{"id":1960356,"date":"2025-08-14T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1960356"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:40:12","slug":"jason-kelce-mocks-taylor-swift-for-turning-her-back-on-pennsylvania-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jason-kelce-mocks-taylor-swift-for-turning-her-back-on-pennsylvania-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce mocks Taylor Swift for turning her back on Pennsylvania roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2Fpop-star-taylor-swift-set-109588645.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/13\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-live-updates-8-13-14-2025\/\">Pop star\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0is set to make her\u00a0debut<\/a> on boyfriend\u00a0Travis Kelce\u2019s hit podcast, \u201cNew Heights,\u201d tonight\u2014but if fans thought the NFL star and his brother,\u00a0Jason, were going to go easy on the chart-topper, it seems they were sorely mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>The Kelce brothers, who launched their podcast in September 2022, first teased Taylor\u2019s appearance on the show earlier this week, with a preview clip later revealing that\u00a0the \u201cBad Blood\u201d singer\u00a0will use the episode to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/13\/sports\/travis-kelce-hypes-taylor-swifts-upbeat-new-album-the-life-of-a-showgirl\/\">discuss her upcoming album, \u201cThe Life of a Showgirl.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since sharing the big reveal online\u2014sending Taylor\u2019s fans into a spiral in the process\u2014Travis and Jason have continued to air short clips from the episode ahead of its release, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/13\/sports\/taylor-swifts-new-heights-appearance-goes-dark-in-streaming-glitch\/\">the latest sneak peek suggesting that the songstress<\/a> had to endure her fair share of mockery while chatting with the duo.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared to the \u201cNew Heights\u201d Instagram account, Jason can be seen introducing Taylor with much aplomb; however, that praise very quickly turns into some hilarious teasing over the hit maker\u2019s very strong ties to\u00a0Nashville, TN, where she launched her music career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur guest today is a singer, songwriter, and producer\u2014and director\u2014from Nashville,\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0\u2026 That\u2019s bulls\u2014 !\u201d Jason says, while Travis and Taylor are seen grinning at each other. \u201cShe is from Reading,\u00a0Pennsylvania!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The truth bomb leaves both Travis and Taylor in fits of laughter before Jason continues by listing the singer\u2019s many accolades, earning a fist bump from his brother.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pop star\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0made her\u00a0debut on boyfriend\u00a0Travis Kelce\u2019s hit podcast, \u201cNew Heights.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">New Heights Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaking her podcasting debut, the most impressive guest in the history of shows, Taylor Swift!\u201d Jason roars at the camera, prompting Taylor to remark, \u201cThat intro, Jason. Oh my god.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, look, his soul has left his body,\u201d she goes on, as Jason jokes: \u201cI\u2019m cramping.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/13\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-live-updates-8-13-14-2025\/\">Follow Taylor Swift live updates from Page Six for the latest news, photos, fan theories and more<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThat was so good, thank you for screaming for like 47 seconds for me,\u201d Taylor continues. \u201cThat was so nice, that was so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Much like Jason\u2019s rundown of the pop star\u2019s many awards, his note about her hailing from Pennsylvania is very much true, despite the fact that many of her fans most closely associate her with the country music scene in Nashville, where her singing career took off.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Kelce brothers, who launched their podcast in September 2022, first teased Taylor\u2019s appearance on the show earlier this week. <span class=\"credit\">New Heights Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor was, in fact, born on a picturesque Christmas tree farm\u2014a property that she famously honored in her hit 2019 song, \u201cChristmas Tree Farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her father,\u00a0Scott, purchased the 11-acre farm from a client and spent time tending to the grounds when not working his full-time job at Merrill Lynch, with the family residing there for several years after Taylor was born in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the late 1990s, the Swift family moved to a new dwelling nearby, which they purchased for $280,000, according to records.<\/p>\n<p>That property, which last hit the market in 2022, when it sold for $800,000, would end up being the last abode that the family would own in Pennsylvania before upping sticks to (you guessed it) Nashville in a bid to help their daughter with her dream of becoming a singer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>In 2003, they moved into a Hendersonville, TN, home that was located about 30 minutes outside of Nashville, having purchased it that same year for $790,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Swifts still own the home today \u2014 although Taylor has since gone on to amass an enormous portfolio of properties that is worth around $100 million and includes multiple residences in the Tennessee city that turned her into a star.<\/p>\n<p>Her first property purchase in the city came in 2009, when she was just 21 years old, in the form of a $2 million four-bedroom condo that was located in Nashville\u2019s iconic Music Row neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, she also scooped up the smaller one-bedroom apartment below hers that same year for $387,000 \u2014 both of which she still owns to this day.<\/p>\n<p>However, she laid down more roots in Nashville in 2011, when she snapped up a Greek Revival mansion in a gated community, paying $2.5 million for the stunning abode, which she bought primarily for her parents.<\/p>\n<p>And while Swift continues to maintain a very close connection to Nashville, she has since expanded her real estate elsewhere, picking up homes in Los Angeles,\u00a0Rhode Island, and\u00a0New York\u00a0City, all of which she continues to use to this day.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, her Beverly Hills abode, which she bought for a staggering $25 million in 2015, recently found itself at the center of the news agenda when Taylor\u2019s close friend\u00a0Zoe Kravitz\u00a0revealed that she had \u201cdestroyed\u201d part of the property while staying there during the\u00a0California\u00a0wildfires.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cOur guest today is a singer, songwriter, and producer\u2014and director\u2014from Nashville,\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0\u2026 That\u2019s bulls\u2014 !\u201d Jason says, while Travis and Taylor are seen grinning at each other.  <span class=\"credit\">New Heights Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kravitz, 36, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/13\/celebrity-news\/zoe-kravitz-reveals-taylor-swift-took-her-in-during-la-fires-and-confesses-to-destroying-part-of-singers-home\/?_gl=1*lhvvzz*_gcl_au*MzIyNjk4NDIyLjE3NDg3ODg1MTc.*_ga*MTYxODE3MjkwNC4xNzMwNjYzNzE3*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3NTUxNzI5OTUkbzI4JGcxJHQxNzU1MTg5MjE2JGoyMSRsMCRoMA..\">shared the dramatic events<\/a> that unfolded during an appearance on \u201cLate Night With Seth Meyers,\u201d leaving host\u00a0Seth Meyers\u00a0open-mouthed in shock as she revealed the twisted tale.<\/p>\n<p>The saga began, the actress revealed, after Swift generously offered up her empty home to Kravitz and her mother,\u00a0Lisa Bonet, who had been evacuated from their own homes amid the deadly wildfires that began tearing through\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0in January.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Taylor was not residing in the home \u2014 instead spending her time after the conclusion of the Eras Tour in\u00a0New York, while also traveling to her boyfriend\u2019s NFL games, leaving her property available for friends to use.<\/p>\n<p>While staying in the home, Kravitz confessed that her mom lost sight of her pet snake, Orpheus, who managed to sneak through a hole in the bathroom, leaving the mother-daughter duo forced to enlist the help of Taylor\u2019s house manager in recovering the reptile, which had slithered behind a built-in banquette.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe starts having to tear apart this banquette, we\u2019re ripping up the tiles, we\u2019re scratching the walls,\u201d she said. \u201cWe completely destroyed Taylor\u2019s bathroom. And there was just this moment where I was like, \u2018Either we destroy her bathroom, or I have to tell her there\u2019s a snake somewhere in her house.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, after wreaking havoc in the bathroom, the actress and her mom were able to get the snake out of the hole\u2014and Kravitz said she promised the house manager that she would get everything fixed before Swift returned, admitting that she begged him not to tell the pop star what had transpired until she could complete the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember calling her and saying, \u2018Hey,\u201d also in a very high voice, \u2018I just wanted to talk to you about something,&#8217;\u201d Kravitz revealed. \u201cAnd she was like, \u2018Is it the fact that you almost lost a snake in my house and destroyed my bathroom?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Taylor has been spending the vast majority of her time at her New York City apartment in recent months\u2014while also traveling to her boyfriend\u2019s\u00a0Kansas\u00a0abode to record her podcast interview.<\/p>\n<p>Travis, who began preseason training with the Chiefs at the end of July, bought his expansive property in 2023 for $6 million and not long after began working on a sprawling \u201cman cave\u201d that was being installed underneath the mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the underground area reveal that builders were going to begin work by digging up the existing basement floor and lowering it by 2 feet to add more space to the final product.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cShe is from Reading,\u00a0Pennsylvania!,\u201d Jason continued. <span class=\"credit\">New Heights Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In October, an employee at the Leawood Public Works Department confirmed to\u00a0Realtor.com\u00ae\u00a0that a \u201cpermit for [Kelce\u2019s home] was filed two weeks ago for a remodel on an existing basement, two new drainage interiors and forming concrete walls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the man cave, the house also features six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a chef\u2019s kitchen, a formal dining room, a media lounge, a wine cellar, and a full bar.<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful pool sits outside alongside manicured lawns. Nearby, there\u2019s an outdoor kitchen, tennis and pickleball courts, a waterfall, a hot tub, and a miniature golf course.<\/p>\n<p>Located inside a gated community, the grand estate sits on nearly 3.5 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac. The mansion is far more secluded than his other home in\u00a0Kansas City, a 4,200-square-foot mansion in the\u00a0Briarcliff West\u00a0neighborhood that he purchased for $995,000 in 2019.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/myaccount\/signin?config=NEWS_AND_INSIGHTS_SIGNUP&amp;redirect_url_override=\/myaccount\/profile\/settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop star\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0is set to make her\u00a0debut on boyfriend\u00a0Travis Kelce\u2019s hit podcast, \u201cNew Heights,\u201d tonight\u2014but if fans thought the NFL star and his brother,\u00a0Jason, were going to go easy on the chart-topper, it seems they were sorely mistaken. 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