Nick Offerman Did an ‘Interpretive Reading’ of Taylor Swift’s NSFW Song ‘Wood’ for Wife Megan Mullally

Nick Offerman loves wood — both literally and in terms of Taylor Swift songs.

While guesting on The View on Thursday (Oct. 16), the Parks and Recreation alum — who is coming out with a new wood-crafts book titled Little Woodchucks — shared his thoughts on “Wood,” the slightly NSFW song on the pop star’s The Life of a Showgirl album. At first, Offerman joked that he and Swift had coordinated the releases of their respective projects, as “we didn’t want to soak the market with wood-related things.”

The actor went on to say, “I do not want to sound cocky when I’m talking about my woodworking, but I did do sort of an interpretive reading of the lyrics for my wife, and we’re in negotiations.”

“I sent it to her, she said she’s got some ideas, because I wasn’t sure what the whole song was about,” he continued. “I do work with redwood trees on occasion.”

Offerman’s wife is actress Megan Mullally, who has appeared alongside her husband in multiple projects — including Parks, in which Offerman’s character, Ron Swanson, is also a big fan of woodworking. The actor’s new book shows families how to execute fun projects involving wood.

On the song “Wood,” Swift sings about a very different kind of material. Though she frames the track around good-luck rituals such as knocking on wood, it’s clear that the innuendo-packed lyrics also refer to fiancé Travis Kelce’s you-know-what — something he played coy about on an episode of New Heights.

“It’s a great song,” he said. “I love that girl … any song that she would reference me in that way …”

When brother Jason Kelce pointed out that the song’s lyrics — including “Redwood tree, it ain’t hard to see/ His love was thе key that opened my thighs” — are definitely about a certain “appendage,” Travis continued to dance around the topic. “I think you’re not understanding the song,” he teased.

Watch Offerman talk about wood and “Wood” on The View above.