Taylor Swift was the odds-on Vegas favourite to headline the 2026 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present. However after the NFL selected Unhealthy Bunny, an unverified report circulated claiming that Swift had handed on the chance as a result of the league refused her request to personal the halftime footage.
Swift addressed the report throughout an look on The Tonight Present Monday night time, flatly denying its veracity. “Jay-Z [who curated the halftime show] has at all times been superb to me — our [business] groups are actually shut. They often will name and say, ‘How does she really feel about…And that’s not, like, an official provide or a conference-room dialog, extra ‘How does she really feel about it on the whole?’”
“And we’re at all times in a position to inform him the reality: which is that I’m in love with a man who does that sport on that precise discipline,” Swift continued. “Like, [football] is violent chess. That’s gladiators with out swords. That’s harmful. I’m, [for] the entire season, locked in on what that man is doing on the sector. Are you able to think about if he’s on the market each single week, placing his life on the road, doing this very harmful, very high-pressure, high-intensity sport, and I’m like, ‘I ponder what my choreo must be? I believe we must always do two verses of “Shake It Up,” into “Clean House,” into “Merciless Summer season,” that may be nice!’
“This has nothing to do with Travis — he would love for me to do it. However I’m simply too locked in,” Swift added.
Elsewhere throughout her look on The Tonight Present, Swift mentioned her proposal to Travis Kelce, Selena Gomez’s wedding ceremony, her music video for “The Destiny of Ophelia,” her love of One Battle After One other, and extra. She additionally broke down a number of lyrics to her new album The Lifetime of a Showgirl.
.@taylorswift13 addresses rumors that she turned down the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present 👀 #TaylorOnFallon #FallonTonight pic.twitter.com/ZPFIpozZ1J
— The Tonight Present (@FallonTonight) October 7, 2025
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