Overview
- During CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live co-hosted with Andy Cohen, Cooper attempted a dramatic reading of Swift’s lyrics and repeatedly dissolved into laughter on air.
- Cooper told viewers he was not familiar with the song before the reading, struggling to get through lines near the end of the broadcast.
- The lyrics include sexual innuendo such as references to a “redwood tree” and “New Heights of manhood,” which many interpret as nods to Swift’s fiancé, Travis Kelce.
- Clips of the moment spread quickly on X and Instagram, drawing large view counts and a flood of viewer reactions.
- Kelce previously addressed the track on his New Heights podcast, calling it “a great song,” as the tune ranked among 2025’s most searched with highly viewed lyrics on Genius.