John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, and Ben Marshall of Please Don’t Destroy; Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty; AP Photo/Julio Cortez
BeforeTaylor SwiftandTravis Kelce’s “Love Story” unfolded, threeSaturday Night Livecast members could tell that they would be a good match!
On a recentepisodeof Mike Birbiglia’sWorking It Outpodcast,SNL’s beloved comedy trioPlease Don’t Destroyrevealed that Swift, 34, once told them that she had seen their skit with Kelce, 34, and it convinced her that he had a great sense of humor.
Ben Marshall — who makes up one-third of Please Don’t Destroy, along with Martin Herlihy and John Higgins — joked on the podcast that they “brought” the couple “a little bit together.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.Rob Carr/Getty
Rob Carr/Getty
“We worked with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce before they got together,” Marshall, 28, said, referring to the pop superstar’s appearance in their November 2021 sketch “Three Sad Virgins” and their March 2023 video with the Kansas City Chief tight end, “Self-Defense.”
The comedian continued, “She kind of told us that she watched his SNL episode and saw him in our video and was like, ‘This guy seems funny.’”
He added that they considered telling the story when they appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonseveral months ago.
“We were thinking about maybe saying that on Fallon and then we were like, ‘I think that if then they break up, we will somehow be, like, pitted as causing this disaster,’” the comic actor said while laughing. “It’s just a very precarious situation. People have such strong feelings about them.”
The trio also reflected on how when Swift appeared on the sketch show in 2021 as the musical guest, she “nailed it” when she joined them in a skit withPete Davidson.
Higgins, 28, recalled that it was “scarier” to pitch the idea to the Grammy winner than film it, considering the concept was her and Davidson, 30, ceaselessly making fun of Please Don’t Destroy for being “three sad virgins.” He explained that the hitmaker was “excited about” the skit and said, “When she came on set, [the song she recorded] sounded so fun and good, and she’s such a good actress and performer that it was just like two takes.”
Kelce, meanwhile, collaborated with Please Don’t Destroy on a skit when he hostedSNLin March 2023. In the three-time Super Bowl champion’s hilarious clip with the three writers/performers, he played an inspirational, self-defense coach who has a questionable method and ends up knocking them out.
Since then, the musician and the athlete have gotten even more serious, taking their romance to theSuper Bowlandinternational dates of Swift’s Eras Tour.
Shortly after Kelce and the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII, a source told PEOPLE that the pair is in a great place. “It’s been the best few months for them,” the insider shared.
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source: people.com
