend, adding: ‘I watched him have this moment with his beer where he’s just like, “But I want to take it. But I know that I probably should not take it.”

‘I watched this happen and it was kind of the most amazing [thing],’ she said with a laugh.

Jason confirmed that Taylor was ‘exactly’ right about his tortured mental process at the time.

‘If I don’t have my beer, what do I do with this hand now? Or am I just, like, being authentic by having the beer? I would normally have the beer. Wouldn’t they want me to be myself?’ Taylor continued as she mocked Jason’s mental back-and-forth.

‘I’m watching you say that in your head,’ she clarified, adding that it was a ‘fantastic’ show for her. ‘I’ll always remember that.’

Travis, who also posed in a selfie with his girlfriend and the Royal Family members, later shared some of the details about their high-profile meet-up on New Heights in June of last year.

‘Dude, he was the coolest motherf***er,’ the Super Bowl winner gushed to Jason about Prince William. ‘He was so cool!’

He added that he didn’t realize Prince George and Princess Charlotte would also be there, but they turned out to be an ‘absolute delight to meet’ as well.

Travis, who also posed in a selfie with his girlfriend and the Royal Family members, said at the time on New Heights that he was confused about the official protocol for greeting the Royals

Jason said they were told they didn’t have to ‘bow or curtsy’ since the shows weren’t an ‘official royal event,’ but he added that he ‘did still address [Prince William] as Your Royal Highness’

At the time, Jason and Travis discussed their confusion surrounding the etiquette for greeting a Royal Family member. 

‘Wasn’t sure if I was supposed to, like, bow to them, curtsy, [or] just be an American idiot and shake their hand,’ Travis admitted.

But Jason clarified that the two had been given a ‘warning’ about how to properly greet Prince William and his children.

‘But they said that because we weren’t at, like, an official royal event, we didn’t need to bow or curtsy,’ he clarified. ‘If it would have been like an official meeting of royalty event, then it would have been that. 

‘But I did still address him as Your Royal Highness,’ Jason added.

Later, the conversation took a somber turn as Taylor shared a health update on her father Scott.

The singer–songwriter told Travis and Jason that her father had an ‘interesting summer’ after undergoing an ‘intense’ quintuple bypass surgery.

Later in the podcast, she also shared that her mother Andrea — who was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and was later revealed in 2020 to have developed a brain tumor — had gotten her knee replaced recently.

Later, the conversation took a somber turn as Taylor shared a health update on her father Scott after he underwent ‘intense’ heart surgery; seen together in 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee

She told Travis and Jason that it was a shock that her father needed the major procedure, as he had had a ‘perfect EKG’ and ‘healthy physicals’ each year leading up to the surgery in July

Taylor said it was a shock that her father needed such a major procedure, as she said he had had a ‘perfect EKG’ and ‘healthy physicals’ each year leading up to the surgery in July.

The podcast aired live on Wednesday, shortly before Taylor delighted her fans by unveiling the artwork for her new album The Life Of A Showgirl, which she announced after midnight on Tuesday in an advance clip from the podcast.

Scott’s health was revealed to be far more dire than he or his family realized when he had a resting stress test this year, which revealed ‘five hard blockages in his heart.’ 

Taylor said that now her father tells all his friends to get the same resting stress test, ‘because that’s what’s actually preventative.’ 

Taylor added that people who learn that they’re suffering from blockages earlier may be able to have less invasive stents put in.

By contrast, bypass surgery usually takes the form of open-heart surgery, an extremely invasive procedure in which the breast bone can be cut in order to spread the ribs apart to access the heart, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The surgery is used to repair damage from coronary artery disease, in which the arteries in the heart become partially or completely blocked by plaques, which deprives the heart of oxygen and can lead to heart attacks. 

Medications are used to stop the heart temporarily while a machine helps blood and oxygen flow to the rest of the body during the operation.

Scott’s health was revealed to be far more dire than he or his family realized when he had a resting stress test this year, which revealed ‘five hard blockages in his heart’; pictured in 2015 in Arlington, Texas

Taylor said her dad’s doctors were amazed that he was even still walking with such severe blockages, and they said he needed surgery ‘like, tomorrow’; pictured in October in Kansas City, Missouri

Healthy, unblocked blood vessels, usually taken from inside the chest or the lower leg, are then grafted to allow blood to bypass the blocked portions of arteries. Recovery from the procedure can take anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks. 

The Reputation singer said doctors impressed the seriousness of the procedure on her father, telling him, ‘we’ve got to do this, like, tomorrow.’

According to Taylor, her dad’s doctors were surprised that he was even able to walk in without showing any obvious distress considering the degree to which the arteries in his heart were blocked.

As he prepared for the surgery on short notice, Scott told Taylor and her brother Austin that they didn’t need to rush to be with him because they were busy with their own lives, even though she planned to drop everything to support him. 

‘He was being the brave dad, the strong dad, you know,’ Travis added. 

Taylor recalled finding it ridiculous how much her father tried to downplay the seriousness of his condition. 

‘He said something about, like, “When a cat is injured it curls up around a tree and heals itself.” 

‘I was like, “Dad, cats don’t have quintuple bypass surgery. That’s wild. You’re just saying stuff now. That doesn’t mean anything to me.”‘

Despite the seriousness of the surgery, Scott told Taylor and her brother Austin not to worry about rushing to be with him because they were busy with their own lives. ‘He was being the brave dad, the strong dad, you know,’ Travis added

Taylor joked about how the parent–child dynamic had flipped, as she now needed to confiscate her dad’s phone because he stayed up late FaceTiming his friends from his hospital bed instead of getting the rest he needed; seen with Donna Kelce (L) in November in Kansas City

Taylor said she promised her father she wouldn’t make a fuss and fly to be with him, but it was all a fib, and he woke up surrounded by her, her brother, their mother Andrea and his best friend.

She recounted how Scott was loopy in his first 15 minutes awake and turned into a comedian, which impressed her, as she thought he was usually pretty funny even when he wasn’t drugged up from anesthesia.

The Eras Tour singer recalled how her family told him in shock that he had had a quintuple bypass, as they didn’t know how many arteries were blocked before he went into surgery.

Taylor did her best impression of her dad’s groggy post-surgery response with a croaking voice: ‘Well, you see, I come from a very competitive family.’ 

Scott was apparently so out of it that he tried to give the doctors and nurses around him some of Taylor’s guitar picks just after he woke up from surgery — a standard treat that he carries with him for fans — except that he wasn’t wearing pants and didn’t have any pockets in his surgical gown to hold the picks.

In the early days of his recovery, she realized that the parent–child dynamic had flipped, and now she was one of her father’s caregivers.

She smiled as she recalled how her parents used to scold her for staying up late to talk to her friend Abigail on the phone when she should have been sleeping, but now her brother was begging her to take her father’s phone because he had been FaceTiming his friends all night from his hospital bed instead of getting some much-needed sleep and rest

‘That’s, like, one of the main things you need,’ Travis reiterated.

Taylor revealed later in the podcast that her mother Andrea (seen here with Scott and Selena Gomez in 2019 in LA) recently got her knee replaced

Andrea was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. It went into remission, but Taylor revealed it had returned in 2019. In 2020, she said doctors had discovered her mother had a brain tumor. She also revealed that Scott was at one time diagnosed with cancer; seen in 2013 in Las Vegas

Taylor recounted a comical scene in which she, Austin and their mother all refused to be the one to take his phone and possibly earn his ire.

The Folklore singer added that it was ‘surreal’ that her father used to build her cribs and play sets, but now it was her turn to build ‘his shower chair and his walker’ and his adjustable bed.

Because Scott couldn’t initially walk on his own, Taylor said she essentially moved in with her father for the summer and had to get him a harness to ‘walk’ him.

Travis then jumped in to say her father was ‘full of life’ and ‘appreciative that he caught it.’

Later in the podcast, Taylor revealed that her father wasn’t the only one with major health news, as her mother ‘just got a new knee.’ 

‘She’s doing great. She’s scampering around,’ she said, before correcting herself. ‘We’re not quite at scampering yet, but she’s doing great.’

Travis added, ‘She’s up and moving around.’

Taylor notably didn’t share any updates on her mother’s previous cancer diagnosis.

After saying she basically moved in with her parents over the summer, Taylor said she fell in love with the ‘long talks’ they could have, which weren’t a part of her life once she began to only see her parents in short, concentrated bursts

It was reported in 2015 that Andrea had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer, though it later went into remission.

But Taylor revealed in a 2019 essay for Elle that her mother’s cancer had returned, and in 2020 she said doctors had since discovered that Andrea had developed a brain tumor.

Since then, the superstar singer has kept her mother’s cancer battle behind the scenes. Although there haven’t been additional updates, fans took it to be a positive sign that Andrea was such a regular presence on her daughter’s whirlwind Eras Tour.

Later in the podcast, Taylor went on to dub the last few months ‘the summer of my parental upgrades.’

‘We’re just upgrading the parents, making sure they live to be at least 186 years old, because they’re two of my best friends and I just adore them,’ she said.

The songstress started to sound emotional again as she gushed about how much she appreciated spending so much time with her parents this summer.

She said she came to appreciate the ‘long talks’ that they would have after living together again for an extended period, which wasn’t something she was used to happening when she would only see her parents for short, concentrated periods.