{"id":212723,"date":"2026-01-02T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/212723\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:06:10","slug":"watch-anderson-cooper-try-to-get-through-a-dramatic-reading-of-taylor-swifts-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/212723\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Anderson Cooper Try To Get Through a Dramatic Reading of Taylor Swift’s ‘Wood’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are great songs throughout the history of pop music, including Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cVisions of Johanna\u201d and Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah,\u201d where the imagery is so rich and dense that fans and critics have spent decades trying to decipher their true meanings. And then there\u2019s Taylor Swift\u2018s \u201cWood\u201d where she compares a certain part of Travis Kelce\u2019s<\/a> anatomy to a redwood tree and there\u2019s no other possible way to interpret it.<\/p>\n

That made it one of the most polarizing songs of the 2025. And with just 10 minutes left in the year, Anderson Cooper attempted to get through a dramatic reading of the lyrics while a very tipsy Andy Cohen did his best to maintain a straight face. \u201cForgive me, it sounds cocky,\u201d Cooper reads, as if coming across these words for the very first time. \u201cHe ah-matized me and opened my \u0435yes.\u201d The next part gave him a bit of pause, but Cohen urged him to keep going. \u201cRedwood tree, it ain\u2019t hard to see\/His love was th\u0435 key that opened my thighs.\u201d That last word clearly left Cooper a bit stunned, but he soldiered on, \u201cGirls, I don\u2019t need to catch the bouquet, mm,\u201d he read. \u201cTo know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

If Cooper kept going, he would have read \u201ca hard rock is on the way,\u201d but he was simply unable to do it as millions of Americans looked on from their homes. He instead squealed with giggles like a small child, did his best to maintain his composure, repeated \u201cI get it\u201d a couple of times, and moved on with the evening. Cohen, meanwhile, couldn\u2019t remove a satisfied smirk from his face. From his perspective, this couldn\u2019t have gone better.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Swift insisted that the song was originally quite different. \u201cI brought this into the studio and I was like, \u2018I wanna do sort of like a throwback kind of timeless-sounding song,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I had this idea about, \u2018I ain\u2019t gotta knock on wood,\u2019 and I would knock on wood and it would be all these superstitions. And it really started out in a very innocent place\u2026I don\u2019t know what happened, man. I got in there, we started vibing and I don\u2019t know, I don\u2019t know how we got here. But I love the song so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

On New Heights, a podcast hosted by Travis Kielce and his brother Jason Kielce, the song naturally came up<\/a>. \u201cDo you feel cocky about the song?\u201d Jason asked his brother. \u201cNo,\u201d Travis replied. \u201cAny song that references me is a very\u2026I love that girl.\u201d Jason pointed out that the song referenced his \u201cappendage,\u201d but Travis feigned confusion. \u201cWhat?\u201d he said. \u201cI think you\u2019re not understanding the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

He understood perfectly well. The same goes for Cooper, Cohen, and just about everyone else on the planet who listened to it even a single time. The sole exception may be Andrea Swift<\/a>, who simply wouldn\u2019t allow herself to process lyrics that concerned her daughter and future son-in-law engaging in intimate relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that she thinks that that song is about superstitions, popular superstitions, which, which it absolutely is,\u201d Taylor said on SiriusXM. \u201cThat\u2019s the joy of the double entendre. That song, you could read that song for people and it just goes right over their head. That song\u2026you see in that song what you wanna see in that song.\u201d<\/p>\n

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