Travis Kelce earns new nickname thanks to Taylor Swift song “Wood” leading to Bill Simmons’ risqué joke

e “Wood.” He said, “We were calling him Wood the whole game. It was very enjoyable. We kept saying, ‘Mahomes, get it to Wood!’ This should be his nickname.” He laughed as he added, “She wrote this whole gushing love song about his sexual prowess. He should just be Travis ‘Wood’ Kelce. You see why Taylor’s smiling, Wood’s getting it done.” Simmons’ remarks quickly became a topic of conversation online, though the player himself has stayed quiet about it.

Taylor Swift has not confirmed that the song “Wood” is about Travis Kelce, but many believe it is. The lyrics are filled with personal hints. In one line, she sings, “Seems to be that you and me, we make our own luck / New heights of manhood.” The words “new heights” appear to point to New Heights, the podcast Kelce co-hosts with his brother, Jason Kelce. Another line, “Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see / His love was the key that opened my thighs,” left little room for doubt about the song’s meaning.

Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce discussed the song during the October 8 episode of New Heights. Jason teased his younger brother, asking, “Do you feel cocky about the song ‘Wood’?” Travis smiled and said, “No, any song she writes about me, I love.” Jason continued the joke, saying, “It’s not just you. It’s a very specific you.” He laughed and added that if someone wrote a song about him, it would be “Japanese maple,” not “redwood.” Travis laughed it off, saying only, “I love that girl.”

Taylor Swift later explained on The Tonight Show that the song started from a simple idea. She said, “It started off in a very innocent place about ‘knock on wood,’ but I don’t know how we got here.”

In conclusion, Taylor Swift’s song “Wood” has led to a playful new nickname for Travis Kelce, with Bill Simmons jokingly referring to him as “Wood.” The suggestive lyrics of the song have sparked a lot of speculation among fans, although neither Swift nor Kelce has confirmed the true meaning behind the track. Despite the cheeky nickname, Kelce seems to have embraced the attention, expressing his love for anything Swift writes about him. As the buzz around the song continues, it remains to be seen how Kelce’s new moniker will stick in the world of sports and pop culture.