One of Stephen Colbert's initial questions for Paul Rudd was about the joint support for Taylor Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs, and Rudd had only good things to say about it. Taylor Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs, and Rudd had purely positive things to express about their connection.
The star of “Ant-Man,” who is from Kansas City and has been a long-time fan of the Super Bowl winners featuring Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce, immediately mentioned how their shared support has created new opportunities for fathers and daughters to bond. “I see those stories about the dads and their daughters and their interest in watching the games together and I get all choked up watching it,” the actor told Colbert on “The Late Show” Wednesday night.
“My daughter, like my son, has grown up as a Chiefs fan and she loves Taylor Swift. When that first started, my daughter said, ‘Well, I wonder how many of these new Swifties are going to be able to talk about DiCaprio Bootle.’”
Bootle was a cornerback for the Chiefs on their practice squad before joining the Carolina Panthers.
“I said ‘None of them, but you can!’” Rudd continued. “I went to [the Eras tour] and it was incredible. I was so knocked out by how it was like a stadium filled with 80,000 people, and I just thought there was so much support and love and positivity. To feel that feeling with that many people, normally it’s the opposite feeling.”
Colbert then bonded with Rudd over their daughters’ shared love for Swift. When the host took his daughter to the Grammys, where she met Swift, the singer’s behavior toward his daughter determined his loyalty to the singer.
“Taylor was so nice to her that to this day, I would murder for her if she wanted me to,” Colbert said. “She said ‘Pretty girl,’ and I’m like, ‘Whatever you want, my queen.’”
Watch Rudd’s full interview with Colbert in the video above.
The Marvel star adds he gets “choked up” by how the singer and Travis Kelce have brought families together
