Travis Kelce hilariously got Billy Eichner’s name wrong at a party

Billy EichnerThe story of about his first encounter with Travis Kelce is nothing but comedy gold.

During an appearance on the Thursday, December 5 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!The 46-year-old actor and comedian recalled attending MadonnaThe 2024 Oscars After Party “I walk in and (there are) a lot of famous people, obviously. And the first people I see standing in the center of the party are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce,” he shared.

Having never met either celebrity before, Eichner decided to stay out of their way — until he was approached by Kelce, 35. “All of a sudden I feel a really big, brotherly pat on the back,” he teased. “In a very loud, booming voice, in a house full of the most famous people in the world, Travis Kelce looks at me and says, ‘Jimmy on Mother Street!’ I love you man!”

Kelce was trying to call Eichner’s streak They were on the streetbut I didn’t get the name exactly. “He’s beaming, so happy to see me. … He said it with such confidence that I could not bring myself to correct him,” the brothers admitted the star.

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Eicher continued, “He’s Travis Kelce. He is huge. He’s standing there with Taylor Swift. I didn’t know what to do. And then, throughout the night, he continued to see me. We kept crossing each other and he kept punching me. Now, I don’t mean to stereotype gay men, but I don’t normally communicate with a fist, but I continued to do so.

Overall, Eicher called his interaction with Kelce “wonderful,” before joking, “He has an open invitation to appear with me on Jimmy on the street at any time.”

Eichner ended his story after the Oscars party by sharing what he would say to Swift, 34, if they had a chance to talk at the event. “It would be funny if I turned to her and said, ‘Oh my God. Sarah BareillesI love you!” he joked to the host Jimmy Kimmel adding that Swift “probably would have gotten a compliment.”

Kelsey and Swift, who started dating in the summer of 2023. went out for an evening meeting at Madonna and Guy Osiarithe coveted Oscar celebration known as The Party on March 10. Although the pair were not photographed together at the event, Kelce was seen holding American fiction writer and director Cord JeffersonOscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in Instagram photo.

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“Cord said he was going to write a movie during Covid, then all this happened,” producer Tommy Alter captioned a March 14 Instagram slideshow, the first slide of which featured a photo of him with Kelce and Jefferson, 42, at the party.

As the holidays approach, a source exclusively said Us Weekly that Swift plans to host her and Kelce’s family for Christmas. When The Tour of the Ages ends on Sunday, December 8, Swift will take a well-deserved break before starting work on her next album – and potentially a 2026 tour.

“She has so much experience at Eras. She really wants to do it again,” the insider said us earlier this month. “She loves being with all her fans; it inspires her. … Things can change. A lot of that depends on what happens next year with Travis. She told her team to give her a year to see how things go in her personal life.