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Nick Offerman appeared on The view and responded to a “asked question” from Swiftie Alyssa Farah Griffin.
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The curator asked if he had heard Taylor Swift’s new song, “Wood,” which is said to be about Travis Kelce’s manhood.
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“I don’t want to sound arrogant when I talk about my woodworking,” Offerman said.
Even Parks and Recreation Star Nick Offerman’s mind is knocking on the door of curiosity when it comes to the cheeky lyrics of Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”
After the 35-year-old pop superstar dropped out The life of a showgirl album track — which compares her fiancé Travis Kelce’s manhood to a redwood tree that “split my thighs open” — Offerman admitted Thursday The view that he, an experienced carpenter, heard the melody well.
“I have a long question,” conservative panelist and resident Swiftie talk show Alyssa Farah Griffin said at the top of Offerman’s interview, tied to his new book. Little marmots. “Taylor Swift just released her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. You Obviously I just released your new Little marmots book. Both present the concept of wood. She has a new song called “Wood.” Have you heard it and what do you think? »
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Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
Co-host Sara Haines exclaimed, “Oh, no,” when she felt the floodgates had opened on Griffin’s obsession with Swift.
Offerman confirmed he “heard” it and joked that he and Swift “talked about when we were going to release our book and her record” because “we didn’t want to flood the market with wood-related products.”
Building on innuendos heard throughout the song, Offerman added that he brought his wife, fellow actress Megan Mullally, along for the ride in the woods.
“I don’t want to sound arrogant when I talk about my woodworking, but I’ve done a sort of interpretive reading of the lyrics for my wife, and we’re in negotiations,” Offerman said. “I sent it to her, she said she had some ideas, because I wasn’t sure what the whole song was about. I work with redwoods sometimes.”
Kelce also weighed in on the song’s meaning following its release.
“It’s a great song,” he told his brother Jason Kelce in early October during their New heights podcast.
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Travis Kelce kisses Taylor Swift at Super Bowl LVIII
“Jesus Christ, Travis, come on! The redwood, it’s not hard to see,” Jason said later in the episode, trying to get his brother to crack up on the lyrics. “I thought redwood was a little…that’s a generous word, I think.”
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In addition to making headlines for his words, The life of a showgirl also recently broke the record for the most first-week album sales in U.S. history, selling over 4 million units during its first seven-day release period.
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