Influencer and card game creator Serena Kerrigan is going viral for reliving one of the most hilariously awkward moments of her life—being turned down, face to face, by none other than “Taylor Swift”. The 31-year-old social media star spilled the cringe-worthy tea on iHeartRadio’s “Casual Chaos” podcast with Gia Giudice, and it’s equal parts painful and iconic.
Kerrigan, out for dinner at a trendy New York spot, catches wind that Taylor Swift is also there—with Travis Kelce, Blake Lively, and Ryan Reynolds, no less. For most people, that’s where the night becomes just a juicy story. But for Serena? It was go-time.
She called her boyfriend, Felix Levine, who sent her signature “Let’s F***ing Date” card game via Uber (yes, Uber like a deck of cards was a DoorDash burrito). Kerrigan waited, game in hand, ready to make her entrepreneurial dream come true. When Swift and her A-list crew exited the restaurant, Serena made her move.
“I was like, ‘Hi, I’m such a fan. And I created this card game. I think you would really love it,’” she recalled. That’s when Taylor hit her with the triple “thank you,” also known as the classiest possible celebrity letdown: ““Oh my God, thank you so much. But no, thank you. But thank you.””
Ouch. Graceful, but ouch.
Kerrigan, to her credit, laughed through the telling. She admitted she was “mortified”, but also kind of thrilled. “I put her in this position where she had to say no,” she said, “but then I got over it because it’s such an iconic story for the plot.”
Iconic, indeed.
And the card game Swift rejected? Serena kept it, of course. Her plan? Pull it out during their *second* encounter someday and say, “Funny story…” before they allegedly become besties.
The whole moment is peak modern fame—where ambition, awkwardness, and viral content all meet on a sidewalk outside a celeb hotspot. And let’s be honest, Kerrigan’s takeaway is right on the money: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
Whether she ever gets that BFF status or not, she’s already won something else—an unforgettable, wildly relatable story that proves even influencers get rejected… and sometimes, it’s still worth it.
