But since your split from Calvin, I've been losing sight of the Taylor I've grown to know, admire, and defend at all costs.
After the news about your breakup was confirmed, I was surprised to see pictures of you making out with Tom Hiddleston on a Rhode Island beach splashed across every celebrity news website a little over a week later. It wasn't that you were moving on that was so shocking. It was the way you were doing it that felt different.
There were pictures of you with Tom in a handful of major cities in the span of just a few weeks. I couldn't understand how the girl who wrote and performed "I Know Places," a song highlighting the fact that you could hide your relationship from the public if you wanted to, was all of a sudden being photographed in intimate situations more frequently than ever before.
I couldn't help thinking that if you still respected and loved Calvin like you indicated on Twitter, then you would have been a little more discreet. If you knew places, you must have forgotten where they were.
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It felt like you were purposely trying to humiliate Calvin, someone you said you "respected," and using the press to do it. For the first time, I felt like you were being unfair to an ex.
But the nail in the coffin came when you insisted you didn't approve Kanye West's "Famous" lyrics.
When the song came out, I thought the lyrics were totally disrespectful. I cheered your brother Austin on when he threw his Yeezys in the trash on Instagram. I loved your Grammys speech calling Kanye out.
Then Kim leaked the tape and it proved you DID approve the lyrics. You pointed out in your response that Kanye left out "that b****" in the call, but that feels like a cop out. You approved the more offensive lyrics that he was being dragged for in the press and you didn't say a word.
I was flabbergasted. My literal reaction was: YIKES. What did you do, Taylor? Why did you lie? As much as I hated admitting it, that's what you did. You lied. This was more than a misunderstanding - this was you intentionally staying quiet when you could have spoken up. For the first time, I couldn't defend you.
This old news. And this girl is so dramatic Some people have real problems. Go find one instead of complaining about how you don't trust the manufactured image of a pop star.
Some people have real problems. Go find one instead of complaining about how you don't trust the manufactured image of a pop star.