Barstool Sports activities founder Dave Portnoy was simply as shocked as the remainder of us when he digested the lyrics of Taylor Swift's new tune “Wooden.”
Portnoy, 48, who's an avid Swiftie, took to social media after listening to Swift's new album, The Lifetime of a Showgirl, “three or 4 or 5 occasions.”
“I actually did just like the tune ‘Wooden' the primary couple occasions I listened to it,” Portnoy mentioned in a video posted via Instagram on Friday, October 3.
Nonetheless, after “chopping it up” on the message boards with different Swift followers, Portnoy got here to the conclusion that the tune was in regards to the allegedly spectacular genitalia of Swift's fiancé, Travis Kelce.
“It's about Travis' d***?” Portnoy questioned. “And then you definitely re-listen and it's all, ‘Redwood tree' and ‘I knew he had a giant *** and laborious rock and I've to catch the bouquet.' No. No. I'm not bobbing and weaving and jamming to a tune about Travis' d***.”
He continued, “I'm a soccer man and I've recognized Kelce lots longer than I've recognized Taylor, so among the songs you don't need to get too into, ‘Oh, they're speaking about it like that.' So, ‘Wooden' is out.”
The lyrics of “Wooden” stunned many Swift followers after the discharge of The Lifetime of a Showgirl on Friday, with lyrics like “Redwood tree, it ain't laborious to see / His love was the important thing that opened my thighs” and “Appears to be that you just and me, we make our personal luck / New heights of manhood,” a reference to the podcast Travis cohosts together with his older brother, Jason Kelce.
Scandal apart, Portnoy admitted The Lifetime of a Showgirl failed to satisfy his excessive expectations.
“I used to be on the document saying I believed it will be my favourite album she's ever had. It wasn't that,” Portnoy mentioned. “There's some songs I like. Are any of them going to be mega, monster hits? I don't know.”
He added, “Is it an all-time album? No. Did I believe I used to be going to love it extra? Yeah. Is it nonetheless T-Swift? Sure.”
Portnoy listened his 5 favourite favourite songs from the album in descending order, beginning with “Honey,” which he referred to as “catchy, beat-y.”
The others, so as, had been “Eldest Daughter,” “The Lifetime of a Showgirl,” “The Destiny of Ophelia” and “Opalite” in his prime spot.
“I believe that has an opportunity to be successful,” Portnoy mentioned of “Opalite,” the third monitor on the album. “Very cool tune. Completely satisfied-go-lucky.”
Portnoy mentioned “Elizabeth Taylor” is the tune that “might have slid in” to his prime 5.
Swift and Kelce, each 35, introduced their engagement in August after two years of relationship.
Throughout an interview on BBC Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James on Friday, Swift revealed that the couple are planning a “vacation spot wedding ceremony.”
“He's a blast,” Swift mentioned about Kelce throughout the interview. “He's simply essentially the most enjoyable particular person, lifetime of any celebration, even when it's simply us. That's the aim, isn't it? Discover a greatest buddy who you assume is scorching.”
