Jan. 4, 2026

🎁 SECRET GIFT: Travis says Taylor's Christmas present was best but "keeping in-house"!

Show Notes
Transcript

🎊 HAPPY 2026: First episode of the new year with WILD stories to start us off!

📺 ANDERSON CAN'T: Cooper breaks reading "Wood" lyrics on NYE - "I get it!"

🎁 SECRET GIFT: Travis says Taylor's Christmas present was best but "keeping in-house"!

🛷 MONTANA REVEALED: Charissa Thompson shares snow tubing photos from March trip!

💰 $600 CHRISTMAS: Stadium worker cries over Taylor/Travis's generous holiday cash!

🏥 VANDERBILT DONATION: New gifts to children's hospital plus cancer program!

💜 MAMBA LOVE: Vanessa Bryant thanks Taylor for foundation sweatshirt in docuseries!

🍞 BREAD SLICER WINS: Travis reveals Taylor's favorite gift was for sourdough making!

😂 BRAZILIAN WAX: Travis would rather wax than watch his dating show!

🎯 INNOCENT ORIGINS: Taylor claims "Wood" started about superstitions - sure Jan!

👨‍👧 PROTECTED PRIVACY: Erin and Charissa kept Montana trip secret for months!

🏈 FINAL GAME?: Travis plays Raiders tonight - potentially last NFL game ever!

🤐 IN-HOUSE SECRETS: What gift needs to stay private? Wedding related?

💵 FRAMED BILL: Employee framed one of the $100 bills from Christmas tip!

🚀 2026 BEGINS: New year of weddings, mysteries, and endless possibilities!

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Hey Swifties, welcome back to Taylor Swift Today and Happy

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New Year. It's Sunday, January fourth, twenty twenty six, our

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first episode of the new year, and what a way

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to kick things off. We've got Anderson Cooper's hilarious attempt

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to read Wood lyrics on New Year's Eve, Travis revealing

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Taylor gave him the best Christmas gift but keeping it secret,

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Carissa Thompson finally sharing photos from that Montana trip, plus

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Taylor's incredible generosity continuing into twenty twenty six, Let's start

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this year right First, the moment that had all of

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America laughing on New Year's Eve, Anderson Cooper attempting a

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dramatic reading of wood lyrics while Andy Cohen tried not

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to die laughing. With just ten minutes left in twenty

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twenty five, Cooper started reading Forgive Me It sounds cocky,

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He amatized me and opened my eyes. Then came the

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line that broke him, Redwood Tree, it ain't hard to

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see his love was the key that opened my thighs.

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Cooper was literally stunned, but Andy urged him to continue. Girls,

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I don't need to catch the bouquet HM to know,

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and that's when Anderson completely lost it. He squealed with

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giggles like a child, kept saying I get it, I

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get it, while Andy had this satisfied smirk that wouldn't

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leave his face.

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If he'd continued, he.

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Would have read A hard rock is on the way,

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but Anderson simply couldn't do it on live television. The

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fact that millions of Americans watched Cooper have this breakdown

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over Taylor's most explicit lyrics iconic Way to End twenty

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twenty five. Taylor previously told Fallin the song started in

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a very innocent place about superstitions and knocking on wood.

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But I don't know what happened. Man. We started vibing

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and I don't know how we got here.

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On SiriusXM, she hilariously said she thinks her mom believes

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it's about superstitions.

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That's the joy of the double entendre.

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You see in that song what you want to see. Meanwhile,

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when Jason asked Travis if he felt cocky about the

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song on New Heights, Travis played, coy, what I think

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you're not understanding the song? Sure, Travis, we all totally

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believe it's just about superstitions. Speaking of New Heights, Travis

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revealed on Tuesday's episode that Taylor gave him the best

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Christmas gift, but he's keeping it secret. The best gift

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that I got was from Taylor, but it gives away

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things that we're trying to keep in house, so not going.

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To say it. I love you, Tay.

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What could it be that they need to keep private

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wedding related?

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Something personal? The mystery is killing us.

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He also revealed Austin Swift got me a great gift

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as well, and that Taylor's whole family are amazing gift givers. Remember,

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Travis previously said Taylor's favorite gift from him was a

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bread slicer because she's been throwing together so much fucking

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sourdough ed. Kelsey's philosophy on buying for Taylor is perfect.

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You can't go that route with expensive gifts. Get something

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that tweaks the strings of her heart that you spend

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ten bucks on, and then she'll just be all gooey.

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You gotta find something that triggers the emotion.

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The Kelsey family clearly understands it's about thought, not price tags.

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Carissa Thompson just blessed us with unseen photos from that

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Montana trip.

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In March.

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Her New Year's Eve instagram included Taylor's snow tubing in

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a colorful jacket and snow boots, sitting between Carrissa and

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Aaron Andrews on green rubber rings. Travis liked the post,

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which Carrissa captioned, calling twenty twenty five unforgettable. On their

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podcast back in July, Carissa said Taylor was everything I'd

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ever hoped and dreamed she could have been in more.

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She reminded listeners that she and Aaron advocated for Taylor

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to give Travis a chance when he first tried to

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give her his number. Clearly it worked out, She joked.

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They kept the trip secret initially because their lives are

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so public and wanted to let them dictate the narrative.

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Aaron added, they're so protective of them and their privacy.

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The fact that Travis later posted photos from this trip

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marked the first time he included Taylor on his Instagram

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since they started dating. More New Heights revelations Travis would

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rather get a Brazilian wax than rewatch his twenty sixteen

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dating show Catching Kelsey when Jason asked if he'd rather

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watch the show on loop or get waxed. Travis didn't hesitate.

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I'd rather get Brazilian waxed. Are you kidding me?

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Yeah?

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I'd rather just get my gooch waxed. He called the

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dating show the worst fucking thing I ever did.

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He didn't realize what reality TV was.

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I was like, oh shit, everybody's going to be able

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to see this forever. He said no to it five

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times before agreeing. Though he dated winner Maya Ben Barry

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until early twenty seventeen, he clearly regrets the whole experience.

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I was getting smoked all season for that. Now for

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the sweetest story, Robin Gentry, an Arrowhead Stadium employee, shared

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that Taylor and Travis gave her six hundred dollars cash

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on Christmas Day. She posted in the Taylor Swift's Vault

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Facebook group that Taylor wished everyone Merry Christmas and thanked

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them for working, saying please take this. Travis and her

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were smiling so big and just kept saying Merry Christmas.

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When I looked at what was in my hand, six

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hundred dollars my whole paycheck for two weeks. I had

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just dropped that much for Christmas for eight kids. I

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immediately started crying. She hasn't spent it yet and even

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framed one of the one hundred dollar bills. Taylor and

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Travis are beautifully kind people. This adds to Taylor's massive

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holiday giving one million dollars each defeeding America and the

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American Heart Association, plus now a new donation to Monroe

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Correll Junior Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. The hospital confirmed Taylor

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made gifts to support their greatest needs and their adolescent

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and young adult cancer program. Doctor Juan Salazar said she

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is a true partner as we strive to provide a brighter,

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healthier future.

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These gifts are so timely.

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It's the holiday season when a hospital stay is especially tough.

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The hospital is encouraging fans to join Taylor in contributing.

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Remember Taylor visited this hospital on Christmas Eve in the

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past and helped open their Seacrest Studios. In twenty sixteen,

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Vanessa Bryant shared the sweetest appreciation for Taylor, wearing a

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Mamba and Mamba Tita Sports Foundation's sweatshirt in the docuseries.

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She posted what a gift.

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We love you at Taylor Swift with screenshots from the

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scene where Taylor's playing guitar in the Blue Crew Neck.

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Vanessa has a long standing relationship with Taylor. Remember when

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Taylor gave Bianca the twenty two hat at the August

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twenty twenty three LA Show. The Foundation was renamed following

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Kobe and Gianna's deaths in twenty twenty and Taylor's subtle

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support means everything to the family. Looking ahead to twenty

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twenty six, we're starting the year with Travis playing his

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potentially final game tonight in Las Vegas against the Raiders.

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Will he retire? Will Taylor attend? She hasn't done away

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games this season, so it's unlikely, but if this is

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truly his last game ever, maybe she'll make an exception.

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Wedding planning continues as a true partnership. Taylor's spreading millions

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in generosity, and we're all dying to know what Christmas

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gift was so special Travis had to keep it secret.

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Are they planning something big for twenty twenty six beyond

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the wedding? New album tour baby announcements, The fact that

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we're starting twenty twenty six with Anderson Cooper unable to

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read Taylor's lyrics on national television while Travis pretends not

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to understand what Wood means. This year is already iconic.

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From snow tubing adventures to secret gifts to continued charitable giving,

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Taylor and Travis are showing us what real love and

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generosity look like more in a moment as we enter

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twenty twenty six, Let's remember Taylor's word. It's about the

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Eras Tour. It was about passion and accepting all kinds

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of passion throughout the human experience. This year promises weddings,

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possible retirements, maybe new music, and definitely more love stories unfolding.

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Welcome to twenty twenty six. Swifties.

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Join our Taylor Swift Today Facebook community to share your

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predictions for this year. Will Travis retire? When's the wedding?

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What was that secret Christmas gift? Tonight's game could be historic?

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Travis's final NFL appearance?

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Ever?

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Will Taylor surprise us? Will he announce his decision? We'll

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be covering everything as this new year unfolds. This is

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Ali still laughing at Anderson Cooper's innocence, desperate to know

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the secret gift, and ready for whatever magic twenty twenty

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six brings stay curious, stay generous, and stay fearless in

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the New Year, swifties