Taylor Swift Talked about in Welcome to Wrexham After Blake Full of life Drama

The Wrexham AFC announcers name-dropped Taylor Swift in the course of the newest episode of Welcome to Wrexham.

In the course of the Thursday, June 5 episode, Wrexham was taking part in rivals (and the Tom Brady-owned workforce) Birmingham. Whereas the Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney owned Pink Dragons initially had a leg up, issues began to go south within the match.

“Ruby slippers invoking the spirit of the patron saint of misplaced causes, Taylor Swift, and saying shake it off, Reds,” one of many announcers might be heard saying in the course of the recreation. “You’ve received loads of time.”

The sport, which was filmed in January, finally led to a draw.

This was not the primary time Swift had been referenced in Welcome to Wrexham. Throughout season 3, which aired final yr, Reynolds joked about his plans to “lure” Swift to Wales in assist of the soccer (soccer within the U.Okay.) workforce.

Thursday’s name-drop, nevertheless, comes simply after the continued drama surrounding the singer and longtime pal Blake Full of life, who’s married to Wrexham coowner Reynolds.

Swift has been named a number of instances in Full of life’s ongoing authorized battle towards It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni. Final month, she was issued a subpoena within the swimsuit. A rep for Swift launched an announcement addressing the information.

“Taylor Swift by no means set foot on the set of this film, she was not concerned in any casting or inventive choices, she didn’t rating the movie, she by no means noticed an edit or made any notes on the movie,” the singer’s rep shared in an announcement to Us. “She didn’t even see It Ends With Us till weeks after its public launch, and was touring across the globe throughout 2023 and 2024 headlining the most important tour in historical past.”

Considered one of Swift’s songs was used within the It Ends With Us trailer, however that was the singer’s solely connection to the movie.

“The connection Taylor needed to this movie was allowing the usage of one music, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ On condition that her involvement was licensing a music for the movie, which 19 different artists additionally did,” the assertion concluded. “This doc subpoena is designed to make use of Taylor Swift’s title to attract public curiosity by creating tabloid clickbait as an alternative of specializing in the information of the case.”

Us Weekly confirmed in late Could that the subpoena towards Swift had been dropped. (Full of life and Baldoni are set to look in courtroom beginning in March 2026.)

The transfer to contain Swift within the ongoing authorized battle has reportedly impacted her friendship with Full of life.

“Taylor and Blake have talked, but it surely’s strained,” a supply informed Us solely in a Could cowl story. “Their friendship isn’t what it was once.”

New episodes of Welcome to Wrexham premiere on FX Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET and are streaming through Hulu the next day.