Tom Cruise and Taylor Swift made headlines on Monday when they sat down for the Kansas City Chiefs’ first game of the season. But what are these two superstars talking about?
“She’s teaching me how to play football. It’s true,” Cruise revealed to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday. But this isn’t the first time Cruise and Swift have hit it off – in 2024, he was spotted attending her Eras tour stop in London, and when the pop star married Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in July, Cruise was in attendance.
“First of all, she’s a genius. I’ve been watching her since she was a kid,” Cruise said of Swift. “Everyone there, all their friends — they were a beautiful couple and magical in their own right.”
Swift has real ball knowledge. “Oh, she knows her stuff,” Cruise continued, adding that the singer “knew nothing about football when she met Travis.”
In addition to Swift coaching him during the game, Cruise said they “talked about music and movies.”
“She’s funny, she has a great sense of humor,” he said. “He’s also a great writer, by the way. A great musician and director – very skilled.”
Swift has directed many of her own music videos over the years, and has further delved into filmmaking with 2021’s Everything’s Alright: The Short Film, starring Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien. In late 2022, it was announced that she would be making her feature directorial debut with Searchlight Pictures, although her record-breaking Eras tour, which began the following year (and was extended to December 2024), seemed to delay that plan.
During an interview with Fallon, Cruise was asked about rumors that his new film Digger , directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, is actually a musical.
“No, but I think it’s a very good idea,” he laughed. “I think we should Producing the musical Diggers. Dig in! “Cruise and Fallon then sang and danced in their seats.
Cruise’s “Digger” press conference will also appear on Travis and Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, which will be released on Friday.
Watch Cruise’s full interview with Fallon below.