“The Good Wife” star Josh Charles was elated to be part of Taylor Swift’s music video but he picked a bone with her now fiancé, Travis Kelce.
SUNRISE, FLORIDA – JUNE 12: Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift react as the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers play during the first period in Game Four of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 12, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Charles and his “Dead Poets Society” costar Ethan Hawke appeared in Swift’s 2024 music video for “Fortnight” as scientists experimenting on the pop star.
While appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the talk show host asked Charles about the rumors he “got into a fight with Travis Kelce on set,” which was previously alluded to by Hawke in a September 2025 interview.
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 26: Josh Charles attends “Drunk History” during 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios on April 26, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
Charles clarified, “A fight? No, he exaggerated this. It wasn’t a fight.”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” star explained how he called out the Kansas City Chiefs tight end over the Chief’s victory over his hometown team, the Baltimore Ravens, in 2023.
“I’ve always liked Travis Kelce. I just thought he was so cool,” Charles said. “But that year they beat us in the AFC Championship game — they beat the Ravens — he was a real jerk that year. So I kind of fell off of him.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 08: Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs attend the Men’s Singles Final match between Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jannik Sinner of Italy on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
When on set together for the music video, Charles said, “When I met him, I said, ‘You know I always liked you and this year you were kind of a d***.’”
He continued, “I said, ‘What was up with that?’ And he laughed. He was like, ‘You know what, you’re right. I’m gonna tell you why.”
Kelce admitted to Charles that the Chiefs were “most worried about that game” at the time.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 08: Josh Charles attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations – “The Handmaid’s Tale” Screening And Conversation at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center on April 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
“He’s like, ‘I knew I had to come in with some swagger,’ and he did,” Charles said. “He got one of our veterans to commit a personal foul. He got in our heads, and it worked for them, and they won the game.”
Charles added, “He was actually great. We talked all different kinds of football. Such a good dude. I really liked him a lot” before admitting he’s one of “the most fun human beings.”
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 7: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are seen on November 7, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images)
He did admit he can’t watch Kelce’s games because “I can’t root against him.”