Ravens player razzes Travis Kelce — and credits Taylor Swift with ‘New Heights’ success — before NFL game
Baltimore Ravens player Marlon Humphrey suggested Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast has only been successful because the Kansas City Chiefs tight end is dating Taylor Swift.
“I pray for this — to go against him because, like, he’s tried to take everything from me,” Humphrey, 28, told co-host Jack Settleman in Sunday’s episode of his own podcast, “Punch Line,” while referring to his upcoming NFL game against Kelce.
The cornerback also weighed in on Kelce, 34, and his brother, Jason Kelce, signing a $100 million, three-year deal with Amazon’s Wondery — which will have exclusive ad-sales and distribution rights for their popular sports commentary show — last month.
“He tried to take it all from me. He has got to pay,” Humphrey quipped. “He has got to pay for what he’s done to the podcast space, how he has tried to eliminate us.”
Humphrey then insinuated that Travis only snagged the deal with Amazon because of his relationship with the pop star.
“Honestly, it is not right. I don’t care who he is dating,” he bluntly said.
Humphrey said his game against Travis at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Thursday will be “pod vs. pod.”
“We will see what heights is higher,” he added.
Settleman joked Amazon would give their podcast the same pricey deal if the Ravens beat the Chiefs.
“Honestly, what do we do if we lose?” Humphrey wondered, to which the internet personality told him to “just carry on.”
Humphrey razzed Travis as someone who “talks a lot of trash” but acknowledged he is “actually a cool dude.”
“He’s just football trash,” he said, joking his show might get higher viewership if he invited Travis and Swift, 34, on it.
Settlement, meanwhile, teased that the Kelce brothers’s Amazon deal probably included a promise of Swift appearing in an episode of “New Heights.”
“That’s gotta be in the Amazon deal,” Humphrey agreed.
“Screw them! Unless [Swift] wants to come on [the show], for real,” he joked.
The co-hosts encouraged their fans to take to the comments section of their podcast to share their best Swift-related razz against Travis.
Travis and Jason, 36, have admitted in the past that the Grammy winner has contributed to a spike in interest surrounding their podcast.
“We do have a lot of new football fans coming in,” Travis said at the Cannes Lions festival in June. “So not just talking football like we would in the locker room, trying to, like, necessarily dumb it down or make it more simple so that everybody can follow along and still enjoy the show.”
The retired Philadelphia Eagles player agreed, telling his younger brother he loves that their show gets more girls “involved in a sport where previously there wasn’t much interest” while also bringing dads and daughters together.
The Kelces launched their podcast in September 2022, less than a year before Travis started dating Swift in the summer of 2023.
Meanwhile, the first episode of Humphrey’s podcast debuted in August 2023, a month before the “Catching Kelce” alum and the “Cruel Summer” singer publicly confirmed their love.
