Hank Azaria has bad blood with Taylor Swift.
The actor railed against the pop starâs presence at the NBA Finals Game 4 Wednesday night while name-dropping all the A-list New York Knicks fans rejected from Madison Square Gardenâs celebrity row â himself included.
âIâll tell you the one [person] that bothered me was Taylor Swift,â the âSimpsonsâ star said on the âDan Le Batard Showâ Thursday. âCome on.â
Azaria complained, âI know sheâs the hugest thing in the world, but we had to sit with her all through the NFL [to watch fiancĂ© Travis Kelce] and now sheâs at the Garden. Come on.â
The 62-year-old, who doubled down on being âtired ofâ the songwriter, slammed Swift for taking up four courtside seats for herself, a security guard and pals Este Haim and Alana Haim.
Azaria, notably, got comped seats to watch the New York-based teamâs historic win against the San Antonio Spurs â but was âway up in what they call the Cisco Suites, which are, like, the ceiling.â
He claimed DJ Questlove, âOfficeâ alum Rainn Wilson, actor Ed Burns, model Christy Turlington, âSuccessionâ alum Jeremy Strong and MLB player Aaron Judge were all also âstuck ⊠up in the rafters.â
Azaria noted that âyou donât know from the Garden if youâre going to get in until that dayâ â unless âyouâre Ben Stiller or Tracy Morganâ or Spike Lee, who he âthink[s] actually paysâ â because âthereâs such high demand.â
Since the Emmy winner âdidnât make the cutâ for Game 3 on Monday, he bought âoutrageously expensiveâ Game 4 tickets that ultimately went to two of his friends as an âextravagant giftâ once Azaria found out about his free seats.
When Azaria saw his suite, he regretted giving the âgreat seatsâ to his pals but âcouldnât switch with them.â
Nevertheless, the Tony nominee was able to watch the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history, with the Knicks beating the spurs 107 to 106.
âWhen they were making this strange, gradual, limpy comeback all through the second half of the game, I was too nervous to commit to the reality that it might be happening to yell out loud about it,â he recalled. âI just stood there with my hands on my head with my mouth agape not wanting to breathe too much.â
In addition to Swift and the Haim sisters, Mariska Hargitay, Adam Sandler, Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and more stars sat courtside.
Azaria isnât the only person publicly bashing Swift, with Charlamagne Tha God requesting the âWelcome to New Yorkâ singer âget the eff out ofâ the arena in a brutal diss.
Dave Portnoy, for his part, ranted about how âsickâ he is of the Grammy winner while savagely blasting Sydney Sweeney, Jerry Seinfeld and more âobnoxiousâ attendees.
Swift, notably, is set to marry to Kelce at MSG next month.
While the Kansas City Chiefs player, 36, was at minicamp and couldnât join his partner at Wednesdayâs Knicks game, he flew to New York City the following day to attend her Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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