During an October 8, 2025, appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Taylor Swift recounted how her fiancé, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, mixed up Hugh Grant’s wife, Anna Eberstein, with Greta Gerwig during the Eras Tour in London in June 2024. The tale has everything: VIP tents, an “I’m just Ken” quip, and a very diplomatic reaction from Eberstein while Kelce thought he was charming his favorite director.
What happened at the London Eras Tour stop
Swift said Kelce was ecstatic to hear that his “favorite director” would be in the VIP tent that night. After the show, he told her he’d dropped a Barbie-themed line: “I’m just Ken, too.” He later added that “‘Greta’ was chatting it up with Hugh Grant all night long” and told Swift, “They kinda seem like they’re soulmates.” Swift initially chalked up the cool response to Gerwig having heard that joke too many times.
Clips from the VIP section later made the rounds online. When Swift showed one to Kelce, he realized the mix‑up and admitted, “That’s not Greta.” The woman he’d congratulated on Barbie — and told “I’m just Ken, too” — was Anna Eberstein, the Swedish TV producer and entrepreneur who married Hugh Grant in 2018.
“Face blindness” and spotting soulmates
Host Seth Meyers closed the bit with a deadpan: “The bad news, for you, is he has face blindness. The good news is, he can recognize true love. So, at least he saw soulmates.” Swift laughed that the “tea” from that VIP tent was wild that night.
Who was in the VIP tent (and why it mattered)
Kelce mingled with a who’s who in London, including Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugh Grant, and Anna Eberstein — plus Greta Gerwig herself elsewhere in the VIP. With that many A‑listers in close quarters and a dance‑floor blur, a mistaken identity became a perfect storm.
Quick guide: names and roles from the story
- Taylor Swift — singer‑songwriter on the Eras Tour; promoting The Life of a Showgirl on October 8, 2025.
- Travis Kelce — NFL tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs; Swift’s fiancé; delivered the “I’m just Ken, too” line.
- Hugh Grant — actor who attended Swift’s London show and later posted about the night.
- Anna Eberstein — Swedish TV producer and entrepreneur; Hugh Grant’s wife; the person Kelce congratulated, thinking she was Greta Gerwig.
- Greta Gerwig — filmmaker behind Barbie; Kelce’s “favorite director.”
- Seth Meyers — host of Late Night, who joked about “face blindness” and “soulmates.”
- Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and Liam Hemsworth — A‑listers, Swift said, were part of the VIP crowd that night.
Hugh Grant’s viral message — and Swift’s reply
After that June 2024 show, Hugh Grant posted a note to Swift on X, calling Kelce an “excellent if gigantic boyfriend” and adding “#tequilashots.” Swift replied the next day that she was a longtime “Hugh Grant stan.”
Dear @taylorswift13 , You have an incredible show, an amazing and v hospitable team and excellent if gigantic boyfriend (#tequilashots.). Thanks so much from one ageing London boy, wife and thrilled 8 year old #halfgirlhalfbracelet
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) June 23, 2024
Where Greta Gerwig — and Anna Eberstein — fit into this
Greta Gerwig didn’t direct Barbie alone (she co‑wrote and directed it), but she was indeed at the show. Kelce’s line landed on Anna Eberstein instead, who graciously smiled through an out‑of‑left‑field kudos — a testament to British poise amid VIP chaos.
Why this story connected
Celebrity VIP sections compress timelines and faces. Kelce’s earnest “I’m just Ken, too” captured the awkward sincerity of meeting a hero. Swift’s October 8 retelling, in the midst of The Life of a Showgirl promo, turned a private gaffe into a shared laugh — and a reminder of how surreal the Eras Tour became in London.
Bottom line
Travis Kelce’s mistake of Hugh Grant’s wife for Greta Gerwig is now canon in the Taylor‑Travis lore — a harmless, human moment that ends with a great punchline: he might have missed a meet‑cute with his favorite director, but he still “recognized true love.”
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