Grammys: Trevor Noah Wants Revenge on NFL Fans Mad at Taylor Swift

Originally appeared on E! Online

Bringing up Taylor Swift in an awards show monologue never goes out of style.

And Trevor Noah, hosting the Grammys for the fourth consecutive year, was characteristically on point Feb. 4 at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena. While he kicked off by practically summoning Meryl Streep out of thin air—"You thought I was lying!" he exclaimed as the empty chair next to her son-in-law Mark Ronson was then filled by the three-time Oscar winner—he soon got around to mentioning the silliest controversy of the year.

"I think it is so unfair how NFL fans have been complaining about the cameras cutting to Taylor Swift," Noah noted after addressing the statuesque singer's entrance. "Right? Like she's controlling the cameras at the games. Like, just let her live, let her live."

"In fact, on Taylor's behalf, you know what I'm gonna do?" he offered. "I'm gonna give her a break. Every time they mention Taylor Swift, I'm gonna get revenge. Every time someone says 'Taylor Swift,' I'm gonna cut the cameras to someone who played football. That's what I'll do—cut, bam, just like that! Oh, yeah, you like that, Terry Crews?! You better fix your face, Terry!"

Cut to the America's Got Talent host who spent six years in the NFL. But more importantly...

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Cut to Swift, who thoroughly enjoyed this joke about the 12 Kansas City Chiefs games she attended this year.

"Yeah, we watching you all night, Terry, no relaxing for you!" Noah explained as Crews feigned anger but was obviously very much enjoying himself. "Do you work for the CIA, Terry?! I can read lips, Terry, better watch what you say!"

Cut back to Swift full-on laughing as Noah gently touched on the wildest conspiracy theories circulating about Swift and her Super Bowl-bound boyfriend, Travis Kelce.

Noah, also a nominee tonight—Best Comedy Album for I Wish You Would (though Dave Chappelle's What's In a Name? was an early winner)—then noted that should Swift win Album of the Year for Midnights, one of her six nominations, she'll make history as the first-ever artist to win that award four times.

And he mentioned other people in the room, too, of course, applauding 21 Savage's 1 billion streams so far in 2024 ("In fact I actually listened earlier today, so it's a billion and one—you're welcome, my friend"), cheering Olivia Rodrigo ("I cannot wait to see what you rhyme 'blood-sucker' with on national TV—'Ice trucker'? 'Fuddrucker'?") and promising the characteristically some-time-later appearance of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

He also warned, JIC anyone missed the memo, that the show was live and therefore anything could happen. "This is like flying in a Boeing airplane," he cracked. "One minute there's a door, the next minute—we outside. And my job as host is to just keep the good vibes going tonight, right, and make sure Katt Williams doesn't say anything about me after the show and that everyone had a good time."

The former host of The Daily Show acknowledged that this particular gig is a tough one, since it's no easy task to please a crowd while also poking fun at them or their craft, no matter how lighthearted the humor. And he saw Swift's unimpressed reaction when Golden Globes host Jo Koy cracked a mild joke about the number of times the NFL game broadcasts cut to her this past season.

"Here's the thing about award shows," Noah told CBS Mornings co-anchor Gayle King Jan. 31, "is everybody loves the joke when it's not about them, and your goal and your hope is to tell a joke about the person that they also think is funny. So, it's difficult. And I think every comedian understands this."

The Grammys were "nerve-wracking" for him, he continued, because "these are superstars. Yeah, these are like, I don't wanna get on the wrong side of Taylor Swift fans. So you're trying to walk this fine line of being, you know, the comedian, but then also still being nice about the night."

Noah's a winner in our book regardless (and none other than Taylor Swift seems to agree), but see the full list of artists who've won Grammys tonight so far:

<p>Album of the Year</p>

<p>Record of the Year</p>

<p>Best New Artist</p>

<p>Song of the Year</p>

<p>Best Pop Duo/Group Performance</p>

<p>Best Pop Vocal Album</p>

<p>Best Music Video</p>

<p>Best Rap Album</p>

<p>Best Rap Song</p>

<p>Best Song Written For Visual Media</p>

<p>Best Latin Pop Album</p>

<p>Best Rock Album</p>

<p>Best Rock Song</p>

<p>Best Country Album</p>

<p>Best Country Song</p>

<p>Best R&B Album</p>

<p>Best R&B Song</p>