Jerrod Carmichael Jokes That Taylor Swift Is His ‘Best Friend’ After She Invited Him to Chiefs Game

Jerrod Carmichael shares insight into his friendship with Taylor Swift.

The comedian and actor, 36, appeared on Wednesday’s episode Jimmy Kimmel Live! and talked about his love for Swift, 34, and how she invited him to watch the Kansas City Chiefs playoff game against the Buffalo Bills back in January.

“That’s my best friend, Taylor is my best friend,” Carmichael said with a smile on his face as a photo of the pair at the Jan. 21 game flashed on the screen. “It’s like I’m not her best friend, but she’s my best friend. Can you imagine a better friend than Taylor Swift?”

“I called my ex-best friend, I thought you were out, Taylor was in,” the star continued. “You never invited me on your plane to the game. She is very smart and interesting.”

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“She called you and said, ‘Hey, do you want to go to the game with me?’” Kimmel, 56, asked Carmichael, to which he replied, “Yeah, yeah, and she knows more about football than I do. ”

Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs and wears jersey #87.

Kimmel then asked if Carmichael asked Swift questions about football while they were at the game, which led to On the count of three the actor joked, “Yeah, I’m the girl in that situation.”

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“And please — I know because this is going to be on YouTube, I can already see — the headline underneath is going to be like, ‘Jerrod Carmichael says Taylor Swift is his best friend,'” Carmichael continued. “Actually you know what, I won’t even get top billing, it would say ‘Taylor Swift, Jerrod Carmichael’s best friend.’ Like don’t do that to me, it has to be something else. I still love her.”

Carmichael is set to star in his upcoming docu-series, Jerrod Carmichael’s reality show, which will premiere on March 29 on HBO.

“I was inspired by the Kardashians and all the Housewives,” Carmichael joked about the series, which Kimmel described as an “intensely personal documentary.” “But I wanted to make a show that was a show that happened after those cameras went off,” he continued. “Like in between those scenes of what a normal reality show would be, like I’m sad and in the fetal position, I’m actually dealing with problems.”

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