John Early Reveals He Has Taylor Swift’s Phone Number On ‘WWHL’: “I Will Get Sued For Saying That”

By Samantha Nungesser @samjnungesser
Published April 25, 2024, 10:19 a.m. ET

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Andy Cohen‘s guests on Wednesday night’s (April 24) episode of Watch What Happens Live had one important thing in common: they’ve both starred in Taylor Swift music videos.

As Cohen pointed out, Modern Family alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson appeared in the video for “the gay song” — a.k.a. “You Need To Calm Down” — while Search Party star John Early could be spotted in the video for “Anti-Hero.”

While Ferguson did not walk away from his experience with Swift’s phone number, Early named the Grammy Award-winning pop star as the most famous contact he had in his phone during a game of “Textual Behavior.”

“I will get sued for saying that,” he joked. “It only happened as a result of the video — not even in a friendship way. Just for logistics.”

Cohen quipped, “Do you need to text Taylor for your call time?” before later grilling Early on what he and Swift text about.

“Well, I … I … nothing,” Early admitted. “She’s just technically in my phone.”

The comedian’s music video stint came up again when a virtual fan asked him “how hard it was” to keep the exciting gig a secret — and whether he got to listen to Swift’s Midnights album ahead of its release.

“I wish I had been more discreet. It was very hard to keep it a secret,” he said of being in the music video for the album’s first single. “I got to listen to a little bit [of Midnights]. Right before we shot the video, she played us the music and I was rocked. “

Early wasn’t the only celebrity to brag about having Swift’s phone number. On the April 4 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Grey’s Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw revealed that she used to text with Swift before the singer changed her number.

“We exchanged numbers,” Capshaw said. “Then 1989 came out and my babies were singing ‘Shake it Off’ in the bathtub and I would send her videos and she would respond. And then we went to the 1989 tour and then I think she changed her number.”

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