The loudest cheer at Orpheum Theater on Monday during the live taping of the New Heights podcast wasn't for Travis Kelce or his brother Jason. It wasn't for the special guests either.
It was for someone who wasn't even there in person.
Fans packed into the historic downtown Los Angeles venue for a special live taping of the famous podcast hosted by the Kelce brothers. They were expecting stories, jokes, and perhaps a surprise guest or two. What they got was a Taylor Swift cameo that proved that the world's biggest pop star doesn't need to be in the room in order to command it.
During a segment revisiting memorable moments from past episodes, the crowd erupted when producers rolled footage from a May discussion about Kelce's notoriously picky eating habits. Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie, had previously joked that Swift had helped expand Travis' culinary horizons, prompting producer Brandon Borders — better known to listeners as "Intern Brandon" — to crack that Swift probably feeds him with airplane noises like a toddler.
The clip cut to Swift sitting next to her fiancé at what appeared to be a restaurant, playfully making airplane noises before delivering a bite of spaghetti straight into the Kansas City Chiefs star's mouth. Kelce responded by flashing his middle finger at the camera. The audience howled in laughter.