Why Taylor Swift Superfan Nikki Glaser Refuses to Approach the Superstar at Events: ‘I Won’t Even Look Her Way’

“It’s almost rude, what I do when I’m in the same room as Taylor Swift,” said Glaser in an appearance on Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast

Nikki Glaser in January 2025; Taylor Swift in January 2024.

On the Feb. 24 episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, the comedian and self-proclaimed Swiftie (who spent nearly $100,000 attending 22 Eras Tour shows) opened up about why she didn’t approach Swift at the 2025 Grammy Awards, where they were both nominated.

“Everyone wants a piece,” said Glaser, 40, who was up for best comedy album at the ceremony for Someday You’ll Die but lost to Dave Chappelle’s The Dreamer. “I will never be the one to be like, ‘Excuse me’ — ever. 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.”

She said many people have encouraged her to “go up and say something” to the “Karma” singer, but there’s a reason she won’t do it. “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.”

“I just don’t want to take someone’s energy away that I require their energy to be put into making great music,” explained Glaser. “That’s what I don’t want, her to make a less great song ‘cause she had to be like, ‘Nice to meet you,’ and hold me as I’m crying. No, we don’t need that. I can’t bother her.”

The FBoy Island host also served as emcee for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards earlier this year. As she’s attended more high-profile events, however, she’s started to view them differently.

Nikki Glaser in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.

“I generally after awards shows get pretty depressed no matter what happens because I’m around all these famous people that I put on a pedestal, and I kind of see the façade of it all and the desperation,” said Glaser on Armchair Expert.

She continued, “They’re all wearing uncomfortable clothes and have the fake hair in, and I’m like, we’re all clamoring to be noticed and a little bit disappointed when we’re not. It makes me a little bit sad, ‘cause I’m like, no matter how big you get, you kind of worry about who’s in the room, who’s looking at you, where you’re seated. I kind of go into a depression afterward.”

Swift isn’t the only celebrity Glaser avoids at awards shows. Earlier in the podcast episode, she spoke about one specific reason she wanted to win the best comedy album category at the Grammys.

Nikki Glaser in Los Angeles in January 2025.

“I feel like I don’t belong there. I don’t want people even noticing me to go like, ‘Why is she here?’ Even though I was nominated for a Grammy. But I didn’t win,” she said. “I was so mad I didn’t win, only because I wanted to bring my Grammy to hold it [and] be like, ‘I belong.’”

Glaser added, “I just wanted to have a reason to be there. So, I was being very small, and then people were coming up to me being like, ‘Oh my God, I love you’ — people I’m fans of!”

She revealed Olivia Rodrigo was one of the people who complimented her at the ceremony, describing the moment as “the biggest gift of my life.”