Taylor Swift, 35, returned to The Tonight Show on October 6 and addressed rumors during a playful segment with Jimmy Fallon including why she turned down the Super Bowl halftime show.
Swift clarified that her decision had nothing to do with past performance footage, but everything to do with her emotional connection to fiancé Travis Kelce.
“I’m in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field,” she said. “The whole season I’m locked in on what he’s doing… I can’t imagine planning choreography while worrying if he’s okay out there.”
She also debunked rumors about making jokes at Selena Gomez’s wedding to Benny Blanco, calling the actress “the most gorgeous vision” and recalling their early friendship in 2008.
Swift revealed that Ed Sheeran found out about her engagement through Instagram simply because he doesn’t have a working phone and wasn’t in her recent text threads.
The interview marked Swift’s first Tonight Show appearance since 2022’s Midnights era. Her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, dropped October 3 and quickly broke Spotify’s single-day streaming record for 2025.
