Nikki Glaser is one of the biggest Taylor Swift fans in Hollywood, but she doesn’t plan on saying “hi” to her hero if they see each other at an event.
Glaser, 40, recently saw Swift, 35, at the 2025 Grammys on February 2, but she didn’t even think about greeting the pop star.
“Everyone wants a piece. I will never be the one to be like, ‘Excuse me,’ ever,” the comedian explained on the Monday, February 24, episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. “It’s almost rude what I do when I’m in the same room as Taylor Swift, because I won’t even look her way. It will take [her tapping me on the shoulder].”
Glaser said that her friends have encouraged her to speak to Swift, but she has no interest in connecting that way.
“There’s no way that she’s dying for that on a night like this where everyone’s doing it,” she said. “And of course she would be so nice. I know exactly how it would go down. But I don’t wanna take someone’s energy away [when] I require their energy to be put into making great music. I don’t want her to make a less great song because she had to be like, ‘Nice to meet you,’ and like, hold me as I’m crying.”
Glaser has been very vocal about her Swift fandom, revealing last year that she spent nearly $100,000 to see The Eras Tour a total of 22 times.
“I want to be clear that we’re including travel expenses, hotels, and me also flying and putting up everyone that I would invite to go with me, plus tickets, plus merch,” she explained in a December 2024 interview with People, noting it was “all well worth it” and she “would’ve paid even more.”
The Golden Globes host added that she justified her spending based on the fact that she doesn’t have kids — something she said wasn’t the “easiest decision” to make.
“There was a part of me that was like, ‘I would like kids,’ but it just doesn’t fit in my life. And so, in order for me to make myself feel better about the decision, I did look up how much it cost to raise a kid,” she explained. “And so, once I saw that number, I thought, ‘It’s no problem for me to spend this on Taylor Swift.’ People spend that much on their kids playing hockey for five years, so it’s OK.”
She added, “No one ever shames anyone for having kids and says, ‘Oh, what a waste of money. Oh, you’re flaunting your wealth.’ But for some reason, when I go to 22 Taylor Swift shows, it’s like, ‘You’re so privileged. How dare you spend that money.’”
During the podcast on Monday, Glaser reiterated one of the reasons why she loves and respects Swift so much: her work ethic.
“Taylor had something to prove. Even showing up on the scene coming out as a country artist and then making it into pop music,” the stand-up said. “She definitely is inspired by people doubting her. … The difference between great and good is just hard work.”
