When a CBS White House correspondent learned about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement, it took them by surprise as they were getting ready for a live broadcast. After CBS broke the news, they captured the shocked response on camera and shared it on social media. According to the footage, reporter Olivia Rinaldi happened discovered Taylor Swift’s engagement post while perusing Instagram outside the White House. As she looked through the pictures Swift gave, her mouth fell open in disbelief and her eyes grew wide. Ms. Rinaldi was briefly surprised by the unexpected news, and her emotion was captured on camera.
After saying, “Taylor Swift is engaged,” she looked up at the camera and waved her phone in the air. “Taylor Swift is engaged!” She reportedly said, “Come back to me,” to a producer. “She just uploaded it! God, oh God. Oh my gosh.
Taylor Swift’s enormous engagement ring also made Ms. Rinaldi squeal, adding, “Oh, it’s gigantic! After looking at pictures of it, I said, “The ring is enormous.” Kindred Lubeck, a jewelry designer based in New York, created the ring, which has an old mine brilliant-cut. Looking at her phone, Ms. Rinaldi couldn’t contain her excitement and exclaimed, “This is really exciting! My gosh! “Oh my god!”
After that, the CBS White House reporter says, “I feel like Paul Revere right now.”
“This is a very important moment for me in my professional career, because I get to announce that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged,” she says with excitement.
NEW: CBS reporter Olivia Rinaldi freaks out after finding out that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged, says she feels like "Paul Revere right now."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 26, 2025
Rinaldi was caught on camera saying 'OMG' 10 times after finding out about the engagement.
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Swifties everywhere were charmed with Olivia Rinaldi’s realistic response.
“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married” was the text for a beautiful proposal photo that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce shared on Instagram to announce their engagement. Over 17 million people have liked the post, and both fans and celebrities have congratulated the pair.
Since July 2023, when Kelce went to Swift’s Eras Tour performance at Arrowhead Stadium and tried to give her his number on a bracelet, the couple’s courtship has been in the news. Despite the plan’s failure, they finally began dating and announced their romance to the world in October 2023 after making an appearance together on Saturday Night Live.
Recently, Swift made a debut podcast appearance on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights, where she announced her upcoming album.
“Well, I wish them a lot of luck,” President Donald Trump told a reporter in response to Swift and Kelce’s engagement at the White House on Tuesday. He’s a fantastic player and a wonderful person, in my opinion. I wish them luck because I think she’s a great person.”
