You may not have realized it because he never appears in any of her squad photos, but comic/actor Jerrod Carmichael is best friends with Taylor Swift. The star of the upcoming HBO series The Jerrod Michael Reality Show told Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night (March 20) that Swift is his “best friend.”
The revelation occurred after Kimmel posted a photo of Carmichael hanging out with Swift in a box in Buffalo, New York, during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Jan. 21 victory against the Buffalo Bills, which advanced them to the AFC Championship and won Super Bowl LVIII. Swift is obviously dressed in red and white Kansas City clothing in the photo, while Carmichael is wearing a furry coat over a red jersey.
“Taylor Swift’s my best friend,” Carmichael doubled-down, lamenting that he should have asked the singer to be part of his sometimes intense new HBO series, which he described as a mixture of traditional reality mixed with very frank discussions with his family about his personal life. “Like I’m not her best friend, but she’s my best friend,” Carmichael quadrupled down.
“Can you think of a better friend to have than Taylor Swift?” Carmichael wondered. “I called my former best friend and I was like, ‘You’re out! You never invited me on a jet to your game.’ Taylor’s my best… no, she’s very smart and interesting.” Carmichael said Swift called and asked him to the game, and, not for nothing, the comedian said the singer also definitely “knows more about football” than he does.
When Kimmel asked if Carmichael would ask Swift questions about football given her extensive understanding of the Xs and Os, Jerrod replied, “Yeah, yeah. I’m girlfriend in that situation.” Anticipating a slew of headlines (such as the one above) screaming “Jerrod Carmichael Says Taylor Swift Is His Best Friend,” Carmichael bemoaned that given the singer’s prominence, he would probably not even make the first mention in most pieces.
“Actually, I won’t even get top-billing! It’ll say: ‘Taylor Swift: Jerrod Carmichael’s Best Friend?’ Don’t do that to me, it’s gotta be something else,” he joked. “I do love her though.” The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show debuts on March 29.
