Celebrity Prenup NDAs & Tell-Alls: Chris Melcher on Swift/Kelce

Transcript: Host: Given their fame and wealth, legal experts say it’s likely that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have a prenuptial agreement. Celebrity divorce attorney Chris Melcher says a prenup makes sense because neither Kelce nor Swift need each other for financial support. Chris Melcher: It’s not necessary for them to build a marital estate. They each will have their own money if they break up and will have no need for support from the other. But what Taylor Swift needs, though, is control over her musical creations, the ones particularly that she would make during marriage so that she doesn’t have to divide royalties or have fights over control or exploitation of her creative works. Host: Melcher says prenups for celebrities are a bit different. Chris Melcher: So we’ll typically see confidentiality provisions and non-disclosure and penalties around tell-all books and that’s very important for them because they’re in a different situation than a non-celebrity would be. Host: Melcher says he’s represented celebs who never got a prenup and there was a tremendous amount of fighting over copyrights.