Erin Andrews reminded fans that she helped encourage Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to start dating after Patrick Mahomes said he’d also like “some of the credit.”
Andrews and her “Calm Down” podcast co-host Charissa Thompson appeared on Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” where Thompson insisted they “are responsible” for the match.
“He had mentioned on his podcast that he went to the show, wanted to meet her afterwards, didn’t get the chance to, so we just started talking about it on our podcast saying, ‘Taylor, do this for America! Date him!’” Andrews said.
“So we’re like, ‘Taylor, go!’” Andrews continued.
Thompson added that they were “advocating early on” for the two to date, and he eventually acknowledged their help by writing on social media, “I owe you guys big time.”
“Of course, everyone gives us credit. We’ll take the credit, but I just love both of them, and I’m so happy to see them happy,” Thompson said.
Shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs athlete and the Grammy winner, both 34, made their relationship public last fall, Kelce gave a shoutout to Andrews and Thompson by posting a throwback video from their podcast where they encouraged Swift to date Kelce.
“You two are something else!! I owe you big time!!” he wrote over the Instagram Story in October.
In the podcast clip, Andrews begged Swift to “please try [their] friend Travis” and gushed that he’s a “fantastic” person.
“[Taylor] I know we’re not the best of friends, we’re not even friends, but I consider you one. Take us up on this. Go on a date with this guy,” Andrews said in the August 2023 episode.
Andrews doubled down on connecting the A-Listers just hours after Kelce’s teammate Patrick Mahomes said that he’d like a thank you from Kelce and Swift, as well.
“I like to take some of the credit. I was the one who invited Travis to his first Taylor concert. He was sitting in my suite so I feel like I was the matchmaker,” Mahomes said on Thursday’s episode of the “Pat McAfee Show.”
The quarterback was referring to Kelce attending Swift’s Eras Tour concert in July 2023 where he famously tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it but failed.
“I had some input in there as well. I was like, ‘Dude, just go for it. Go for it.’ And you know Travis, man. He does it and he’s a great dude and I’m glad it’s all worked out for the best,” he continued.
Luckily for Kelce, after he publicly admitted to striking out, Swift somehow heard the remarks, and they began talking shortly after he “adorably put [her] on blast on his podcast.”
“We started hanging out right after that,” Swift told Time in December. “We actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.”
The two have since publicly supported each other’s successful careers on numerous occasions and recently took some time to themselves by enjoying a romantic getaway to Lake Como, Italy.
