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Taylor Swift clapped back mid-interview after a reporter asked a "shockingly offensive" question about Travis Kelce.
The 35-year-old singer and songwriter appeared on BBC Radio 2 to discuss her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, which was released on October 3, 2025.
During the interview, the reporter, Scott Mills, asked about the singer's engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end, and posed a rather suggestive question: Would this be her last album now that she’s engaged?
'Shockingly offensive' question
"Taylor, don’t tell me this is your last album," Mills slyly asked, to which the Grammy-winning singer, who was taken aback, quickly responded: “What? No…”
The interviewer then explained that some fans had speculated that marriage and motherhood would mark the end of her career. “I just saw some fans going, ‘Well, she’s going to get married and then she’s going to have children and [so this is] going to be the last album,’” he said.
In response, Swift called the idea “a shockingly offensive thing to say” and dismissed the notion that marriage would force her to quit making music. “That’s not why people get married - so they can quit their job,” she laughed. “It’s also, like, music for me…”
The 'Karma' singer then continued by emphasizing how supportive her beau is of her career. “I love the person that I am with because he loves what I do, and he loves how much I am fulfilled by making art and making music,” she said. “That’s the coolest thing about Travis. He is so passionate about what he does that me being passionate about what I do… it connects us.”
Tackling the Misconception That Happiness Hinders Great Music
Swift also addressed a question that has been circulating in the press: whether her personal happiness might be detrimental to her creative output.
While some critics have suggested that artists must experience pain to produce great art, the musician's recent work has been praised as a significant departure from the darker tones of her last album, Tortured Poets Department.
“The cool thing about Showgirl is that I’m in a very similar space in my life as when I wrote it and now that I’m putting it out - which is nice when those things are not incongruent,” Swift explained. “The last record, I was in such a different place when I wrote it - just miserable. And then when I put it out, I was so happy. So it feels weird to talk about the record because it’s like, you can be proud of the work, but you can also just not relate to that person you were.”
The Success of Showgirl and Swift’s Secrecy Around Its Release
Swift’s new album was released last week to massive success, shattering her own sales record. The album sold 2.7 million copies on its first day, positioning it to become the best-selling album in a single week of all time.
The 'Cruel Summer' songstress opened up about how she managed to keep the album under wraps despite traveling between Sweden and the US during her Eras tour.
“My friends don’t rat,” she said, praising her circle of trusted confidants. “They do not rat. And you can tell by the amount of stories about me that are out there that are absolutely not true because all of my friends - all of my friends - had heard music [from the new album] a year ago. They know what’s going on with me. They do not snitch. It is phenomenal.”
On Turning Down the Super Bowl
In addition to discussing her latest album, Swift has opened up about why she turned down the Super Bowl halftime show in an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
She clarified that her decision had everything to do with her deep emotional investment in Kelce’s career. “I am in love with a guy who does that sport on that actual field,” Swift explained. She described watching Kelce’s games as "emotionally intense," adding, “That is violent chess. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous.”
Swift also emphasized that Kelce would fully support her taking the halftime stage, but the reason she turned down the offer was that she’s too focused on him during the season.
“Can you imagine if he's out there every single week putting his life on the line, doing this very dangerous, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport, and I'm like, 'I wonder what my choreo should be…’” she laughed. “This is nothing to do with Travis, he would love for me to do it. I’m just too locked in.”