Questlove Says Taylor Swift Takes Uno to a Whole New ‘Level of Excitement’ at His Star-Studded Game Nights

Mar. 15, 2025

QuestloveknowsTaylor Swiftisn’t playing around when it comes to game night.

On the Thursday, Feb. 6 episode ofHot OneswithSean Evans, the director of the upcoming documentarySly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)dished about his celebrity game nights — and how competitive it can get.

“So, I see these pictures from these epic game nights that you throw with A-list guests that go from everyone toJ.J. AbramstoTyler, the Creatorto Taylor Swift,” Evans, 38, said, asking the Grammy winner, 54, if he had a Mount Rushmore of games.

Questlove on ‘Hot Ones’.First We Feast/Youtube

First We Feast/Youtube

Questlove – nine spicy wings in at this point — listed Jenga, Operation and Clue, which has a “squad” for the “super dweebs,” he said, calling the game Uno a “personality tester.”

“It shows me who a person is in a matter of minutes,” added the musician of the card game.

“Taylor actually, when she first played Uno with us, she took it to levels of excitement that I didn’t know one could do in an Uno game,” he continued of Swift, 35.

The Roots frontman had shared Polaroid pictures from hisFOMO-inducing game night in August 2023. Swift,Gigi Hadid,Jason Sudeikis,Channing Tatum,Cara DelevingneandTrevor Noahwere among the attendees battling it out over board and card games.

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“I have not been to an LA house party in many years because I thought I was too old but it turns out it’s more fun when you are old and not on a mission to black out!!” Teigen, 39, wrote onInstagramabout the game night alongside photos of her playing Speak Out.

“Thank you @questlove for a truly innocent ass, pure night of joy and laughter. I usually get so anxious talking to new people but you have such a nice group of friends, friend. These should be monthly,” she continued. “Also uno still reigns supreme but speak out is up there if you are ok with people u have never met seeing you drool.”

Questlove; Taylor Swift.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty

Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland and Clive Davis are featured in Questlove’s upcoming doc.

Sly Lives!premieres on Thursday, Feb. 13 on Hulu.

source: people.com