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.
The Fox Sports broadcaster, 46, gushed that Kelce is “not ugly” and recalled his “Saturday Night Live” skit where he “lifted up other girls so they could get the feeling of what it was like to date a big strong man.”
“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.
