The Breakfast Club - Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are ENGAGED!!!! + Lil Nas X speaks after felony charges

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

Taylor Swift’s engagement photos are PERFECT, stage ready, you know. Did Travis surprise her or nah? Do you want to be surprised in that case if you are a celebrity like Taylor? And Lil Nas X speaks after a WILD encounter with the police and honestly sounds a bit unserious….YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm a homeguard that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You know if you don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y'all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa, and this is another episode of The latest with Lauren the Rosa. This is your deli dig on all things, pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room. Now look, today, I want to give y'all an update on Little Nas X because we have been talking

so much about Little Nogs X everywhere, everywhere from the latest with Lauren the Rosa to the podcast. At this point, Little NizX is all throughout my group chats as well. Everywhere and everybody is talking about Little Knives X. And if y'all haven't heard any of my commentary about Ludinized X, I'm doing this because I'm literally fake stressed about this. All of my commentary about Ludinized X has been like, okay, look, this might look crazy. This might feel very stunt-ish.

But there is no way a black man in 2025 would put himself in a position to even interact with police in the way that police say he did charging. at police, right? Allegedly. Period. Like, it makes no sense. I don't care. There's not enough music in the world. There's not enough. And y'all, look, I'm holding the microphone very closely because this is how serious I am. There is not enough anything in the world to make a black man in 2025 charge in you neck you. So they think something, look, you're already intimidating because everything big. Charge at police. But Little Nise X just dropped a video following his release from jail

finally addressing the situation himself and at this point I think and I don't know maybe it's just his demeanor it's very playful that's just how he is but this video is

Lil Nas X I was supposed to say Lil Nas Montario Listen all of us out here riding for you for people to be like hey this kid just had a mental breakdown

or something right whatever happened whatever you are alleging happened we are riding for you we were rooting for you we all were rooting for you y'all remember tyber banks this video just pissed me off though because i feel like this video does not make anything better nor does this video you know add context to anything nor does this video make you feel like okay this is serious and maybe it's his age. Like maybe that's why Lil Nas X felt like after going through everything he just went through as serious as, you know,

he, I'm sure, wants us to take this. I think. Anyway, his team wants us to take this. His family wants us to take this. I just don't see the point in him getting on Instagram and posting this post. Let's take a listen. Your girl is going to be okay, you all.

Okay. she's going to be all right she's going to be all right shit that was fucking terrifying that was terrifying that was a terrifying

last four days but your girl is going to be all right I'm done I am listen I'll be back when all the details come out about what really happened because little nice sex got me back over here defending him

and granted he says nothing in this video nothing at all he just says a bunch of nothing at all but to me it just feels like the situation is being taken a bit lightly not because of what he said but because he felt like this even needed to be posted in general like felony charges for a let they're alleging friction with police officers here like this is not no you know what I mean disorderly conduct or indecent exposure or any of that these are felony charges involving police officers where they were they're claiming that they were physically attacked that's what they're alleging by little nice ex i just if it's me if i'm little nice ex right now i'm not getting on instagram and addressing anything i don't have to i don't need to and it just doesn't add to anything

and and this again the video he barely said anything It's very, but my issue what it is is very jokey, jokey when it's like, bro, you had us out here like, dang, I was listening to the 911 audio taser this morning, the taser audio, you know, we did the story on the breakfast club, and I'm feeling for him. I'm like, man, do you understand how scary that must have been? And I don't know, y'all, y'all let me know, right? Maybe I'm different. Maybe I'm just different.

Maybe I'm, maybe I'm the old auntie now. You know what I'm saying? like maybe it's just come to that point where I'm like these hippity hoppers because I feel like why are you online even saying a little bit like the little bit of this things girl if you are you are all right we happy you good but why are you I just don't understand the um serious like I don't gather from this short video that he posted to his insta story that little I's ex posted to his instant story saying a bunch of nothing I don't gather the seriousness in the gravity of the situation from this so it feels like he doesn't either and that bothers me now next up in the

latest we're going to pick it up a bit because and i'm like what is happening here am i becoming a swifty taylor swift and travis kelsey are engaged i am really really happy for her i am very happy for her i'm very happy it's not even just her i don't think that i'm a taylor swift Finn. I'm not, I don't even, you know, it's not like I listen to Taylor Swift all the time. I do like to see people's love stories work out. Although there was some, you know, questioning about the timeline. What our, you know, I was going to say our girl, with our girl, Kayla Nicole. And you remember that whole conversation? People were like, wait. So you left Kayla Nicole to go over here with Taylor Swift and

was there overlap and all of the things. And Travis Kelsey switched up his whole style, his old swag, you know what I mean, it's no longer giving, you know what I mean, it's no longer giving Travis Kelsey the homie that be around. Now it's Mr. Kelsey, okay, because he took the Tims off and put, he put the mother shoes on. Y'all know what I'm talking about. He went from, you know, because Travis Kelsey was giving a little fine. And now, you know, every now and then, he'd be looking like probably one of the officers

that ran down on Lil Nas X. Every dis every dis a little bit, just every now and then. Wrong sweater. Bad day for him. He's giving cop. but I'm happy for them per se even you know hopefully none of the timeline stuff is true because I like to see people end up happy I like to see stories incomplete not in but get to a point like this where it's like okay we've been hearing Taylor Swift I remember when I used to be

at my old job when I was back at TMZ shout out to Melanie Miller I never thought I would be saying this shout out to Melanie one of my home girls from my old job she is a huge Swifty. So a lot of what I know about Taylor Swift and just, oh my God, Melanie is a crazy person, but she is a dedicated Swifty, okay? But a lot of what I know about the history of Taylor Swift and her trying to figure it out relationship-wise and putting all the guys in her songs and all the things is because her fans are loud about it. Melanie used to follow all of the little, you know, eggs that Taylor Swift would drop, figuring out the releases and dates of this, and, you know, song titles, what they really meant.

I've had so many conversations throughout my years working and entertainment about Taylor Swift and her putting all of her past relationships when things worked out, when they didn't work out, when it didn't work out, and then it didn't work out, and then it didn't work out, all of that in the songs. So y'all know where I'm going here. I'm just happy that my girl got a man. Not only did she get him, but she then landed him and parked him, okay? She got the ring.

So congratulations to them. So they announced their engagement via a joint post on Instagram. And the Instagram post read, your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married. I'm telling my man right now. Babe, if you're listening, my friends, if you are listening, don't have me dress and giving English teacher and gym teacher on the day I get proposed. So that's the only thing here that I'm like, okay.

Because even the location where they, where the engagement went down at, so pretty. floral, you know, flowers everywhere. Just beautiful. Photographer on deck, ready. The ring is beautiful. Per People magazine. It's a old mind brilliant cuts. This is a ring that Kelsey actually designed with Kendrick Lebeck, who's a fine jeweler. And it's a gorgeous ring. It's a gorgeous ring. It's very classy. It's very subtle, but it gets the job done. The rock. It's rocking, of course, but don't have me out here looking like English teacher, gym teacher. I'm not trying to be giving mom and dad on my proposal day, okay? I need to be foeing.

My nose needs to be done. I need all the things. I really don't want to cry on the day that I get proposed to either because I want all my content to be good, but I know what will happen. But that was the only thing where I was like, but that has to be their stick. They leaning into it. That's the caption. But the photos are beautiful nonetheless.

I swear, the location is so perfect. Like everything with Taylor Swift kind of, you know, her photos always have this like certain aesthetic to it, very on brand. The photographer was very on brand. So I really do wonder, and I know we'll probably hear from her potentially on the New Heights podcast, which is Travis Kelsey's podcast with Jason Kelsey. We'll probably hear from them on how this was planned because the way that the setup is set up and the fact that I don't see her crying in any of the photos, which most of the time, ladies,

we cry at a proposal, even if it's not our own proposal. But all of this, like even their outfits, I'm like, where were they just casually going, you know, kind of like not matching, but they look like they knew that they, I mean, I was going to say they looked like they knew they were going to be photographed together. But duh, Lauren, Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift, even if they were going to the grocery store, that was happening. But if y'all look at the photos of the engagement on Travis Kelsey or Taylor Swift's Instagram, you guys will see exactly what I mean. she's wearing a white and like navy almost like it's a dark blueish like navy kind of looks black summer dress some brown sandals Travis Kelsey is wearing his shirt is the same type of like dark navy color with these like tanish khaki shorts and some brown like loafer shoes it's very coordinated even the the floral garden where they are the pinks and the whites and the browns

in the dark olive greens. Everything just hits. So I'm like, is this a surprise? Was it a surprise proposal or not? She's not giving surprise in the photos. Taylor Swift is not giving surprise at all. She's that happy, of course, but she's not giving surprise. So I'm interested to know, was this a surprise?

And do you surprise? This is an honest question. I want to hear from y'all on this. Take it to the streets and the tweets. You for the tweets. We outside, we outside, we outside. Allside in a tweet. Every other page I go.

Do you surprise? surprise a woman like Taylor Swift for a proposal. And the reason why I asked that is because it's like Jay-Z and Beyonce, right? If Jay-Z and Beyonce were not married already and they were to get engaged today, the content from the, maybe they're not a good choice though because they don't put nothing out. But okay, hypothetically speaking, if we were ever going to see their engagement, the content from their engagement would have to be so high level, so fire, Beyonce would have to come, you know, tour, Cowboy Carter Renaissance, whatever tour she chose, stage ready.

And so it would be Jay-Z, because the minute one of these photos is posted, one of these videos is posted, they're everywhere. They're all over the world. These are huge celebrities. So in that world, how does that work? Because a regular person, and the reason why I ask this is because, like, okay, if you're a regular person, right, even if you're a celebrity, your significant other like, okay, look, all right, babe, you're going to go out the dinner today,

we're going to celebrate this, or hey, we're going to lunch, or, you know, whatever the excuse is to make sure you dressed up, you together, you're well. That's if you got a good one. They're going to make sure of all of that, right? So, boom, that happens. But what if what you put on is not what you would have wanted to be photographed in for this to go, even if you're not a celebrity, if you are just, you know, engagement photos, wedding photos, baby shower photos. These are things that, like, you have, and you have them forever,

unless you've got to find another baby father or a second marriage. But we're going to keep positive. We're going to keep it positive. You're going to have these photos forever. You're going to have to show these kids, show them kids, these photos. They're going to be all over Facebook, all throughout your family. If you're a celebrity, they're all over. Like, Taylor Swift is literally, I was on the phone and somebody was like, Taylor Swift just got engaged. And I'm like, what? Why didn't I get an alert about that? I am driving and I went to Twitter. Literally, I'm scrolling down Twitter.

It's every post is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey. Every post, every single post. Y'all on your timelines right now? Is it all over your timeline? You can't not have the outfit on that's like the outfit. Ladies, you know what I'm talking about. I feel like guys, y'all would know this too. Where it's like, okay, you look good, but like, is this the outfit, though?

Is this the outfit? So how do you do that? Are you able to surprise a, like, could he have really surprised her? This don't feel like surprise to me, but again, I know we're going to find out later. But even if not a celebrity, how are y'all feeling? Do you want to be surprised? I ideally want to be surprised. But when I put it in this context of like my fit, my hair, my net, all of that, only I would know how serious that needs to be taken and what I would truly, truly, truly want to wear. like shout out to jvon james because he'd be styling me down so i'm in hudson today right little boutique on the sneaker but this is chill this is like i wanted to be cute we had a great

fire guest today at the breakfast club but i also wanted to be comfortable and we get up at 4 o'clock in the morning so this is like perfect and i look good makeup done hair done everything did but if i got a proposal today i would be pissed this is not the outfit okay so So how does that work? Let me know what y'all think. Do you guys think this was a surprise? Are y'all excited? Do y'all, I don't know, y'all, I've become, it's not like I'm a Swifty.

It's like I'm adjacent. What got me here with Taylor Swift was when she did, when she dropped, it was something she did in the AMC theaters. Yeah, she did her concert film via, it was of the ERIS tour at the AMC Theater. And when she did that, I mean, I had already. known tell us is i mean huge celebrity right but just watching how she did honestly it was that whole tour and and being around people who were tell us with fans and seeing how they reacted to her how they felt so connected to her it really reminds me of like drake fans and nicky minage fans to be

honest with you i think bonte's fans like the beehive you know beehive they do their big one as well but they have lives outside of bonte teller swift fans drake fans and niki minxie Madge fans, y'all have no life outside of them people. And to each his own. But I think it's fire when the artists know how to lean in and do it at a high level business-wise and creatively. I thought it was fire when she did with the AMC theaters for the concert footage. So after watching her maneuver to airs tour and the concert footage and I believe it was

the Grammys when she was dancing and then seeing her there, I was like, oh. Because at one point I was like, I don't really care for her. She whines too much. She complains about the men she deals with too much. girl pick better men. Now, I'm like, no, I kind of like her in. She got a better man. Allegedly. We'll see what happens. I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network.

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