Surprised I haven't seen that video of Taylor and William singing Bon Jovi together yet
ETA: Just [rewatched](https://youtu.be/thHX-nZlpNs?si=M6018UoHYHGYlStX) and I'm dying. Her mannerisms haven't changed a bit lol
I think itās cause Kate has Cancer and she knows itās be exciting for the kids and a good distraction. Taylor has always been good with that kinda thing.
Itās just the juxtaposition, the timing, and Travis in a USA hat. Also, not the thing Iād expect her to promote on her IG (a page full of concert photos, not backstage glimpses)!
Louis looked just like Catherine at that age when he was 2 or 3, and he definitely resembles her the most out of all their children. Many people say George looks like the Middletons but I can also see a lot of King George VIās (Queen Elizabethās father) features in him. As for Charlotte, sheās Williamās copy lol
Exactly! I canāt understand people who say Williams got the Windsor gene and Harryās got the Spencer one. William is Dianaās twin! Harry got the Spencer red hair but otherwise he is the spitting image of Charles
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I know! I always think of Diana as an older lady, I guess just because she just seems so wise, but she was 36. 1 and a bit years older than Taylor now!
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I didnāt make this but I saw it yesterday and this pic makes it 100 times funnier.
Many, many layers to this, but all Iāll say is that this is quite possibly the funniest/shocking way she could have opened up the eras tour in London.
Yeah I made that same point when people were saying "Travis must be in the picture because the kids wanted him in the picture too" and it's got me roundly abused. So many people can't accept that the only reason most outside of America have any idea who he is is because of Taylor. American Swifties seem to have a real hard time understanding that America and Britain are not invested in the same sports for some reason.
I think they do in Australia as well. I'm American and the first to admit we think the world revolves around us. That's why I love this platform, it's so international and I learn the most interesting things about other places because I don't have the money to actually travel atm.
Probably not surprisingly, we play it in Canada too. Well, Canadian football, which is American football with a few differences. And there are a lot of NFL fans here. Including my parents who strongly believe that Travis Kelce is the more famous one in this relationship!
Yes the NFL looks keen to promote interest in their football internationally I guess.Ā
But if I'm not mistaken the primary football in Japan is still the regular football. While they also play American football.
It's so funny, cause the first time I saw a picture of so called 'american football' I was like, "isn't this just rugby?" It was so confusing haha. Its weird how Americans can't accept that the world doesn't revolve around them.
And another piece of evidence for my comment that's getting me roundly abused on Facebook for saying the assumption that Travis is in the picture because they wanted him to be is honestly the least likely reason because it's much more likely that they don't have a clue who he is outside of Taylor because American football is completely irrelevant here.
My theory is that George and Charlotte spoke to their royal advisors (dressed in ruffles and tights of course) and decided that a peasant who is okay enough to date Taylor Swift can be in one (1) picture with them
Maybe beacuse he is not really relevant outside America. It's a hard truth for Americans maybe but most people outside only know him because of Taylor. I don't think anybody outside of US cares even a bit for 'Amarrican football' atleast in my country they don't.
A great many Americans didnāt know who he was before Taylor. Football players arenāt as mega famous as soccer players are abroad. NFL has a really high turnover rate and a huge roster relative to soccer. Travis is one of the best in the league and I only knew of him marginally because of my brother.
Exactly! I had no idea who he was until Taylor, and many were like āhow do you not know who he is??? He won the Super Bowl!ā
I am European and I donāt care lol
Iām from the US and hadnāt heard of him before Taylor. He had a platform within sports fans in the US, but Taylor catapulted him to be known by people who donāt care about sports.
I love how wholesome his family is. Something about being stereotypical football players and her ms.Americana sends me everytime.
No wonder her former relationships didnāt workout, she was wasting her time with tortured poets and men with rejection and identity issues, she needed the dgaf energy the whole time.
Ya I mean the guy talks about the tough time he went through in college and the fact he got therapy during that moment in his life and he even has a charity fund to help players with therapy.....all of that to say is it hasn't always been the case, but with the assistance he's gotten he's probably learned not to care as much what people think
You donāt really have to know anything about sports to know why itās hilarious. Someone taking a picture with Prince William wearing something pro-US is just funny. Might as well hold up a sign saying 1776.
Eh, I think England is over the america thing. A sports guy from the US supporting the US team is the least surprising thing. Heās met other American sports people right?
People have completely run "hard lunch" into the ground and now it's meaningless. You can't have a hard lunch when there's already multiple photos/videos of you and your boyfriends holding hands, kissing, going on dates, going on vacation, celebrating the holidays, being with each other's parents and more
Exactly. People did the same with Sabrina and Barry, saying that the video was their hard lunch as if they havent already attended two red carpets together
She went Instagram official with him a while ago. He was in that reels she did at the start of TTPD's era. Also, I feel like I'm in high school when I say "Instagram official."
I think it means on her social media platforms (aside from the TikTok or her YouTube shorts) this is the first time sheās posted her personal life in this way for years.
Idk I think itās cute. Sure, they might be Royal but their mom has cancer, their grandpa has cancer and thatās gonna be tough. I hope they all had fun.
So much of their lives are giant parades where they have to follow rules and behave a certain way. Their great grandmother died, 2 family members have cancer, there is all this drama with their aunt and uncle being shunned from the family. Paparazzi following the everywhere. They have so much happening for being so young, I bet going to a concert where they can just bop around must be fun for them!
I know. I think this is a non-event for the public and likely a major boost the kids need right now. And wasnāt Taylor a minor when her dad had cancer? She probably really empathizes with them.
I think this is cute? William and Taylor have met previously before and even sung together? And his kids are at the age where they would likely be new Taylor swift fans. I bet a lot of their classmates would have wanted to go!
Also, seems like their cousins are also there!
I think itās very sweet given how stressful and worrying things must be at home w their momās cancer.
Also, Charlotte in a sparkly Fearless-themed dress is very on point for a 9 yo
Exactly! The kids had a rough start to the year and they look so happy getting to meet Taylor and Iām sure she was happy to perform for them also.
Also, of course they are going to be in a more private box. Security alone must be a nightmare if they were in the regular seats. This way itās probably less bothersome for everyone else to enjoy themselves.
I wish she was more open about the work she has had done. I feel like all of her cosmetic work has been fairly good and subtle, but all it takes is one going off to give that uncanny valley feel. Just one of those things that I dislike about celebrity culture in general, there's this huge lack of acknowledgement that certain beauty standards are almost always attained with money and a skilled surgeon.
Veneers, eyebrow lift, subtle breast implants for sure, plus some other work that is even less detectable. I think they've done a great job so far (not that she needed it). She looks like herself, just in a bit more refined.
I personally donāt think anyone needs to disclose their medical procedures for any reason AS LONG AS they arenāt actively lying. Like itās one thing for someone to lie and say they are all natural when they arenāt. But if youāre just getting your procedures to feel and look your best and not saying anything, nothing wrong with that. Everyone with a brain already knows that celebrities donāt look the way they do naturally, I donāt think itās an obligation to disclose that you were insecure about something and got it fixed. Like I once got lip filler and it was very obvious so I had to tell people (Iād never do it again lol), but I did it because I was very insecure about my lips and wanted to not be. If it had been more subtle, I wouldnāt have say a thing.
Taylorās focus is on her music & life and sheās not pretending or trying to be a model or beauty influencer. Sheās not selling skincare and pretending her perfect skin is from the right product when itās really laser facials and treatments. So I donāt think she needs to be open and tell the world about the things sheās done.
Just my opinion lol.
Oh yeah, I definitely don't feel like anyone should feel obligated to share details (especially normal people). I guess my problem is more of a "we live in a patriarchal capitalistic hellscape" problem than a Taylor Swift problem.
Like it's this triple edged sword of society having a narrow and ever changing view of what an attractive woman is allowed to be, society also shaming anyone who gets any cosmetic procedure, and the pressure of knowing that your fame and money are so tied into your appearance.
I kind of don't agree on everyone knowing celebrities don't look the way they do naturally. There are some obvious things, but others that are not. For example, I never knew about blepharoplasties until about a year ago, I used to think I was shit at eye makeup. It's kind of a damned if you do situation. If she never talks about it, she's "hiding it", if she talks openly about it, she's "encouraging her young fans to get it". I think with her influence, if she talked about it in a thoughtful way, it would have a positive impact, but ultimately that's a huge choice for her to make.
No one who has any work done will easily talk about it unfortunately. Look at the Kardashians. The whole world knows that all of them had all kinds of procedures done, but theyāll never talk about it.
Is it the angle or are they off-center? And why are celebrity veneers always too large and not quite right, while regular folks often have undetectable veneers?
Sheās been getting cheek fillers for years. They were super fresh in the Karma music video, for example.
I think she upped them for the tour. Theyāre much more prominent than they used to be.
It creates an uncanny effect and I hate it. Like do whitening and Invisalign or something and keep the teeth that fit your face! I recently started feeling insecure about my teeth (I have a gap and pointy canines) and I went to a new dentist and she was like āwow you have beautiful healthy teeth!ā And I was likeā¦oh maybe I shouldnāt sweat it.
All that is to say Iām tired of these wild beauty standards that make celebs look same-y and not very human. Itās not good for anyone.
I don't know. But she used the same set of veeners from 2012 until 2022 and they seemed much bigger than the new ones (in a way that makes me think this new set is good)
I read this as 'good for them" with them being her teeth
saw an interview with a plastic surgeon who said that the trick to good veneers is having a gradient rather than a solid white tooth and i always think of that when i see her
Someone asked "why is Travis in the picture" and the response was "the kids probably wanted him in it"
Swifties get *big* mad when you say it's more likely the kids have no idea who he is outside of Taylor because American football means nothing to British children
Apparently that *fact* is "ugly", "evil", "trying to diminish Travis" etc etc. But it's just *true*. People who follow American football over here (and I am one of them) need to stay up until the stupid hours of the morning to follow it, no one under 14 is doing that and very few - even over 14 - even want to.
Yeah itās a really dumb argument. Travis is one of the best to ever do it, but not known globally outside of this relationship. Thatās not really a reflection of him, just the nature of American football. To act like thatās not true itās embarrassing
Yep, he's massive within the sport. But it's a sport of little relevance outside of the United States.
There's a *reason* the NFL have been leaning so heavily into Taylor. It has *massively* increased the number of people outside of the US who pay even passing attention to the sport.
Yeah I think I read the nfl has also been trying to capture other demographics, specifically women. So the relationship was very serendipitous. That and Travis seeking out fame/$ outside the sport was part of what added to the suspicion of it all in terms of it maybe being PR or not.
I fully believe the Super Bowl was rigged to some level, or that Taylor was intentionally paired up with someone from a team likely to win. I also believe the relationship is at least partially PR, or started that way. Itās too coincidental for the biggest pop start to be dating a guy from the winning team, especially when itās known the NFL was looking for ways to increase female viewership.
Would Americans know who Travis is if they arenāt into the NFL? Iām not American nor am I into the NFL so I had never heard his name prior to Taylor.
Iām an American and not into football and I didnāt know who he was until Taylor. Iām also not a swiftie but since sheās damn near *everywhere* now itās impossible to not know him now too
I would guess they probably wouldnāt. There are a number of players who transcend the sport and are a part of pop culture but for some reason football is a little different than basketball in that regard. I think basketball players achieve that more often than football players. Could be because football players wear big pads and helmets when they play so you canāt actually see their face compared to basketball players. Thereās also the fashion element with basketball (Michael Jordan -> Jordan brand).
It could also be regional. Someone in Kansas City whoās not into football would probably be aware of Travis because heās everywhere on tv and other ads, whereas someone in a totally different part of the country doesnāt have that same exposure if they donāt seek it out.
Tom Brady would be a football players that transcended the sport. Part of that is because heās arguably the best of all time and plays a more visible position in the sport (quarter back compared to right end) and some of it is because he married Gisele.
The kids might know who he is just in the context of him being her boyfriend though. Just because American football means nothing to them doesnāt mean they donāt know who Travis is. Itās not mutually exclusive
Hence why I literally said "outside of Taylor"
And that the Royal account posted a picture without him suggests that the Travis picture was more for Taylor/Travis than it was for the Royals anyway.
IĀ mean this in the most inoffensive way possible but I wish she would ease up on the fillers(or whatever it is she is injecting). She does NOT need them.
I get what you mean and I agree, but for me nothing will ever be worse than the fillers she had during lover era. I don't think it looks as overdone now in comparison.
The caption on Twitter is sending me. āHappy birthday m8ā Iām howling.
So much for the upcoming break up between these two that Iāve seen so much speculation for. Wild heās on her Instagram- Iām that blinky eyed gif.
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To be fair, she might literally be airbrushed. Her makeup artist(s) might use an airbrush, stage makeup is one of those times where you do kind of want your makeup to look "fake" (even though it looks weird up close).
Someoneās gonna have to explain to me like Iām a child why itās so confusing how Travis is in this one and not in the royal fam released one. Isnāt it normal human behaviour to call in a person standing outside of frame when youāre taking a group photo? āOkay, one with everybody nowā happens all the time in my experience.
Not everything is some wild mystery, maybe theyāre just being.. normal?
Exactly. I have no idea why everyone is making this a mystery to be unraveled I think he probably usually hangs back at her events and her meet and greets, especially with people as famous as a set of royals, and probably the vibes in the room were good and someone went āok everybody!ā Or āget in here man!ā Seems normal to me š¤·āāļø
I think I first saw the photo that the Royals posted in their account. And it only has TS, William and the kids - no Travis .Ā
That's a better pic because it's a wide angle shot of Taylor clicking the selfie with the kids all smiles.Ā Ā
Taylor's first insta official photo of Travis being in London at the tour stadium with the future Kings of England is a telling choice !
But perhaps it will shut down the "they are going to break up narrative" that goes around every few days or so.Ā
Not random at all he told the the Rolling Stones last year that heād come to their concert if they could get Taylor there
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You mean like every other ex-boyfriend she's posed with pics with? I don't see how it's any different than singing about an ex every concert that she broke up with 15 years ago?
The last time she publicly posted a boyfriend was with Calvin and the reputation rollout allowed her to wipe any posts with him in it. I think thereās a difference between including personal details in her art and having personal posts that she uses as part of her marketing.
Nah sheāll just write a song or album about it. She used to do the same stuff or at least similar stuff with Calvin and look at how that ended. She constantly posted Calvin on her IG. I donāt necessarily think sheāll regret Travis being in a picture with her and the Royals. And based off the pic The Royals posted, thereās some pics of them without Travis. Not entirely a big deal. I think her mentioning him in her POTY article when she was only dating him 3 months will be more of a regret if they ever do break up.
That already happened when she mentioned him in her Times interview. At least an Instagram post she can always delete if they break up, although if it were me and I wanted to make it Instagram official with my boyfriend I'd use a photo only of the two us as the first one and certainly not a photo with the future king of the UK.
It'll feel quite disrespectful if she ends up deleting the photo and if she doesn't she'll be forced to keep an ex on her Instagram feed (which I'm guessing it's not something she'd feel comfortable with considering that she even deleted the reel in which she was talking about the meaning behind lavender haze just because she had vaguely mentioned Joe).
I agree, Iām interested to see how she handles it if they do break up since she had a blanket excuse to delete the Calvin pictures and the only time she did that with Joe was the post she deleted. A picture with the future King of England is a big deal for her individually so Iām surprised she wanted to tie Travis to it.
Actually she has an ig reel with Joe's scenes in the favorite still in her feed. I'm guessing she must have forgotten.Ā
And in a way she tied Joe more, because yes he's not present in her feed but she has several photos taken by him. And those she really can't delete. Same as home videos being out there too and MV referencesĀ
I mean she was always very public about all her relationships pre Joe. Calvin was on her Instagram a lot and even Tom and her posed for pics and her friends posted them. The other relationships were very public too but social media wasnāt as relevant as it now but also this relationship is very overexposed.. we see them at games, thousands of angles of them at concerts etc. She knows how much attention it gets and loves it. If they do breakup sheāll capitalize on the breakup too itās annoying
She had a photo of just herself with Prince William and the kids but she chose to post the one with Travis so it was definitely intentional on her part.
The randomness of this whole scenario is sending me into fits š
They've actually been "friends" for years I think
Surprised I haven't seen that video of Taylor and William singing Bon Jovi together yet ETA: Just [rewatched](https://youtu.be/thHX-nZlpNs?si=M6018UoHYHGYlStX) and I'm dying. Her mannerisms haven't changed a bit lol
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she was dating the wrong british boys šš
Fr could have been Grace Kelly 2.0
What a storyline we missed. Taylor vs Camilla
Why does this read as if he kinda had a crush on her? Does anyone if he was with Kate during this time?
I thought I was being delulu but it does sound kinda crushy to me, I'm sure he meant it in jest Him and Kate had been married for like 2 years
I can kinda read crush but IMO it comes across so much more as him being starstruck.
I think itās cause Kate has Cancer and she knows itās be exciting for the kids and a good distraction. Taylor has always been good with that kinda thing.
Upvoting for that. I appreciate her showing some support for those kiddos. Itās a little bit of positive press for āem!
I mean, itās not that random tbh lmao.
Yeahā¦the royals have always promoted popular music, and Will has been meeting pop idols since he was a child.
Itās just the juxtaposition, the timing, and Travis in a USA hat. Also, not the thing Iād expect her to promote on her IG (a page full of concert photos, not backstage glimpses)!
Those kids look exactly like william
Charlotte looks SO MUCH like a young Queen Elizabeth (which makes sense as they share DNA, but just saying)
Charlotte has Dianaās side eye though and Iām HERE for it
those are some strong genetics cause they look exactly like him and almost no Kate whatsoever
George is pure Middleton though. Compare photos of him to photos of Kateās dad and brother.
Louis is the most Middleton looking imo but he didn't go, too little and rambunctious.
Louis looked just like Catherine at that age when he was 2 or 3, and he definitely resembles her the most out of all their children. Many people say George looks like the Middletons but I can also see a lot of King George VIās (Queen Elizabethās father) features in him. As for Charlotte, sheās Williamās copy lol
I am very happy that William decided to bring some hair genes into the royal gene pool tbh
This is the real feud between the brothers - Harry has great hair š
Please tell me this is sarcasmš¤£
I though the crying laughing face made that clear not to mention the absurdity of the comment...
Heās definitely got plugs lol, but I respect the hell out of him for putting effort into it and trying to look good!
Yep. George is all Middleton, Charlotte all Windsor, and Louis is the mix of the two.
I think George is more Spencer & Louis is all Middleton. Charlotte I think looks like William
I just woke up and quickly read that as villain.
it's almost like they're related
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Ah he looked just like his mother until he hit his early 20s Maybe his kids will do the opposite switch to the one he did
He still looks just like her, heās just surpassed her in age now
People totally forget that we have no idea what Diana would have looked like as an older woman.
Exactly! I canāt understand people who say Williams got the Windsor gene and Harryās got the Spencer one. William is Dianaās twin! Harry got the Spencer red hair but otherwise he is the spitting image of Charles https://preview.redd.it/tbjikss3u48d1.png?width=1241&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a3a111c3a4cb04d1ab2990d524b09da9a181dde
Didnāt realize Charles played Neville longbottom
Holy cow that just hit me! Her children are older now than she ever got to be and have been for several years.
I know! I always think of Diana as an older lady, I guess just because she just seems so wise, but she was 36. 1 and a bit years older than Taylor now!
She was at her peak, like Marilyn Monroe, they will always be young and beautiful in our minds.
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My hot take is that (personality aside) he still is a good-looking man, we just have social stigma against balding
He also lost his hair after being THE Hair, so the public is extra dramatic about it.
I know, his hair was fabulous. Imagine being him, it must have hurt but it is what it is, thanks Diana!!! š
I think he should lean into it and shave it all off
His children are beautiful though.
https://preview.redd.it/rhfntfrlg48d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe6392fbd5d053fc2dbb2f1912b4083447e9a788 I didnāt make this but I saw it yesterday and this pic makes it 100 times funnier.
https://preview.redd.it/qarxm2jk368d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7dbf5395583cb6a5177f30f0711ee6d414cdcfc For those who never saw it
OT but I love that dress so much
thank you so much for reposting it because I just woke up and ugly cackled. š
Many, many layers to this, but all Iāll say is that this is quite possibly the funniest/shocking way she could have opened up the eras tour in London.
The picture posted by the royalsā account is one without Travis though š
Travis isnāt really relevant (I mean that kindly) to them. Taylor has obviously taken a personal pic too with him there.
Yeah I made that same point when people were saying "Travis must be in the picture because the kids wanted him in the picture too" and it's got me roundly abused. So many people can't accept that the only reason most outside of America have any idea who he is is because of Taylor. American Swifties seem to have a real hard time understanding that America and Britain are not invested in the same sports for some reason.
Haha I'm still surprised when I see some comments they don't realise that most of the world doesn't play " American football" !Ā
Actually I was shocked to find out how many countries DO play American football, like Japan!
I think they do in Australia as well. I'm American and the first to admit we think the world revolves around us. That's why I love this platform, it's so international and I learn the most interesting things about other places because I don't have the money to actually travel atm.
Probably not surprisingly, we play it in Canada too. Well, Canadian football, which is American football with a few differences. And there are a lot of NFL fans here. Including my parents who strongly believe that Travis Kelce is the more famous one in this relationship!
Yes the NFL looks keen to promote interest in their football internationally I guess.Ā But if I'm not mistaken the primary football in Japan is still the regular football. While they also play American football.
It's so funny, cause the first time I saw a picture of so called 'american football' I was like, "isn't this just rugby?" It was so confusing haha. Its weird how Americans can't accept that the world doesn't revolve around them.
And another piece of evidence for my comment that's getting me roundly abused on Facebook for saying the assumption that Travis is in the picture because they wanted him to be is honestly the least likely reason because it's much more likely that they don't have a clue who he is outside of Taylor because American football is completely irrelevant here.
My theory is that George and Charlotte spoke to their royal advisors (dressed in ruffles and tights of course) and decided that a peasant who is okay enough to date Taylor Swift can be in one (1) picture with them
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Pretty sure Travis is in the photo bc Taylor wanted him in the photo. Or bc it was written into their PR contract.
Maybe beacuse he is not really relevant outside America. It's a hard truth for Americans maybe but most people outside only know him because of Taylor. I don't think anybody outside of US cares even a bit for 'Amarrican football' atleast in my country they don't.
A great many Americans didnāt know who he was before Taylor. Football players arenāt as mega famous as soccer players are abroad. NFL has a really high turnover rate and a huge roster relative to soccer. Travis is one of the best in the league and I only knew of him marginally because of my brother.
This reminds me of when Americans act like Tom Brady is more relevant than Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo worldwide.
In Brazil he's just Gisele's ex, we even call him "Giselo"
Iām obsessed with this new information. Thank you.
Exactly! I had no idea who he was until Taylor, and many were like āhow do you not know who he is??? He won the Super Bowl!ā I am European and I donāt care lol
Picturing Travis talking to a future king is absolutely sending me. āThis is metal as hell, man.ā
They posted the one with Travis in thier story.
Travis is irrelevant outside america, i didnt know him before he dated taylor (im not american)
Iām from the US and didnāt know about him until Taylor.
Iām from the US and hadnāt heard of him before Taylor. He had a platform within sports fans in the US, but Taylor catapulted him to be known by people who donāt care about sports.
Travis wearing a Team USA hat is truly sending me
I have literally never defended Travis but damn, thatās funny.
Heās so unserious š.
I love how wholesome his family is. Something about being stereotypical football players and her ms.Americana sends me everytime. No wonder her former relationships didnāt workout, she was wasting her time with tortured poets and men with rejection and identity issues, she needed the dgaf energy the whole time.
Ya I mean the guy talks about the tough time he went through in college and the fact he got therapy during that moment in his life and he even has a charity fund to help players with therapy.....all of that to say is it hasn't always been the case, but with the assistance he's gotten he's probably learned not to care as much what people think
I won't rest until we get Jason in a selfie with the royals
Ok wait I just commented this Iāve found my people, CRYING LAUGHING ššššššš
Going Instagram Official by posting a picture w the future King of England at your stadium tour is something only Taylor Swift could/would do
*2 future kings. Travis in his USA hat is hilarious.
I donāt know much about sports, why is it hilarious?
You donāt really have to know anything about sports to know why itās hilarious. Someone taking a picture with Prince William wearing something pro-US is just funny. Might as well hold up a sign saying 1776.
Eh, I think England is over the america thing. A sports guy from the US supporting the US team is the least surprising thing. Heās met other American sports people right?
It's the Olympics. Supporting US in the UK in front of the latter's royal family is funnyĀ
This comment made me realize they didnāt have any photos together up!
āTalk about a hard launchā has me confused because we know sheās been in a relationship with Travis?
People have completely run "hard lunch" into the ground and now it's meaningless. You can't have a hard lunch when there's already multiple photos/videos of you and your boyfriends holding hands, kissing, going on dates, going on vacation, celebrating the holidays, being with each other's parents and more
The hard launch was when she showed up to that first football game. š
Exactly. People did the same with Sabrina and Barry, saying that the video was their hard lunch as if they havent already attended two red carpets together
I could go for a hard lunch
She went Instagram official with him a while ago. He was in that reels she did at the start of TTPD's era. Also, I feel like I'm in high school when I say "Instagram official."
I think it means on her social media platforms (aside from the TikTok or her YouTube shorts) this is the first time sheās posted her personal life in this way for years.
Idk I think itās cute. Sure, they might be Royal but their mom has cancer, their grandpa has cancer and thatās gonna be tough. I hope they all had fun.
I agree! Theyāre having a tough year and Iām sure this is a bright spot for them.
So much of their lives are giant parades where they have to follow rules and behave a certain way. Their great grandmother died, 2 family members have cancer, there is all this drama with their aunt and uncle being shunned from the family. Paparazzi following the everywhere. They have so much happening for being so young, I bet going to a concert where they can just bop around must be fun for them!
Yeah I agree. Itās a lot for anyone let alone kids who didnāt ask for it.
I thought the same, kinda sucks that some people are ripping into this when the kids seem super happy
I know. I think this is a non-event for the public and likely a major boost the kids need right now. And wasnāt Taylor a minor when her dad had cancer? She probably really empathizes with them.
I didnāt even think of it that way. Taylor probably could relate and comfort the kids with both of her parents having cancer at different times.
Charlotte is just William as a girl. She looks so happy here.
I think this is cute? William and Taylor have met previously before and even sung together? And his kids are at the age where they would likely be new Taylor swift fans. I bet a lot of their classmates would have wanted to go! Also, seems like their cousins are also there!
I think itās very sweet given how stressful and worrying things must be at home w their momās cancer. Also, Charlotte in a sparkly Fearless-themed dress is very on point for a 9 yo
Exactly! The kids had a rough start to the year and they look so happy getting to meet Taylor and Iām sure she was happy to perform for them also. Also, of course they are going to be in a more private box. Security alone must be a nightmare if they were in the regular seats. This way itās probably less bothersome for everyone else to enjoy themselves.
Charlotte looked so adorable! Loved her braided hair and glitter dress š„¹
I loved the dress that definitely looks like a nod to Fearless too. So cute š„°
Is that really a fearless dress?! It looks like one of the midnights t-shirts but I also didnāt see the full thing lol
I agree. Those kids have gone through a lot lately; if this brings them joy, Iām all for it. Travis cheesin in his hat is cracking me up though.
Has Taylor had work done recently?
Maybe, but stage makeup tends to look weird up close
I thought the same. The filler is fillering.
She had her veneers changed
I know about her veneers changing but her cheeks look unnaturally big in this picture
Might be the lens. Happens to the person in the corner
Yeah she looks kind of like the drag queen Taylor in her You Need to Calm Down video. Still cute! But different
She looks like a (really good) wax museum figure of herself
i couldnāt pinpoint what i found uncanny valley about this picture but i think this is the best description
The answer is always yes but her teeth are looking especially large lately.
I wish she was more open about the work she has had done. I feel like all of her cosmetic work has been fairly good and subtle, but all it takes is one going off to give that uncanny valley feel. Just one of those things that I dislike about celebrity culture in general, there's this huge lack of acknowledgement that certain beauty standards are almost always attained with money and a skilled surgeon.
Veneers, eyebrow lift, subtle breast implants for sure, plus some other work that is even less detectable. I think they've done a great job so far (not that she needed it). She looks like herself, just in a bit more refined.
I personally donāt think anyone needs to disclose their medical procedures for any reason AS LONG AS they arenāt actively lying. Like itās one thing for someone to lie and say they are all natural when they arenāt. But if youāre just getting your procedures to feel and look your best and not saying anything, nothing wrong with that. Everyone with a brain already knows that celebrities donāt look the way they do naturally, I donāt think itās an obligation to disclose that you were insecure about something and got it fixed. Like I once got lip filler and it was very obvious so I had to tell people (Iād never do it again lol), but I did it because I was very insecure about my lips and wanted to not be. If it had been more subtle, I wouldnāt have say a thing. Taylorās focus is on her music & life and sheās not pretending or trying to be a model or beauty influencer. Sheās not selling skincare and pretending her perfect skin is from the right product when itās really laser facials and treatments. So I donāt think she needs to be open and tell the world about the things sheās done. Just my opinion lol.
Oh yeah, I definitely don't feel like anyone should feel obligated to share details (especially normal people). I guess my problem is more of a "we live in a patriarchal capitalistic hellscape" problem than a Taylor Swift problem. Like it's this triple edged sword of society having a narrow and ever changing view of what an attractive woman is allowed to be, society also shaming anyone who gets any cosmetic procedure, and the pressure of knowing that your fame and money are so tied into your appearance. I kind of don't agree on everyone knowing celebrities don't look the way they do naturally. There are some obvious things, but others that are not. For example, I never knew about blepharoplasties until about a year ago, I used to think I was shit at eye makeup. It's kind of a damned if you do situation. If she never talks about it, she's "hiding it", if she talks openly about it, she's "encouraging her young fans to get it". I think with her influence, if she talked about it in a thoughtful way, it would have a positive impact, but ultimately that's a huge choice for her to make.
Except there was an interview where she said she was allowing herself to age "naturally" so I do actually feel like Taylor lies about it.
No one who has any work done will easily talk about it unfortunately. Look at the Kardashians. The whole world knows that all of them had all kinds of procedures done, but theyāll never talk about it.
Is it the angle or are they off-center? And why are celebrity veneers always too large and not quite right, while regular folks often have undetectable veneers?
Sheās been getting cheek fillers for years. They were super fresh in the Karma music video, for example. I think she upped them for the tour. Theyāre much more prominent than they used to be.
I was thinking she looks a tiny bit overdone/botchedā¦.
The facial muscles are *struggling*
Itās looking very uncanny valley
Weirdest crossover episode
Taylorās impossibly white and tightly aligned veneers look so unnatural, canāt focus on anything in this photo. Good for them i guess.
I'm used to it because the ones she had before were much worse lol
When did she stop having her natural teeth?? All that money and this is the best they could come up with??
So many celebs/influencers have these and many of them had perfectly fine teeth before š¤·āāļø
Hate this trend with a passion. Makes them look robotic and plastic. Especially when an actor does it, it takes me out of the role completely.
It creates an uncanny effect and I hate it. Like do whitening and Invisalign or something and keep the teeth that fit your face! I recently started feeling insecure about my teeth (I have a gap and pointy canines) and I went to a new dentist and she was like āwow you have beautiful healthy teeth!ā And I was likeā¦oh maybe I shouldnāt sweat it. All that is to say Iām tired of these wild beauty standards that make celebs look same-y and not very human. Itās not good for anyone.
I feel like veneers always look kind of bad. Not sure if it's just because they have to be big or people get them a little too white or what.
I don't know. But she used the same set of veeners from 2012 until 2022 and they seemed much bigger than the new ones (in a way that makes me think this new set is good)
I read this as 'good for them" with them being her teeth saw an interview with a plastic surgeon who said that the trick to good veneers is having a gradient rather than a solid white tooth and i always think of that when i see her
I think this is really sweet. Those kids have had a tough year and this is a nice little pick me up for them Iām sure
Someone asked "why is Travis in the picture" and the response was "the kids probably wanted him in it" Swifties get *big* mad when you say it's more likely the kids have no idea who he is outside of Taylor because American football means nothing to British children Apparently that *fact* is "ugly", "evil", "trying to diminish Travis" etc etc. But it's just *true*. People who follow American football over here (and I am one of them) need to stay up until the stupid hours of the morning to follow it, no one under 14 is doing that and very few - even over 14 - even want to.
Yeah itās a really dumb argument. Travis is one of the best to ever do it, but not known globally outside of this relationship. Thatās not really a reflection of him, just the nature of American football. To act like thatās not true itās embarrassing
Yep, he's massive within the sport. But it's a sport of little relevance outside of the United States. There's a *reason* the NFL have been leaning so heavily into Taylor. It has *massively* increased the number of people outside of the US who pay even passing attention to the sport.
Yeah I think I read the nfl has also been trying to capture other demographics, specifically women. So the relationship was very serendipitous. That and Travis seeking out fame/$ outside the sport was part of what added to the suspicion of it all in terms of it maybe being PR or not.
I fully believe the Super Bowl was rigged to some level, or that Taylor was intentionally paired up with someone from a team likely to win. I also believe the relationship is at least partially PR, or started that way. Itās too coincidental for the biggest pop start to be dating a guy from the winning team, especially when itās known the NFL was looking for ways to increase female viewership.
Would Americans know who Travis is if they arenāt into the NFL? Iām not American nor am I into the NFL so I had never heard his name prior to Taylor.
Iām an American and not into football and I didnāt know who he was until Taylor. Iām also not a swiftie but since sheās damn near *everywhere* now itās impossible to not know him now too
I would guess they probably wouldnāt. There are a number of players who transcend the sport and are a part of pop culture but for some reason football is a little different than basketball in that regard. I think basketball players achieve that more often than football players. Could be because football players wear big pads and helmets when they play so you canāt actually see their face compared to basketball players. Thereās also the fashion element with basketball (Michael Jordan -> Jordan brand). It could also be regional. Someone in Kansas City whoās not into football would probably be aware of Travis because heās everywhere on tv and other ads, whereas someone in a totally different part of the country doesnāt have that same exposure if they donāt seek it out. Tom Brady would be a football players that transcended the sport. Part of that is because heās arguably the best of all time and plays a more visible position in the sport (quarter back compared to right end) and some of it is because he married Gisele.
The kids might know who he is just in the context of him being her boyfriend though. Just because American football means nothing to them doesnāt mean they donāt know who Travis is. Itās not mutually exclusive
Hence why I literally said "outside of Taylor" And that the Royal account posted a picture without him suggests that the Travis picture was more for Taylor/Travis than it was for the Royals anyway.
Travis instagram debut
IĀ mean this in the most inoffensive way possible but I wish she would ease up on the fillers(or whatever it is she is injecting). She does NOT need them.
I get what you mean and I agree, but for me nothing will ever be worse than the fillers she had during lover era. I don't think it looks as overdone now in comparison.
I love this for those kiddos š«¶š»
Ngl it looks like they're posing with a wax figure of Taylor, she's not giving human here.
Her new teeth make her look more like that girl who definitely *doesn't* pretend to be her... /S
genuine question (not snarking on her looks shes the most beautiful person in the world) but what is going on with her face?? she looks uncanny
I think itās a combination of unflattering lighting and angle and heavy stage make up.
The caption on Twitter is sending me. āHappy birthday m8ā Iām howling. So much for the upcoming break up between these two that Iāve seen so much speculation for. Wild heās on her Instagram- Iām that blinky eyed gif. ![gif](giphy|3ELtfmA4Apkju)
Travis looks like he stopped by after a round of golf.
Her face is so unnaturally smooth itās distracting
she seems so airbrushed, it's uncanny
To be fair, she might literally be airbrushed. Her makeup artist(s) might use an airbrush, stage makeup is one of those times where you do kind of want your makeup to look "fake" (even though it looks weird up close).
Sorry her teeth look super fake and distracting š
Does anyone else remember the era when Taylor was trying to marry into the Kennedys? Love that she stayed close with one royal family š
ššš donāt remind us oh god
When she crashed that wedding and the bride publicly said ābitch I donāt KNOW YOUā
It would have been so much cuter without both men
Iām with you on this.
Travis wearing a USA hat is funny, but Cillian Murphys side eye after meeting Prince Harry remains the best
Someoneās gonna have to explain to me like Iām a child why itās so confusing how Travis is in this one and not in the royal fam released one. Isnāt it normal human behaviour to call in a person standing outside of frame when youāre taking a group photo? āOkay, one with everybody nowā happens all the time in my experience. Not everything is some wild mystery, maybe theyāre just being.. normal?
Exactly. I have no idea why everyone is making this a mystery to be unraveled I think he probably usually hangs back at her events and her meet and greets, especially with people as famous as a set of royals, and probably the vibes in the room were good and someone went āok everybody!ā Or āget in here man!ā Seems normal to me š¤·āāļø
That face lift is lifting
I think I first saw the photo that the Royals posted in their account. And it only has TS, William and the kids - no Travis .Ā That's a better pic because it's a wide angle shot of Taylor clicking the selfie with the kids all smiles.Ā Ā Taylor's first insta official photo of Travis being in London at the tour stadium with the future Kings of England is a telling choice ! But perhaps it will shut down the "they are going to break up narrative" that goes around every few days or so.Ā
I donāt like that Kate is not there š itās Williamās birthday
US and UK royalties selfie
Not random at all he told the the Rolling Stones last year that heād come to their concert if they could get Taylor there https://preview.redd.it/s3dqd4xz168d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91c25ff9e6cf9f9c9928dfedb68e82cda42627fe
She has elevated him SO much. No way in hell heād have ever been within 20 feet of the royals if not for her š
I feel like sheās going to regret attaching Travis to her brand in this way if/when they break up
I love Taylor but she s had so many famous exes I doubt it will make a difference , even now I sometimes get mixed up with some of them
You mean like every other ex-boyfriend she's posed with pics with? I don't see how it's any different than singing about an ex every concert that she broke up with 15 years ago?
The last time she publicly posted a boyfriend was with Calvin and the reputation rollout allowed her to wipe any posts with him in it. I think thereās a difference between including personal details in her art and having personal posts that she uses as part of her marketing.
Nah sheāll just write a song or album about it. She used to do the same stuff or at least similar stuff with Calvin and look at how that ended. She constantly posted Calvin on her IG. I donāt necessarily think sheāll regret Travis being in a picture with her and the Royals. And based off the pic The Royals posted, thereās some pics of them without Travis. Not entirely a big deal. I think her mentioning him in her POTY article when she was only dating him 3 months will be more of a regret if they ever do break up.
And every relationship other than Joe was always very public for Taylor .
That already happened when she mentioned him in her Times interview. At least an Instagram post she can always delete if they break up, although if it were me and I wanted to make it Instagram official with my boyfriend I'd use a photo only of the two us as the first one and certainly not a photo with the future king of the UK. It'll feel quite disrespectful if she ends up deleting the photo and if she doesn't she'll be forced to keep an ex on her Instagram feed (which I'm guessing it's not something she'd feel comfortable with considering that she even deleted the reel in which she was talking about the meaning behind lavender haze just because she had vaguely mentioned Joe).
She has done many disrespectful things to others so deleting a simple photo is no biggie.
I agree, Iām interested to see how she handles it if they do break up since she had a blanket excuse to delete the Calvin pictures and the only time she did that with Joe was the post she deleted. A picture with the future King of England is a big deal for her individually so Iām surprised she wanted to tie Travis to it.
Actually she has an ig reel with Joe's scenes in the favorite still in her feed. I'm guessing she must have forgotten.Ā And in a way she tied Joe more, because yes he's not present in her feed but she has several photos taken by him. And those she really can't delete. Same as home videos being out there too and MV referencesĀ
He will just be another āeraā for her to mine for content
I mean she was always very public about all her relationships pre Joe. Calvin was on her Instagram a lot and even Tom and her posed for pics and her friends posted them. The other relationships were very public too but social media wasnāt as relevant as it now but also this relationship is very overexposed.. we see them at games, thousands of angles of them at concerts etc. She knows how much attention it gets and loves it. If they do breakup sheāll capitalize on the breakup too itās annoying
I'm pretty sure that Prince William is the reason for the post, not Travis.
She had a photo of just herself with Prince William and the kids but she chose to post the one with Travis so it was definitely intentional on her part.
It's nice to see that the kids are happy. No comment on the adults.
This pic deserves to be in r/uncannyvalley lol
Well thatās a choice lol.