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Taylor Swift's Hilarious 'Chest Match' Talk With Pietersen That Left Everyone In Splits

Soumyajit Dutta

Taylor Swift and Kevin Pietersen [Source: @The Graham Norton Show/YouTube.com]Taylor Swift and Kevin Pietersen [Source: @The Graham Norton Show/YouTube.com]

When cultural worlds collide, even global superstars can find themselves out of their depth. This was perfectly illustrated when American pop icon Taylor Swift appeared on the Graham Norton Show alongside former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen, leading to a hilarious exchange fuelled by complete cricketing confusion.

The conversation soon turned to Pietersen’s autobiography and the 2012 ‘textgate’ scandal that saw him dropped from the national team for sending provocative messages about then-captain Andrew Strauss to the opposition. 

Swift's Hilarious Admission Of Cricket Knowledge

As Norton probed the prickly subject on his show, Swift listened from the same couch, her growing bewilderment providing a comedic backdrop. The singer, in the UK to promote her then-forthcoming album, confessed, “But I went to Lord’s today,” prompting Pietersen to jokingly pounce on her naivety.

“If you Google ‘cricket’, you will get a result that ‘Lord’s is the home of cricket.’ So Taylor walked through the door at Lord’s, and said: ‘Cricket, of course I know who you are’. ‘No, you don’t! You don’t know what cricket is!’” he teased.

Swift quickly defended herself, stating, “I know what cricket is. I know it’s relatively violent.” She then cited her unique source of knowledge, an episode of FRIENDS where Ross Geller attempts to play. 

“He tries to play and he breaks all the bones in his body! It’s wild,” she explained, to which Pietersen quipped, “Wasn’t that rugby?”

Swift Utterly Confuses 'Chest Match' Talk

Another hilarious and probably embarrassing moment for the pop icon was when he misheard the 'Test matches' concept while Kevin Pietersen was speaking of his regrets regarding the timing of the scandal before Strauss’s milestone 100th Test match.

“One of the biggest mistakes I made was just before his (Strauss’) hundredth Test match, I was involved in the text messaging scandal,” Pietersen reflected. “He had basically thought in his mind, ‘I’m finishing after this Test match.’... I was involved in a bit of a mix-up. Basically that just sort of tarnished his week, which should have been one of the greatest weeks of his career, and I regret that,” Pietersen told.

Midway through his heartfelt answer, he paused to clarify the significance of the event for a baffled Swift, noting, “Playing a hundred Test matches is quite a big thing. It’s like huge.” As he continued, Swift’s confusion peaked, leading to the episode’s most memorable moment.

Attempting to show she was following along, Swift interjected, “I love learning. You do your chest match, and then you…” She was immediately corrected by a laughing Pietersen, saying, “Test matches,” as the room burst out with laughter seeing Swift's innocent admission of her misunderstanding.