Nikki Glaser Spent Nearly $100K on Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets

Nikki Glaser has no regrets about spending nearly $100,000 to see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour a total of 22 times.

“I want to be clear that we’re including travel expenses, hotels, and me also flying and putting up everyone that I would invite to go with me, plus tickets, plus merch,” the comedian, 40, told People in an interview published on Thursday, December 19, noting it was “all well worth it” and she “would’ve paid even more.”

Glaser said she justifies her Eras Tour spending on the fact that she does not have kids, something she said wasn’t the “easiest decision” to make. “There was a part of me that was like, ‘I would like kids,’ but it just doesn’t fit in my life. And so, in order for me to make myself feel better about the decision, I did look up how much it cost to raise a kid,” she explained. “And so, once I saw that number, I thought, ‘It’s no problem for me to spend this on Taylor Swift.’ People spend that much on their kids playing hockey for five years, so it’s OK.”

She continued: “No one ever shames anyone for having kids and says, ‘Oh, what a waste of money. Oh, you’re flaunting your wealth.’ But for some reason, when I go to 22 Taylor Swift shows, it’s like, ‘You’re so privileged. How dare you spend that money.’”

Swift, 35, began her record-breaking Eras Tour in March 2023 and traveled to five continents before wrapping up in Vancouver, Canada, on December 8. The Grammy winner played to over 10 million fans over the course of her 149 shows, bringing in over $2 billion in ticket sales, according to The New York Times.

“It’s nice to see the total that she made,” Glaser told People. “I love that it was down to the dollar, and I could see my own money in that number and be like, ‘Yeah, there it is.’”

Glaser documented her Eras Tour travels for fans via Instagram and even captured a sweet moment where Swift spotted her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, in the crowd of one of her June shows in Dublin.

It was after the tour’s June 30 shows in Dublin that Nikki’s parents, Julie and Edward Glaser, made headlines for criticizing footage of Julia Roberts rubbing her hands on Kelce’s shoulders at the concert. Julie called the interaction “weird” in a July 1 video on Nikki’s Instagram Story, adding, “[Julia] just wants to get in there.” Edward, for his part, stated, “The scratching is weird.”

Nikki subsequently made her parents film an apology video after their comments about Roberts, 57, and Kelce, 35, went viral. Julie apologized for her use of the word “gross,” stating in a July 2 Instagram Story clip, “It’s not a nice word. … So, I’m issuing an apology right now for using the word — but I think it was really weird.”

Edward hilariously chimed in, saying it was “too late” for his wife to take back what she said.

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Now that The Eras Tour has officially come to an end, Glaser is gearing up to host the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so),” she joked in an August 28 press release.

She went on to call the gig “exciting, yet challenging” because of its live format, adding, “[And it’s] in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars, who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes.”