Taylor Swift has a way of making even the biggest names nervous. Just ask John Calipari, who recently admitted he was so intimidated by the singer that he pretended to be busy on his phone rather than introduce himself.
The 67-year-old Arkansas basketball coach shared the amusing encounter during an October 15 appearance on the Eye on College Basketball podcast.
Calipari recalled spotting Swift at Madison Square Garden during a New York Knicks game last June, where she was chatting with Adam Sandler and his wife.
“I’m in the back corner just kind of watching, and Taylor Swift was there,” he recalled. Despite knowing Sandler personally, Calipari couldn’t bring himself to join the conversation.
“I was embarrassed to go up to her,” he admitted. And things only got more awkward when Swift approached his area, he explained.
“I was intimidated, and she came up and was bubbly,” Calipari explained, demonstrating how he pretended to be on the phone to avoid the encounter.
The confession was particularly surprising considering the people Calipari has met throughout his career.
“I went up to President Obama, busted through people to shake his hand,” he recalled, explaining that the former president even recognized him.
He also had no problem approaching comedian Chris Rock, who attended the same basketball game. But Swift was apparently another story.
Calipari even joked about not receiving an invitation to Swift and Travis Kelce’s July wedding at Madison Square Garden.
He was “kinda disappointed,” he admitted, before adding, “but you know, things happen.”
For a coach accustomed to handling pressure in packed basketball arenas, it turns out that meeting Taylor Swift was a completely different kind of challenge.
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