{"id":231049,"date":"2026-01-06T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231049\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:00:09","slug":"why-josh-charles-called-travis-kelce-a-d-on-taylor-swift-music-video-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231049\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Josh Charles called Travis Kelce a d— on Taylor Swift music video set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Charles<\/a> had a bone to pick with Taylor Swift<\/a>‘s\u00a0fianc\u00e9 Travis Kelce<\/a>, and he wasn’t afraid to let him know it.<\/p>\n

The Handmaid’s Tale<\/a> star recalled how his being a fan of the Baltimore Ravens motivated him to let out some choice words when meeting Kelce during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> Monday. Charles met the Kansas City Chiefs star when he and Dead Poets Society<\/a>\u00a0costar\u00a0Ethan Hawke<\/a>\u00a0made surprise appearances in Swift’s music video for “Fortnight”<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

“I’ve always liked Travis Kelce, I thought he was cool, but that year they beat us in the AFC championship game \u2014 they beat the Ravens \u2014 he was a real jerk that year,” Charles told Fallon during his interview. “So I kind of fell off of him.”<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce (#87) during the game at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 14, 2025<\/p>\n

In fact, Charles “fell off” of Kelce so much that he didn’t hesitate to tell him how he felt when they met on the music video set. “When I met him, I said, ‘You know, I always liked you, and this year you were kind of a D-I-C-K,'” he recalled, cheekily.<\/p>\n

But Kelce wasn’t offended, The Good Wife\u00a0alum recalled. “He laughed, and he said, ‘You know what, you’re right,'” Charles said.<\/p>\n

The actor shared that he and the 36-year-old NFL star later talked shop about football, which allowed him to make peace with Kelce’s trouncing of his favorite team. “He’s such a good dude,” Charles told Fallon. “I really like him.”<\/p>\n

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In the “Fortnight” video, Hawke and Charles play mad scientists doing experiments on Swift, as featured artist Post Malone watches from the side in a scene that emulates a moment from Yorgos Lanthimos<\/a>‘ 2023 film\u00a0Poor Things<\/a>. In the film, Emma Stone<\/a>‘s Bella Baxter is dredged from the river after dying by suicide, then reanimated by Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe<\/a>), possessing the body of a woman and the brain of a baby.<\/p>\n

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Ethan Hawke, Taylor Swift, and Josh Charles in Taylor Swift’s video for ‘Fortnight’<\/p>\n

Charles gushed about the singer on social media after the music video premiered, sharing a photo from the set on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve admired Taylor for a long time, but meeting her in person took my fandom to a whole new level,” Charles\u00a0captioned the post. “Genuine, kind, approachable, and just an all around stellar human being – Not to mention a kick ass director to boot!”<\/p>\n

Hawke also took to his own Instagram account to celebrate the collaboration and its ties to Dead Poets Society.<\/p>\n

“‘Todd’ & ‘Knox’ from DEAD POETS SOCIETY are now PhDs in THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. It\u2019s quite an honor,” Hawke\u00a0wrote<\/a>. “Thank you\u00a0@taylorswift<\/a>\u00a0for the opportunity to be in the music video for your song FORTNIGHT feat.\u00a0@postmalone<\/a>. carpe diem!”<\/p>\n

Watch Charles’ chat with Fallon above.<\/p>\n

Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n