The comedian and TV host, 68, predicted that the couple are going to break up while chatting with Haliey Welch, better known as “Hawk Tuah Girl,” on Monday’s episode of his “Club Random” podcast .
“I’m sure she’s a lovely person, but the whole thing with the football player,” Maher said about Swift, 34, who has been dating Kelce, 34, for almost a year.
Bill Maher during the interview. Club Random Podcast/YouTube Bill Maher with Hawk Tuah Girl. Club Random Podcast/YouTube
“I just felt like 35 was a little old to be like, ‘My boyfriend’s a football player and I wear his jersey to the game with his number on it!’ Right? I mean, come on,” he added.
Maher was referring to Swift showing up to the Kansas City Chiefs games to support her boyfriend during the latest NFL season. She went to 13 games , including the Super Bowl in February , which the Chiefs won.
Welch, 21, defended Swift and said that “Style” singer should do “whatever makes her happy.”
“With her, it’s like the Gatorade at the Super Bowl, you know you’re gonna get dumped,” he added. “You just don’t know when.”
Welch noted that if Swift and Kelce do indeed break up, the Grammy Award winner will likely come out with another banger album about their relationship.
Bill Maher at “The Megyn Kelly Show” on May 20, 2024. Getty Images
“That was a long time ago,” said Maher, before asking, “Is she still singing about that?”
After Welch explained that Swift has been performing her “old music” on her Eras Tour , Maher said it’s “very tacky” of the “All Too Well” hitmaker to write and sing about her personal life.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift kiss after the 2024 Super Bowl. Getty Images
“You can’t control what the muse dictates to you. She’s a songwriter. I can’t fault her for that,” he said.
Maher added: “But It does seem like such a recurrent theme. At some point, you just wanna say, maybe you should write a song called ‘Maybe It’s Me.’”
Despite his criticism, Maher also said he’s an “admirer” of Swift and compared her success to that of The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, who “had immense careers” and “dominated the music into the culture.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift after his latest Super Bowl win. Getty Images
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in NYC on October 15, 2023. GC Images
“The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other,” she said.
“Obviously I’ve never dated anyone with that kind of aura about them … I’ve never dealt with it,” the Chiefs tight end said. “But at the same time, I’m not running away from any of it.”
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift hold hands in NYC on Oct. 15, 2023. TheImageDirect.com
“The scrutiny she gets, how much she has a magnifying glass on her, every single day, paparazzi outside her house, outside every restaurant she goes to, after every flight she gets off, and she’s just living, enjoying life. When she acts like that I better not be the one acting all strange,” he added.
In May, an insider told US Weekly that Kelce “has no plans” to propose to his girlfriend anytime soon.
“It’s not even on his radar,” the source said. “Marriage is something he takes very seriously and not something he would ever just jump into without giving it some careful consideration.”
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