CBS Correspondent Loses It On-Air After Hearing Taylor Swift Engaged
CBS News White House correspondent Olivia Rinaldi was caught on camera reacting with visible surprise after learning of Taylor Swift’s engagement.
On Tuesday, Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce announced their engagement in an Instagram post. The couple, who began publicly dating in 2023, has frequently drawn attention with Swift’s regular appearances at Chiefs games.
Rinaldi, preparing for a live shot outside the White House when the news broke, was filmed appearing stunned as she looked at her phone in a clip later shared online.
“Taylor Swift is engaged!” Rinaldi repeated several times before going on air. “This — come back to me! She just posted it. Oh my god!
“Oh, it’s huge! The ring is ginormous! This is so exciting!”
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NEW: CBS reporter Olivia Rinaldi freaks out after finding out that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged, says she feels like "Paul Revere right now."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 26, 2025
Rinaldi was caught on camera saying 'OMG' 10 times after finding out about the engagement.
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At one point, Rinaldi actually said she felt like Paul Revere in breaking the news.
“This is a very exciting moment for me in my professional career, because I get to announce that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engaged!” she gushed.
“As you were talking to Joe Lang, our lovely producer, Gaby Ake texted me and said, ‘Taylor Swift’s engaged,’ and you can see it right there on her social media. She put it up in that post that they got engaged with the caption, ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,’ with a little dynamite sign there. Very exciting here that we get to break that and tell you about that,” she added.
The global pop star made headlines again last week, but it wasn’t because of something she did.
FBI Director James Comey confessed on a video that he has a new coping mechanism for the “bad blood” he still harbors against President Trump: Swift.
In a bizarre video posted to his Substack, Comey announced he’s been a full-blown Swiftie, leaning on the pop icon’s lyrics to guide him through life in President Donald Trump’s America.
“While our elderly makeup-covered president is posting about whether Taylor Swift is still hot and declaring that he can’t stand her, what’s she doing?” Comey mused. “Living her best life, producing great music and as she urged all of us to do during the podcast, not giving the jerks power over her mind.”
Comey was referencing Swift’s recent appearance on the New Heights podcast with fiancée Kelce, and his brother, Jason, where she advised listeners to guard their “energy” like it’s expensive.
This is not parody. This is former FBI director James Comey. After using his power for years to entrap Trump, Flynn and others, he tries now to come across as a normal guy, a Taylor Swift fan, and a champion of civility and decorum. I’d love to see this sociopath locked up. pic.twitter.com/DD6Jqxq2jh
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 17, 2025
Comey also insisted that he and Swift “go way back.”
“I went to my first concert of hers 15 years ago,” he said. “And I have helped financially support the attendance of a lot of family members and others. I’m in a family Swiftie group chat. I know all her music.” His all-time favorites? “All Too Well” and “Exile.”
“I struggle with how to stand up to bullies without letting their meanness infect me and change me,” Comey admitted.
He then took a swipe at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who often trolls Trump online.
“I find it very funny, hilarious even sometimes. But I gotta be honest, it also leaves me with a strange feeling … because I don’t want us to become like Trump and his followers. There are far more decent, honest, kind people in America than there are mean jerks,” said Comey.
