White House Correspondent Loses it When She Learns About Taylor Swift Engagement in Real Time

RINALDI: “Taylor Swift is engaged? Taylor Swift is engaged! Taylor Swift is engaged! This — come back to me. She just posted it. oh my God! oh my God! (...) Oh, it’s huge! The ring is ginormous! This is so exciting! oh my God! oh my God! Okay, it’s on her Instagram. It’s on her Instagram. It’s on her Instagram. oh my God! oh my God! oh my God! (...) I feel like Paul Revere right now. This is a very exciting moment for me in my professional career, because I get to announce that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged! As you were talking to Joe Lang, our lovely producer, Gaby Ake texted me and said, ‘Taylor Swift’s engaged,’ and you can see it right there on her social media. She put it up in that post that they got engaged with the caption, ‘Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,’ with a little dynamite sign there. So, very exciting here that we get to break that and tell you about that.”
COWAN: “All right, Swifties for life. I have a feeling, though, based on his prior statements, the president will not be having a Taylor Swift wedding in the ballroom. Hopefully that can shift and change. We can have some world peace, right? Olivia Rinaldi — “
RINALDI: “You know, Reed, I volunteer to cover it in case you need. I’ll be there to cover it. Just saying.”
COWAN: “Thank you for the sacrifice, Olivia. We appreciate it, my friend.”