ROSEMARY ABBOTT | National
BAD BLOOD
Comedian Leigh Hart has had a frustrating week, despite spending most of it relaxing at the eco lodge.
The Snackachangi frontman has been continually confused with the guy who keeps asking Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to come to New Zealand to get married.
“It’s getting ridiculous,” Hart said, shaking his head while quietly snacking on a few chips. “I’m not making weird videos for overseas celebrities or trying to get them to relocate to New Zealand, but for some reason, the prime minister is!”
Hart says he noticed the confusion when his social media started filling up with messages like, “Leigh, what are you messaging Taylor Swift for? It’s weird” and “Hey Hart, Travis Kelce doesn’t care about rugby.”
It started when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reached out to Swift and Kelce via a video he made last week, desperately pleading for them to get married in New Zealand.
“I’ve been in the business long enough to know people confuse me for, well, weird things sometimes,” he said. “But now it’s the Prime Minister. Luxon’s been making cringey videos and tweeting American celebrities. And somehow, I’m the one getting blamed for it,” Hart said incredulously.
“Look, I’ve got a lot on my plate and I don’t really have time to set up destination weddings for celebrities. If Luxon wants to do that, he can – just leave me out of it.”
Hart cut the interview short when he was interrupted by yet another direct message from someone who thought he was the prime minister.
More to come.
