Nelly just shared the most unexpected celebrity story of the year. On The Breakfast Club, he recalled getting a cold call from Taylor Swift back in 2011, when her friends were doing a routine to“Hot in Herre”and she wanted him to surprise her Houston crowd on the Speak Now World Tour. Her offer was over the top: a private jet for his family, a Four Seasons presidential suite, and $50,000 for a quick appearance.
So what did Nelly ask for? He wanted the money in a McDonald’s bag.“I would’ve did it for free,”he said, but the bag request stood. After a three-minute set, he was handed the cash in the bag and flew straight back to St. Louis with his family, never touching that hotel room.
The friendship didn’t end there. Nelly calls himself a proud Swiftie, they’ve reunited on later tours, and he and Ashanti were guests at Swift’s July wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden. Would you keep the presidential suite or fly straight home like Nelly? Tell us on our socials.
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