I feel like an idiot for missing this story earlier this week, but better late than never, I guess. I apologize for not seeing it! Taylor Swift is cray, obviously, and I mentioned yesterday that Swifty managed to finagle her way into a Kennedy wedding over the weekend. What I didn’t mention – but several commenters discussed – was that Swifty was asked REPEATEDLY to leave the wedding, and that she and Conor Kennedy basically crashed the wedding. Some details:
Taylor Swift crashed the Kennedy wedding in Boston over the weekend and did not leave after being twice asked to do so, the mother of the bride, Victoria Gifford Kennedy, told the Track yesterday. But Swift’s publicist insisted that the country superstar was a welcome guest and that the bride was happy to have her share the spotlight.
A source at the hotel reported seeing Swift being asked to leave the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel where Kyle Kennedy, the daughter of the late Michael Kennedy and Victoria Gifford Kennedy, was celebrating her marriage to Liam Kerr on Saturday. So we rang up Vicki for the 411.
“They texted me an hour before the wedding and asked if they could come,” Vicki Kennedy said. “I responded with a very clear, ‘Please do not come.’ They came anyway. … I personally went up to Ms. Swift, whose entrance distracted the entire event, politely introduced myself to her, and asked her as nicely as I could to leave. It was like talking to a ghost. She seemed to look right past me.”
But Swift’s spokeswoman Paula Erikson insisted it was not true.
“There is no truth to that,” she said. “Taylor was invited to the wedding and the bride thanked her profusely for being there.”
According to Vicki, Conor was invited to the wedding, but he never RSVP’d. When she got a text asking if he and his new girlfriend could come to the reception, the mother of the bride declined, because she didn’t want the country superstar to detract from her daughter’s big day.
But Swift and Conor showed up at the hotel and the singer’s appearance caused a mild commotion in the lobby with fans asking for pictures and autographs. Vicki said the duo left the reception during the dinner — and indeed pictures of Taylor walking through Haymarket in her wedding outfit were posted on Twitter and the singer was spotted in the North End. But, Vicki said, they returned after the meal and spent the rest of the night dancing at the reception.
As you know, Taylor, 22, and Conor, 18, — who is going to be a junior at Deerfield Academy in the fall — have been dating for most of the summer. According to The Associated Press, the Grammy winner, Conor and several other members of the Kennedy clan, made a visit to the grave of Conor’s mother, Mary Richardson, in Hyannis the other day. Swift held hands with Conor, consoled him, and the group at one point bowed their heads in prayer, according to the report.
Conor’s 52-year-old mother hanged herself May 16 in a barn behind the couple’s home in Bedford, N.Y., amid bitter divorce proceedings and a battle with depression and addiction. Reports say Swift is helping Conor deal with the tragedy.
Some people are blaming Swifty. Some people are blaming Conor. You know what? They’re both to blame. It doesn’t make either of them look good, and if I had been that bride, I would have pitched an unqualified fit. Why would a famous person – any given celebrity, just name one – crash a stranger’s wedding? The average bride would be totally pissed that the celebrity is hijacking her special day, and while I think Swifty’s denial is funny (“Taylor was invited to the wedding and the bride thanked her profusely for being there”), I’d be interested in hearing that from the actual bride, you know? RUDE. As for the discrepancies in just what year Conor Kennedy is – junior or senior – we still don’t know. CB thinks Team Swifty is saying he’s a junior, but the Boston Herald probably has more credibility.
Oh, and Us Weekly has a story about Swifty’s romance too – I tend to put a lot of stock into Us Weekly’s Swifty overall coverage, because Swifty pretty much called up Us Weekly’s editors and told them everything from her side of the Jake Gyllenhaal relationship and breakup. Anyway, a “source” tells Us Weekly that Swifty “is not bothered” by the fact that Conor will only be starting his senior year of high school in September. Swifty thinks Conor is “a smart, sensitive guy… She says it’s a fantasy come true.” Because she’s had fantasies about becoming the next unhappy Kennedy wife, I guess. Another friend tells Us Weekly, “She’s always rushing into love. We all wonder why she can’t take it slow.” Cough. Another terrible, negative person says, “She has a habit of smothering guys and pushing them away.” OMG, you mean Swifty is NOT the second coming of Jackie Kennedy. Color me shocked.
As for how Conor’s mom recently died and how Conor is in charge of his late mother’s estate, a Swifty insider says, “Taylor’s been counseling him. He’s taking over Mary’s estate and she can relate. She oversees everything in her life. They’re so similar.” LIKE OMG Your mom just died and you’re in charge of her estate that’s so funny because I write checks for my bills OMG we should get married.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She’s counseling him?! In what…how to be a smothering creeper?
Kathy Lee just skewered Taylor on Today saying the mothers account is exactly what happened.
I think what probably happened was that Conor said it would be okay and not to worry, and the bride didn’t care because she’s probably not a huge narcissist like her mother and Kathy Lee are. I’m sure it was fine. The mother of the bride is probably an enormous jerk. I bet the bride is so embarrassed by her mother complaining to the press. I would be.
Giffords=no class.
Why would you assume the bride thought it was ok? I would think that her own mother would have a better idea of her feelings than Taylor’s PR rep. I think it is completely classless of Taylor to crash a wedding that she wasn’t invited to. Celebs know what kind of circus they bring.
Taylor has this pattern where relationships = press for her. The timing of her “romance” being photographed and her new single dropping seems a wee bit suspicious, no?
Molly-
If you planned a big event where everybody is required to RSVP, you too would be angry over the party crashers. Sorry but you need to report head count and seating for weddings. Craddle robber and Conor should not have stayed. If they wanted to go, they should have RSVP’d. It’s rude an unacceptable. I doubt the bride wanted to share her day with the flavor of the month.
Sorry.
Also, Kathie Lee is Victoria Kennedy’s stepmother. Yes Frank Gifford’s granddaughter got married.
Okay, I would usually side with anyone who crosses Kathie Lee Gifford. This time, however, notsomuch. I think Taylor is rude, narsissistic and thinks she’s living in 1961 Kennedy Camelot. Ugh, if I was the bride’s mom, I’d have called the cops. Swifty wanted to ingratiate herself SOOOO badly in a Kennedy event that she crashed a wedding, knowing she’d upstage the bride. How trashy. Even Marilyn wouldn’t have done that LOL and she had two Kennedy bros in her bed. Hey, Dummy – remember how you felt when Kanye stole your thunder at that awards ceremony? This is worse.
“smothering creeper”
best line of the day THANK YOU!
She disturbs my soul..
Yep, lock up your bunnies people!
LOL!
If she starts writing music that has even a hint of similarity to Madam Butterfly that Connor kid better RUN!
I used to find her entertaining (music wise) but now I don’t like her mundane unoriginal music and she personally is REALLY creeping me out. There is just something so (emotionally) disturbing about her behaviour. Serious daddy issues?? IDK. Bunny killer indeed!
+1
The Kennedy men don’t marry their entertainment business pieces, Taylor. Nice try catching him young, but not young enough.
Remember when JFK Jr. was dating Daryl Hannah? They were together for a few years, but Jackie-O hated her. JFK Jr. ended up marrying Carolyn Bessette, who was very private, educated–she came from an upper-crust family. (Although, i have read a few books about this marriage & it was troubled). Kennedy men like to chase– Taylor is playing her Kennedy game all wrong. ~I Will Not Worship Camelot~ is Taylor`s next breakup song.
HAHAHAHA!!!! Love it!
She’s really trying to push herself into that family, isn’t she?
The boyfriend is 18 and just starting his senior year? One of two things – held back a grade (which is fine, I’m not judging) or there was a lot of turmoil in his household due to his parents’ marriage that it set that kid back. I do think that fame has changed Swifty – entitled, snotty, immature and only interested in what SHE wants. Dare I say… she’s already dated grown men almost twice her age (go ahead and try to stop her, mom & dad – just remember who’s paying the bills, m’kay?) and now she’s zoned in on an 18-year-old HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT?!? He’s an adult legally, but emotionally, a kid. His mom just committed suicide – there isn’t ANYONE in his life who sees this as a red flag? Grandma Ethel or someone needs to step in council this kid. Unhealthy, strange, obsessive – just plain weird.
@CooCooCatchoo no one steps in. This is why they are all like that. It’s just accepted. Maria is going to take Arnold back, just wait. It’s starting. The only reason Jackie Kennedy died with dignity is because her first husband died while she was still a young woman. Look at Joan Kennedy…. heck look at Joan’s kids. Patrick Kennedy. Oh my! No one is going to step in. Patrick Kennedy is exactly how I see this kid’s future.
The kid is an 18 year JUNIOR he has been held back twice. His mother was bipolar and possibly an alcoholic* I think. His father is a Grade A asshole from what I hear. At best the boy is troubled. At worst his IQ is below 100 and the Deerfield Academy keeps him because they pay extra. I thought those places kicked out bad students – seriously. Swifty must be DESEPERATE to move into Camelot to “date” this child. There is a large gulf between a high school student and a college student in maturity and experience. This boy may be college age but his peers in school are 16.
*I’m not sure if those kind of women are drawn to Kennedy men or if the Kennedy men make them that way but there seems to be a pattern. Someone further down on Team Swifty said Vicki Kennedy (the mom) is an alcoholic. I believe it but it’s irrelevant to this incident. Michael Kennedy – her late husband cheated on her with a teenaged baby sitter.
I would flip a shit if a celebrity came to my wedding uninvited. Seriously, I’d become the she-hulk. It would be a disaster. No survivors.
I’d be a she-hulk for ANY uninvited guest… let alone a celeb
Ditto. Heck I’d go she-hulk at a friend’s wedding that had a celeb show up uninvited.
Unless I paid that celebrity to be the after dinner entertainment, I wouldn’t be thrilled if someone like Cradle Robber crashed my wedding.
@coo coo- sing it sister, ur 100% right.
@gee- the she-hulk lolol
The fantasy of dating a Kennedy..girl, grow up and stop living in high school..
As for the wedding, if Connor sent a text mesaage (seriously, WTF is that?!?) and was told not to come, then Connor’s a d-bag for bringing Swifty and Swifty’s a d-bag for staying after being asked to leave.
I used to think this girl was harmless..
she probably never went to high school, home schooled, I bet. It is my belief when children are pulled out of everyday events in childhood, they do not develop mentally the way “normal” kids do. I think her mentality is around 16, therefore, they are an perfect couple. That said, they did what an adolescent does…not concerned about anyone else but themselves.
You’re right. This kind of delusional behavior is due to the fact that she was homeschooled, not because she’s been living the life of an entitled celebrity for the past 5 years. *eye roll*
that’s not an excuse. she’s 22 not 16, but even at 16 if you’re asked to leave somewhere you take the hint and go, it’s rude to continue to stay.
You’re ignorant about homeschooling. Homeschooled kids are not hidden away from life and, in general, are well-prepared for adult life because they haven’t been artificially segregated by age. Homeschooled kids can relate well to kids of all ages, yet have no problem having intellectual conversations with adults.
Swifty’s brand of cray cray isn’t a result of being homeschooled.
all right homeschoolers, don’t get your panties in a bunch, I’m just saying, kids that have careers at an early age do not socialize with peers, such as kids in that aren’t professionals. eye rolls right back at you. you can refer to erikson stages of development.
My children are kind of homeschooled. At cirque with a total of nine kids who range from six to seventeen.
My children speak multiple languages and get along with everyone from first graders to adults. They are extremely socialized, not to mention the piano, king fu, yoga, etc they do on the side.
Don’t be ignorant. Swifty is weirdo because she is a Hollywood creeper weirdo that dates gay men and young, vulnerable Boys.
Copley? I had to pass Copley every day on the way to site or the gym. I think I know every subway/tube public transport in the world now. That’s something to be proud of. Haha.
I rarely see homeschooled kids interact normally around schooled kids…both the kids and the parents seem to think they are “special” or “above” other kids. Not in ALL cases…but in a lot.
Please don’t call me ignorant, I too have children and I ammended my statement. We are all proud of our children regardless of if they are homeschooled or went to ps 151, it’s just an observation about teen/children stars pushed out to the spotlight before they are mature.
Homeschooled kids are not locked in a closet and kept away from society. This is not Flowers in The Attic, these days children who are homeschooled are often more progressive, cultured, and better socialized than those that attend public school.
@Tiff-My gym is right next to Copley Fairmount 🙂 No spottings of Clingy McGee though.
In response to saying homeschooled kids can’t function in society, I’d say it depends on where you live. I live in a village (not a town) in Michigan and am homeschooled. Where I live, unless your parents let you go into town by yourself and do whatever you want there isn’t anything to do. If you don’t like sports, then there isn’t anything you can do socially with your friends. We now just got our movie theatre and a few other stores back in the mall (when things got bad, most of the mall closed). So for my brothers and sister, it was hard on them for about a year, then we got new neighbors with kids for them to play with (which helped a tiny bit because my sister is a queen bee, think mean girls). But we are getting back in school this year. I hate when people put socializing above an education.
I don’t know why people assume the regular warehouse approach to schooling is optimum. They have 30 to 50 kids in a class staring at the blackboard because it’s cheaper, not because it’s better. Some kids manage to learn something regardless, but the only thing they would miss if homeschooled would be bullying by other kids and teachers… Those who think school is a great socializing experience went to very different schools than I did. It is often an anti-socializing experience. Also deadly boring if you’re faster than the crowd or deadly frustrating if you’re slower.
If you look at approaches various schools are using to improve the educational process, you will see they are trying to basically provide a “home schooling” experience with more personal attention, much smaller groups, more relaxed physical setup with lots of opportunity to get up and move, etc. They’ve tried the rigid large-class approach and it hasn’t been successful enough. The dropout rate from high school is awful, around 50% in many areas. And too many high school grads can barely read and write.
If you’re assuming honeschooling is like what the Duggars do – no wonder others are baffled by such comments. The Duggars are deep in the Quiverfull movement, a fundamentalist Christian movement that aims to outbreed the rest of us infidels… Really, they deliberately isolate their children and limit their education. They are avoiding regular schools to keep their kids away from undesirable infidels and ideas. There are many other homeschoolers who do it to provide a better education under conditions that work better for their children. Their kids are provided with plenty of chances to mix with other kids, often through local schools (not unusual for homeschooled kids to do some classes or activities at a local school). They do fine out in the world and when they transition to regular high schools and colleges, because they’ve had a solid educational basis.
daisydoodle owns this thread 😀
Swifty went to Henderson High School in Pa for her 9th and 10th grade yrs of HS, and her junior and senior years were spent at Aaron Christian Academy on Hendersonville, Tenn. Home schooling, or not home schooling has nothing to do with her being a fake a$$hole. Her rich daddy shopped her music through his Nashville his friends and contacts. She eventually got signed. Her mama has always been known as a “star f*cker.” Anyhoo, you all can carry on bashing each other’s kids now.
Yikes! You guys really got into! Here’s the thing- you could go all day trying to bash either or presume that one is better than the other, which would be a losing battle. OR you could accept that differences lie in the INDIVIDUAL. I am NOT a parent, but a teacher. I have some home schooled kids near my home- great family, nice mannered children, however (good or bad) they are lacking some socialization. Now Tiff has a ‘type’ of homeschool, so this is simply not the same thing, so she should stop pushing hers as it’s not representative of the majority of home-school situations. All I see from Tiff is a braggart about her kids’ accomplishments, and this is no place for that.
I see that you don’t teach your children and that they have teachers. Must be nice sitting on your arse all day?
As far as Swifty goes, I think it can be attributed to growing up in the spotlight. Also, surprised no one commented on the fact the BRIDE said it was ok, but the Mom was all pissed. It’s HER wedding. Her call. That’s it.
What’s really hilarious? I saw the op and not only are YOU the one who brought up homeschooling and the deleterious effects you think it has on kids, but proven wrong again, Swift went to normal school and was not homeschooled.
“Daisydoodle owns this thread”
Yup she is definitely *winning* I mean, if you consider 95% of people disagreeing with her *winning*.
As far as Tiff “sitting on her arse” all day-is that what you think all stay-at-home moms do, Keri? My mom would definitely disagree with you as I bet all stay-at-home moms do. Way to discredit the women who do the hardest job out there. Well done.
@keri, that’s awesome. You know what? I am a stay at home mom right now becasue we are on this tour for my husband’s career.
I spent 20 years as a director of Nuclear Radiology, so if I want to take a break from watching people die to travel, good for me.
I am not a braggart at all, I did not start this one. I maintained the entire time that my kids were in a homeschooling type situation and the main point of the argument not being my specific children, which daisy doodle asked about, but alternative forms of education.
I maintain that not need harm a child and may offer significant advantages. People said kids that were homeschooled were anti-social, weird, bad workers, etc. That is ridiculous.
How many of the amazing thinkers in history didn’t sit in a class of 35 as a kid? It was stupid to blame Taylor Swift’s creepy ways on homeschooling when she wasn’t even home schooled, so I am not sure what Daisy “won”.
If you read this site more often, you’d realize I don’t come here to discuss my kids on the regular, I come here to snark. And this thread has really harshed my vibe.
since “I own the thread” I guess I’m just a dumb ignorant public schooled person, who doesn’t understand the why all child stars end up on drugs and inappropriate behavior. When I mentioned “home-schooled” I should have said privately tutored…I’m sure I could have saved everyone’s blood pressure! 🙂 Working tomorrow, saving lives, please don’t mention your school affiliation!
Homeschoolers cannot relate to real world situations and lack all social skills. Every time I interview one for a job I am appalled at their inability to carry themselves appropriately. It really is a shame.
So NOT true. My children are so well socialized. They have seen and travelled the world, can go to the store, cook, talk to adults in an adult manner, etc.
Your blanket statements are more ignorant than the supposed poor homeschooled children.
I am sure living all over the world, interacting with people of all ages is horrible for them. My kids can get around London by themselves, as well as fitting into any new city or situation we come against and they are happy and have many extracurricular activities. Maybe it’s all backwoods where you live, but not everywhere.
hey Tiff, how old are your children? Are they in the professional world yet? If so, congrats, but start telling us everything is wonderful until the rubber meets the road…
@TheOriginalTiffany: In a way, the way you raised your kids while going around the world kinda similar with Brangelina. How lucky you are. 🙂 I wish I could give my kids the same opportunity to see the world. I’m sure each child would turns out different no matter what the education they get. IMO not all of the homeschooled kids even in the same situation. Example some kids get homeschooled at their home only while the other kids get homeschooled while travel to different countries. I’m sure the way they deal with the world would be different too, although both get homeschooled.
As for Swift, the moment she decided to date that boy, my creepy alert is on! :S
@ Daisydoodle-So every kid that is home-schooled will end up a failure professionally? HUH? Um Sandra Day O’Connor was home schooled-didn’t seem to hurt her career.
I think it’s fine to have an opinion but you cross the line when you start condemning kids’ futures based on preconceived notions. Seriously, stop worrying about how other people parent their kids, it’s disrepectful.
Wow Brit, I rarely comment but that statement was incredibly ignorant of you. I think it has more to do with the type of parenting the child has as well. I was homeschooled from Grade 6-12 and am completely capable of carrying on a stimulating conversation…good to know there is still such a blanket opinion of “home-schooled kids”. I’m actually very offended by some of the comments on here. I had a grade 5 teacher that tried to take adantage of some of the students in my class (myself included), thus was yanked out of the school system by my father in a heartbeat. Perhaps you shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
Daisydoodle, they are almost 15 and 13. Will graduate at 17. Trilingual. English, French and Mandarin.
Sine our last graduate is getting into MIT, I think they will do fine. Every person who travels with us, all 162 of them adore my children. My girl is talented, gets straight A’s and they both excel at most things they try.
I have no doubt my children will do fabulously at whatever they choose to do. They have lived in many countries, big cities and are polite, grounded and kind to others, including the little kids on tour. They spend a ton of time hanging out with mostly adults. Which is why people enjoy my children. They can speak to them. They are more concerned with interesting stuff instead of clothes, cliques and underage drinking and sex.
High school is vastly over rated in the US. Most kids are skipping class, getting drunk and laid. I KNOW what my children are doing.
I never called anyone ignorant, I said don’t BE ignorant on the subject. Some sound like they are.
Worry about your kids rubber hitting the road. My kids are too busy to engage in anti-social behavior. I’ll let them know they are supposed to be failures when they are translating at the UN or something.
Thanks for whomever said my kids are getting a great life. They are. Going to school in the Prince of Wales room in the Royal Albert Hall is so soul crushing, I’m worried for their future. NOT.
Perhaps they’re just reacting to your obvious disdain and negativity?
I used to work in college recruiting and found, on average, the homeschooled kids were much more informed, prepared and engaging. Not to mention their extracurriculars almost always dwarfed traditionally schooled children’s.
I realize I am jumping in on this conversation late, but just wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I think both parties here are being a *tad* ignorant. To assume that every homeschooled child will be anti-social, unable to make friends, and fail in the real world is ridiculous. It sounds like @originaltiffany is doing a great job with hers, making sure that they are getting the best of both worlds: a great education with homeschooling, and a well-rounded social life as well.
On the other hand, it is equally as ignorant to assume that’s the situation with all homeschooled children just because yours are a shining example of what homeschooling can be. I have personally never seen that. Every homeschooled child I have seen (while most are very smart) seem to be overshadowed by the negative side-effects of homeschooling. At an extreme disadvantage socially (which, in my opinion at least, is just as important as being intellectually advanced.) I would like to include that I’ve noticed with most of these cases, the parents themselves seem to be a bit *off*, and I’m sure that’s translating into the children. But that’s just my observation.
Also, to assume that every child that attends public school in the US is drinking, smoking, dropping out, skipping class, having sex… that’s just as ignorant as having someone assume that your children are basically socially inept because you sheltered them via homeschooling.
What I’m trying to say, is that just because there is one example of homeschooling gone right (or wrong), does not make it the rule. Both of you should realize that homeschooling isn’t the right decision for everyone, and many times the children do turn out… WEIRD…. (best way to put it)… there are also plenty of times that the children turn out arguably for the better. That being said, I’m a product of South Carolina’s public school system (which we all know is stellar), and I’d like to think I turned out OK. I wouldn’t change it for the world, and especially not to have been homeschooled.
PS) I wasn’t trying to offend either of you, just trying to reiterate that both should probably keep a more open mind than the one they are exhibiting now.
@Brown, while I agree with a few of your points, I would say that when I was in school, as well as everyone I know, we were all partying and doing those kinds of things.
And I was a straight A, honors kids in athletics. I see my daughter’s old friends from home FB pages. If you don’t know what kids are doing, I think it is a bit naive.
You seem to think homeschoolers tend to be weird. I don’t know about that. I know that with mine it is a little different. We travel with 162 people, many families and about 20-25 kids. Most are younger kids, mine are amongst the oldest. They have friends that are in their early 20’s and kind of a huge built in family, so it isn’t like we are off on a farm somewhere.
My son may miss little league, but the positives he is getting far outweigh the cons. They are also not exposed to any bad influences and are around a member of the tour all the time. They have 4 teachers for 9 kids. It’s basically private tutoring/homeschooling. I just don’t have to do the schooling. They must adhere to the Quebec school system and as extended socialization have internet access to the children at all the other Cirque schools.
They are still the only 7th and 9th grader in school. It might be weird, but it is our life.
I have in the past had them in private school, followed by 2 years of public school (lost in a sea of 35 students to one teacher) and a half year in Canadian school before we left on tour. I’ve experienced all schooling alternatives so far.
I’m not offended by your post at all, just trying to explain and again, I did not bring this up, just defending alternative approaches to schooling/parenting and the effects on kids, which was put forward by a negative view on homeschooled children.
If you don’t want to be called ignorant you shouldn’t make blanket statements that are ignorant. One of the best success indicators is the ability to work well with ALL types of people…including those who have been home schooled, public schooled, private schooled, etc. I’m guessing you’ve run into problems with previously home schooled adults? If so, maybe the problem lies with you? I seriously don’t want to demean you or anyone else on this board, but your comment speaks volumes. My children have been both privately and publicly schooled, so I don’t speak from personal experience, yet I know many families who home school for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to religion and/or a more transient lifestyle due to work or the desire to travel the world. Each of those families have possessed a far greater ability to “teach” than I would ever be able to achieve. That alone speaks to the commitment they make to their children’s needs. I would never put that sort of devotion into question. The world is changing, and those of us who have chosen more traditional methods of educating our children need to accept that what’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander.
@Tiff…. I don’t want you to think I’m naive and don’t realize that teenagers drink, party, have sex, whatever. I know what goes on. It hasn’t been *THAT* long since high school for me. I guess I would just argue that I don’t feel like those experiences are necessarily bad for the overall growth and maturation process that a young person goes through.
I would be able to get behind the argument that homeschooled children do not do these things as often as public schooled children are, because there is constant supervision and, as you put it, you always know what your children are doing and who they are with. I guess I just meant that it’s not always a bad thing to have those bad experiences as long as you use them for good. Yes, there will be kids that screw up their lives with bad choices made in high school, but I would argue that many of those children do not have a super solid family life, either. I made some mistakes in high school, but I also have amazing parents that didn’t expect more of me than was reasonable, and they helped me use those mistakes to my advantage so that I would learn from them. My dad always told me “You know your kids are going to screw up, make mistakes, whatever, you just hope that when they make huge mistakes, you are able to be there to help them and they learn from it.” My dad is a smart man. 🙂
I guess I’m just saying that there are exceptions to every rule, and people will always be able to point to a weird homeschooled kid and blame the homeschooling system for their weirdness, just like people will be able to point at a deviant public schooled kid and blame public schooling for their deviance. It is an argument that is really pretty pointless to have, because each situation is different, and each child is different, and what is right for one is not right for all.
Also, let us not forget the real reason we are on this threat….. Swifty’s totally deluded mental state and her incredibly creepy behavior. I think we can ALL agree that Tay is a few cans short of a 6 pack and whether she was public schooled, private schooled, home schooled, Xenu-schooled, whatever, girlfriend would probably be a total weirdo anyway. Those beach photos in the polka dot bikini were seriously terrifying.
As many other people have stated before me, it’s just plain foolish and narrow-minded to make negative blanket assumptions about home-schooled children. I know two home-schooled people myself – and yes, one is very socially inept, because his parents were socially inept (reason they didn’t want him in the public school system in the first place). He was not exposed to the outside world enough and now he lives in a little world in his head. The other person I know is far better educated than most people; very well-traveled and multilingual like Tiff’s children (and today holds a high power corporate exec position in an international company). He is one of the most charismatic and dynamic people I’ve ever had the privilege to know and work for.
If I could go back in time, I would have much preferred to receive the education and valuable life experiences that Tiff and her husband have been able to offer their children. Talk about a blessing! Not to mention our public school systems leave so much to be desired…
Tiff, we can do this all day…my kids are well traveled and, academically, excelled. Top colleges, one is working in the financial world in NYC, studied in London. Youngest is going to study at LSE in London. But the difference is we were not able to run around the world when we felt like it because we had a school schedule to adhere to. I must have hit a sore spot with the homeschoolers, because I thought we were talking about Taylor Swift? You can argue all you want, but when you have the Duggars representing, you’ll find people rolling their eyes at you also.
ps, I NEVER said anyone’s children are failure, childrearing is hard enough without telling people they are failures. My point is, if you have a 2,3 or 4 yr old, you won’t know if your child will be successful at life until they are older. And Please don’t interpret the meaning of failure. I’ve been around the block for a long time and mothering is not for the faint of heart. Homeschoolers, please go back to schooling, I’m going to the mall:)
Just for some perspective, NJ is supposed to have some of the best public schools in the Country. However, I know of several students who were “pushed through,” with less than stellar life-skills, in order to keep the graduation rates high. My neighbor was able to graduate highschool without ever having learned to read! Oftentimes, with institutionalized learning, care and individualized attention are only given to a select few (leaving many to fall through the cracks). I don’t believe either form of education is superior to the other, in general. I believe it depends on how the child learns and who is teaching them (not where they’re learning it). Frankly, I’d rather homeschool my sons than hand them over to some of my teacher friends (whose facebook statuses are wrought with grammatical errors and improper use homonyms).
What Mort said.^
@ Daisy-we WERE talking about Swift but you brought home schooling up. You essentially used Swifty’s immaturity and social awkwardness to support an indictment of home schooling. If you didn’t expect responses, you shouldn’t have said anything.
Regarding not knowing whether your children will be successful adults when they’re just kids-well of course you don’t know. Nobody can predict the future but I’m not sure what that has to do with home-schooling.
The Duggars are ONE family that home-schools their children out of $2M that are home-schooled. Do you really think it’s fair to hold them up as a representation of those $2M other kids? It’s like condemning public school because Ted Bundy attended public school and look how HE turned out. It’s just silly and unfair.
I’m not saying you don’t have a right to an opinion but you’re making a LOT of judgements about a sensitive topic, which is why people are being so reactionary. There are people here telling you that you might not be correct. I think you need to open your mind up a bit. It’s not a sign of weakness to change your stance about something when people are showing you a different side of an issue that you may not have fully understood before.
Daisy-I am not ABLE to run around the world. My husband freaking works on a world tour. We are supporting our family. How dare we work for a living?
Aren’t you precious? I don’t believe it was a homeschooler that brought this BS into this thread, was it?
Oh, my children have teachers. They are, as I stated in a homeschooling TYPE situation. I get to do anything I want, I think I’ll lay around and read CB while I recover.
@tiff What you are describing isn’t ‘homeschooling’ in the traditional sense. You have to travel for work (cirque) and they provide for the kids to have schooling when everyone is on the road. More like private tutors.
@daisy Tiff isn’t just running around the world for the kids. Her husband (and her?) works for cirque de solei. They travel alot for their jobs.
Homeschooling in my mind traditionally means mom/dad staying at home with one or two kids. It’s a different ball game that the cirque schooling system.
That all aside, I’ve met people who are ‘weird’ from all kids of schooling systems. I will say that some of the kids who are home schooled for religious reasons tend to fall into this category as their parents seem to be keeping them at home to ‘protect them’ from the world. And in that environment when its just one or two siblings-yes those folks tend to come out with horrible social skills.
Totally jealous of your kids, Tiff, sounds like a really cool upbringing 🙂
Moving slightly back on topic, I don’t think the problem with Swifty is that she was homeschooled after a certain point, but that she was relatively isolated from the ‘normal’ world. She was surrounded by agents, yes-men and people generally sucking up to her, and the more success she achieved, the more her ego expanded. Bear in mind that I’m mostly speculating here, but I was homeschooled for a little bit while we were in Egypt, and it was fine. Perhaps a little different as there were a fair few Western families where we were living so we all hung around together as a group, but it didn’t stop me from just wandering down the street and trying out my really crappy Arabic.
I think there are a lot of benefits to homeschooling but I also think at times, it’s a careful balancing act – done correctly, your kids can come out of it fully functional, independent and ready for the world. Done in the style of child stars who have their tutors on set/on the road, you’re risking cutting them off from normal society.
Gah..he is a kid still in high school. He wouldn’t have any say in their relationship. She is leading him around by his d..k.
A lot still depends on the teachers. I can’t afford to put my daughter in preschool. I’ve tried teaching her stuff and I fail. I could never home school her.
I would love to have a private teacher like original tiff. And have kids around. I’m really looking forward to the socializing My girl will get when she starts kindergarten next year. I’m not looking forward to some of the problems it might cause (bullying, teasing, cliques.)
She’s older than him, she is *supposed* to know better right?
Lol, I see what you did there. Yes she was quick to pull the I’m just a young girl, John Mayer should have known better. Yes biatch your OLDER axx is the one the mother of the bride asked to leave. YOU were the celebrity causing all the frenzy with fans wanting your autograph and everyone focusing on you instead of the bride. Love how they left during the dinner (obviously no place settings for unRSVP’ed guests) but shamelessly returned afterwards for the dancing. I would have had security escort them out. Taylor Swift you are a 22 Year old business woman dating a boy still in high school and now crashing weddings. You should know better.
She is creepy.
If she was English she would stalk Prince Harry!
YES
Youre right. Not long ago, there were sad, rainy pics of her in the Princess Diana Memorial garden. She was probably sad bc she’s not British, and therefore, cant snag the Ginger Jewel Prince.
“You’ll be my Prince and I’ll be your Princess” LOL.
Taylor is clueless about Kennedy History. Any woman with a brain would be RUNNING from that clan, not ingratiating themselves with them.
Prince Harry is 27 or 28 years old. A 22 year old woman stalking Prince Harry is a lot more normal than a 22 year old woman attaching herself to an 18 year old who for whatever reason was held back in school twice.
She scares me
Inorite? I think it’s the eyes and this is gonna be harsh but I stick by my opinion. I believe beneath the fluffy, pretty polly princess exterior beats the heart of an ice cold bitch.
I don’t even know where to start!
Her new song is about Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor can be sure he will end up as well as a song! So ridiculous!!
He’s 18!! For god’s sake, men just get in puberty with 18!
His mother just died – they are teens, I get that they are dangerously in love, but being in a relationship with a celebrity won’t help him in this difficult time. Plus Taylor seems very prepossessing and self-absorbed – I don’t know what he’s like, but with 18, he definitely can’t overlook the whole situation!
Ugh, Taylor! Just leave it!
What 22-year-old girl have you *ever* met who wanted to hang out, let alone date, some guy younger than her?
Not one! She is a creep, and a bitch for crashing a wedding! He’s just as bad if not worse for inviting her to the wedding when he knew they weren’t meant to be going, but I have a feeling she would have really wanted to go and he wanted to please her.
She is a deviant, just reading about them is very unsettling.
I was thinking along those lines as well. He text to see if they could come, she pouted and promised him second base if they went anyway and probably convinced him people wouldn’t care that much and off they went to crash the wedding.
I think he was invited – maybe even with a
“plus 1” but had no interest in going. SHE found out about it and he basically texted his aunt to say he was coming (too late to RSVP) because SHE was pouting. The aunt said no – SHE promised him a little “something-something” so he went anyway. After all, she is the one with the Driver’s License.
IKR – especially at that age. Younger men can’t go into a bar.
GOLD DIGGER
she has more money than the “watered down” Kennedy money.
She has a lot more money than them. And, even though I’m a Democrat, the Kennedys are not exactly classy. The bride’s dad, who died playing football on skis, was banging their 12-yr old babysitter.
So, yeah, the Kennedys aren’t very classy.
Nah, more like Social Climber…. She’s got the $$$$…
Silly Swifty… Money don’t buy ya Class!!
Or like Taylor herself said/sang “No amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity.” I was over her when Better than Revenge came out and she slut shamed another girl but now I just want her to fade into obscurity. Heck! I’d take a Kardashian over her any day.
Taylor insisted that her parents drive her to Nashville when she was 13 years old, and drop off her demo tapes to record companies. Now Taylor is stalking the Kennedy family to become American Royalty. Nashville Fame is not enough for her. The wedding incident is already pissing off the family. You must follow their rules, or eventually you will be shunned. Swifty is ruthlessly ambitious & intelligent, which seems to doom all her so-called relationships.
@Molly – political affiliation and dislike or mistrust of Kennedys is totally different. 😀
Creepity creep.
They’re both to blame. He’s f*cking rude, she can’t take a hint.
^^^This^^^^ x 1000000! Exactly what I was thinking!
EXACTLY. Bad behavior by both parties.
I used to think she was benign but she’s starting to seriously freak me out. The pics of her frolicking in the water in the polka dot bikini with the red lipstick were SO weird-she staged this “classic Americana” photo shoot right down to the old-fashioned retro bikini…like she was trying to recreate a scene right out of the Kennedy era.
*shivers*
Agree on the staged photos, they are beyond creepy. Even worse were the sailboat ones, where she was all preppy and truly seemed to try to be channeling Jackie O. WTF.
The pics of them praying over his mother’s grave are the worst.
Ugh they are all bad-a three-way tie for the craziest cray-cray pics ever. She’s losing it, this one…
@TheOriginalKitten IKR? She seemed harmless but if you look closely she has evil eyes.
To be catty: she is nowhere near a natural blonde. There is another photo of her in that bronze top where she is lifting her arm and she didn’t shave her armpits and there is a brown fuzz growing in. LOL!
I always thought her hair looked fake back when she was pretending it was curly. No one’s hair curls like that.
And last but not least – she dresses funny for someone in the 21st Century. She looks like Betty Draper on holiday in most of the photos posted over the various threads. She is totally obsessed with the Jackie Kennedy thing. Let’s see if the lets her hair grow back to brown so she can do the full Jackie.
Wow. I could say that four more times, and it still wouldn’t cover the weight of the “Wow”.
A match made in hell, for sure. I truly don’t know which of them should be more frightened.
It will probably end badly — which means great entertainment for us! (It’s morning. I’m extra snarky til the caffeine takes effect. :P)
And yes, Taylor got a boob job.
I am the EXACT same way if I’m reading this site while having the first cup as opposed to a little later. Just full on hate snark.
OK, back to the coffee pot for me. At least that’s clear liquids, right? Whooo, vicodin and coffee for breakfast, maybe some Jello later.
I’m living the high life!
Kitten, where is your gym? Damn, I MISS my gym in Boston. It was the most fabulous homage to a gym anywhere. Of course we get it as a perk, but still.
The Sportsclub LA/Boston was wonderful.
Boylston stop. Granted taking the T from Fenway down there could be a pain on gamedays but still. I could watch the scoreboard from my windows.
I’ll never forget sitting on the roof during Roger Water’s The Wall on a hot summer night with friends and wine.
I miss Boston, but not the traffic.
I want Vicodin for breakfast 🙁
My gym is on Dartmouth St. It’s super duper nice and costs an arm and a leg. Sports Club LA is wicked nice too though.
Oh Fenway is KILLER for traffic. I lived there for 5 years. It’s really fun but it is very very congested.
You’re in DC now right? Boston’s better right? Hmmmmm? 🙂
Way different The uniquness is not here, as we are out near the Pentagon, it’s not as pretty and green.
The ease of getting around by car is better, but public transport is too expensive to use. This cuts my world down.
I hated driving in Boston, but loved where we lived, the food, getting around by walking everywhere.
And BERRYLINE yogurt!!! I miss that big time. My kids lessons were on Newbury and I loved hanging out and shopping and eating.
Nice beaches, lakehouses. Yeah, Boston wins.
Plus, the gym here is a 24 hr fitness. WHen the yoga class says how many calories it burns, I know it isn’t a yoga class. We do have a proper lap pool at the apartment. One plus. Museums, you know…
Getting bikes for here…230 bucks a month for transport pass each!
If I had Swifty’s money, I could find a lot of nice beach homes to buy. Nantasket was cute.
I can understand a male 18 year old high school junior not getting the concept of the RSVP.
A 22 year old? No. And if you are asked to leave by the Mother of the bride? No-that’s not the bride being welcoming. That’s the bride delegating because she doesn’t want to have to deal with your drama RUINING HER AND HER HUSBANDS DAY. If she was being nice and saying ‘oh it’s so nice to have you!’ when she met you-it’s because Kyle Kennedy clearly has manners and class and isn’t going to cause a scene on HER WEDDING DAY. Unlike some people.
Seriously, if you are not a relative (who was invited but is dealing with a family tragedy) or long term partner and you show up at a wedding uninvited you are crashing. Period. It’s totally tacky.
Also who the hell leaves a wedding during dinner and then returns for the dancing? Someone who is a brat and probably hated the food and the oh so boring speeches.
Or you know, a wedding crasher who shouldn’t be there. They prob didn’t even have a chair for her and Connor since they weren’t invited.
Seriously, this is making me really angry.
Ahem…. I think I have an idea as to what went on during the time off they had during the meal.
*gag reflex*
I thought it was because there were no places set out for them. No RSVP not place at the tables.
Imagine! Expecting the mother of the bride or the wedding planner since these are Kennedys to make room for the uninvited after she/they took pains to perfectly craft the tables.
I’m not being sarcastic – I’m outraged. I realize that it’s easier for Kennedys to plan a wedding than the rest of us but a lot of thought goes into that seating.
Where the heck is his father, Robert Jr?
An 18-year old who is still going to high school should not be RSVP’ing anyway.
This too! Why isn’t he with his dad at this wedding? Where is he in all of this??
Robert isn’t exactly a good shining example for young Conor. He was the one who said all sorts of crazy things about Mary Kennedy (she’s depressed, she’s an alcoholic etc.) which her family denied (they had two memorials his side and their side. They argued where to bury her etc. It was acrimonious). Robert was also dating Cheryl Hines (I used to respect her) before he even divorced Mary. From what I heard Mary was devestated when he asked for a divorce. So really do you think he cares to reign his son and his ho in?
Maybe the father is the key to all of this. After all, mere months after separating with the dude’s mother, he was marching Cheryl Hines around, taking pics on red carpets, etc. Fortunately, they chilled out, but only after the woman killed herself.
Maybe this boorish behavior is designed as a swipe towards his dad and all of the family who played nicer with papa’s new piece than with his mother. If these folks, or rather, family, gathered around my father while ditching my mom, and only decided to show up for her only when she was put in the ground, oh yeah, clowning would be in order.
Of course, this is just a theory.
That one has always been trying to get into Hollywood. Those of us out here can smell him. They are trying to run the place covertly, a few of them have already invaded the Santa Monica City Council. OK maybe only one but you know how they multiply. No… I think there are at least 2 – a male Shriver and a male Kennedy.
Taylor is soo delusional and so entitled and so clueless. I read about the brides’s mother directly asking Taylor to leave and the Bride’s mother said something to the effect that it was like talking to a blank slate.
Is no one here a bit skeeved by a 22 year old woman dating a high school senior????
A – frickin’ – MEN!!!’n
@bluhare a high school JUNIOR. The kid is 18 and a Kennedy so we are a little less skeeved that we would normally be.
I’m worried about him but that has nothing to do with his age, it’s about her CRRRAY-ZEE. I think this time the Kennedys may have met their match.
I would wish her on his dad. The kid is still innocent until proven guilty even if he is a Kennedy.
He better be a senior, or else he’ll be 20 when he graduates from high school!
How long have they been dating?! Bringing her to his moms grave? Weird. :-/
Morning, Sami! (Long time — no chat. How’s the family?)
It’s like a really bad TV movie, isn’t it?
I would truly not be surprised if Taylor is already planning a wedding.
Yeah she probably went, in part, so she could check out the venue…for her own big day. Taylor Swift-Kennedy…pshh..she’ll prob drop “Swift.” Madam Taylor Kennedy.
Her diary (you know, the one covered in hearts, rainbows, and unicorns) probably has pages of “Madam Taylor Kennedy” written like Nicholson in The Shining.
Wait — let’s go one better:
“First Lady Taylor Kennedy”.
***shudders violently***
We are great, thanks lovie! Miss talking to you! XoXo!
It’s really weird. I used to think Swifty was harmless, but she’s really kind of a dig my claws in and hold on as tight as you can kind of girl.
Since June 2012 after he finished 10 th grade
I normally don’t follow Taylor Swift stories/gossip but this story keeps flaring up everywhere so I had to read Kaiser’s take. She’s cray cray! Seriously, she’s just nutty! Something’s way off with her.
Taylor’s beginning to morph into Faith Hill in Stepford Wives.
Another ‘he broke my heart’ song in the making…watch out for it Celebitchy Friends, coming to a Walmart near you! 🙁
Lol so true.
If she writes another he did me wrong song after what happened to his mom, she is officially a b!tch
I guess Taylor wants to change her image from ” the good girl singer” to “the bad girl singer” by crashing a Kennedy wedding and dating an 18 year old boy. You go girl. Isn’t time for Conor to leave for College soon or is he just a senior in high school?
… and now we know why JG broke up with her over the phone. Look at the stalker, smother moves this woman has.
I never read her posts before but she’s so creepy that I can’t resist!
I´m worried about him. He lost his mother a couple of months ago and is now looking for comfort. I don´t know, I feel like she´s taking advantage of him, famewhoring their relationship and being portayed as the supportive girlfriend, when she´s really just a creep. She´s using his pain to make herself unreplaceable for him.
I have a feeling that this will no end well.
I’m with you. I think she found a younger guy that she can manipulate. How many 18 year old guys, or guys of any age, WANT to go to a wedding. I have to drag my man kicking and screaming all the way to each wedding. This is all Swifty, she wanted to go to a Kennedy wedding and had Conor take her. There is going to be a power imbalance between a high school kid and a 22 year old music superstar. Poor Conor will be torn into shreds on her next album.
Exactly! Guys that young still ask if they need to wear a suit coat to a wedding.
She wanted to go to bask in the full Kennedy family ambiance because there’s so many of them and when they get married the whole clan comes no matter what.
However the scenario went down, why is a Kennedy inviting the public into a private family matter? Victoria should STFU. Now she’s the one overshadowing her daughter’s wedding.
Good point. Well, Victoria does have Kathie Lee Gifford as a stepmom, so maybe we can blame her lack of discretion on that! Still, Taylor and her infant boyfriend were the ones in the wrong for crashing in the first place. Taylor needs some psychological help, pronto.
I totally agree. The poor bride must be so embarrassed. I have no doubt that the bride was just happy to marry the groom, and see her friends and family celebrate with her. Victoria Gifford Kennedy is just trying to get attention because the whole Kennedy clan thinks she has a screw loose.
The bride is resilient. She is a Kennedy. She is trained. Poor thing.
I dated a younger guy once, I was 23/24, he was 20/21 and for me that was weird at times, so many of our references were out of synch. I cannot fathom why she is dating a high school kid, even as a freshman in college I wouldn’t have even contemplated that. Maybe she is immature for her age, but she is old enough to have graduated college and still dating a h.s. boy? She seems to veer from too old (Jake, John Mayer) to too young, it’s not that hard to find guys your own age surely? And wth is she going to do with the beach house when they inevitably break up? Kennedy Compound ain’t going nowhere, silly b*^@h. I don’t know whether to feel sorry for her or slap her.
Bet Swifty got tired of those older Men being in control & dumping her as she is so immature. Men her age would be equals if shehad the mentality of most 22 yr olds… ButSwifty is not only in love, but more than likely on a power trip as well…dating a teen ( even he’s Kennedy) puts Her in control for once as he is busy learning to deal w/ his hormones, acting like an entitled teen, running his Mother’s estate & most of all coping with his Mother’s suicide. Bet Swifty was salivating this one was too good to be true..a young one she could control by displaying her lill girl pouts & reminding the family about her songs of innocent broken hearts was just that and not some crazy behavior that just happened to make a semi talented serial dating & write about the
breakups creepy stalker….luckily she can thank her celebrity status, if she were anyone else she would be in a jail cell for any or all of the following…1) dating a minor (possibly statutory rape depending on what state their Camelot plays out. 2) she would have been arrested for stalking Connor finally 3) she would have been arrested for trespassing at the Kennedy wedding. She’s creepier than a Kardashion….most people know & see agendas all over their Kat tight faces.. Swifty is sneaky..she dresses & acts like your typical 16 yr old woman trapped in a 22 yr old body;)!
Who even decides an hour before a wedding that they suddenly want to go? I can see an underage teen who wants an excuse to drink free alcohol but not a 20-something celeb with presumably better things to do. She seems so completely juvenile…not to mention psycho.
Yesterday someone mentioned that she didn’t buy the house after all…maybe she’s finally getting the idea how cray that would be.
That’s not true: the real estate agent came out and said an anonymous investment firm (Taylor Swift, LLP probably) purchased the house. Why would he have to say that to the press?? Hmmmmm…
soooo this is how she treats her boyfriends??? moves across from them, and imposes herself in everything they do.
she is creepy, towering over him–it will be a bitch trying to break up w/her. geesh
If either were told not to come or to leave, they both are rude, thoughtless little pigs…
Don’t insult the pigs 🙂
Hee. I heard that in Alec Baldwin’s voice. 😛
Me, too, it was awesome.
I wish one of her exes would write a song about her. Total creepfest. Preying on an emotionally fragile young BOY who just lost his mother so she can live out her Jackie O, camalot fantasy. Psycho!
I’m embarrassed for Taylor Swift. She just doesn’t get it. She seems to have the same mental state as Leeann Rimes.
I’m surprised she didn’t show up at the gravesite wearing a pink Chanel suit and black pill box hat w/veil over face.
Your right she is Leeann Rimes 2.0 and you know the pink Chanel suit and black pill box hat w/veil over face outfit is coming just wait.
Lol, I’d love to see that. Then we’d know she’s gone truly around the bend into Crazytown.
sorry, double post.
Swifty looks like a social climber in all this. You bet a faction of the Kennedys aren’t going to forget this. Watch your back Swifty. This family has had practice dealing with troublesome starlets, and the starlets usually lose.
Does she really need to climb socially? Her family is rich. She didn’t come out of poverty or even middle class. She’s also personally rich. She might know the Kennedys from childhood for all we know – her family vacationed around the same types of places as the Kennedys.
Here’s the thing, this is a girl who is constantly portrayed by her people as the prototypical “good/pure girl”. It’s strange, because if you think about it, she has hooked up with more people by the age of 22, than most of us, who are in their late 20s, have. Got to give it to her PR team for sure!
only thing that could make her more creepy/vulturish is if she had something to do with his mom’s death.
id say she sees herself as a modern day Marylin rather than Jackie O with the blonde hair and the entertainment career and most importantly the lost little girl routine. she could be a marylin maybe and thats a big maybe she could never hope to epitomize the class that Jackie O had
I believe the mother of the bride. why arent people saying swifty is a hoe cuz she is!
Not surprised by this story. Taylor gives me entitled vibes. Big time.
I bet Conor wasn’t even going to the wedding but Swifty heard about it and persuaded him into it because she wanted to go to a real Kennedy wedding. Hence the text just before the wedding.
She’s starting to scare me. The delusions, the being out of touch with reality (see: Victoria’s comment). Even the wax doll-looking face.
Sadly, creepy is the only word I can think of.
That was pretty much my theory. Most 18 year old boys aren’t particularly interested in attending weddings (unless they’re very close to the bride or groom).
SHE KANYE’d THAT WOMANS WEDDING! Hey girl, imma let you get married, but first I’m gonna crash your wedding
What a little brat, i just can’t stand her
This story just triggered a memory. When I was a junior in college I met a cute freshman and let him take me out for coffee. It was SOOOOOO awkward!!!
Had he been a high school boy… oh my God. I can’t even imagine. And this guy LOOKED older, whereas Connor LOOKS like a little kid.
This is so unbelievably rude…I feel for that bride. I would be PISSSSSSED!
I kinda take offense that you say no famous person or celebrity would crash a wedding. You know the Cracken would’ve if she thought she could get away with it. The booze and drugs to be found at a Kennedy family gathering? And Cracken did head for New York recently-she’s probably pissed mixed up the days and missed the wedding.
The fact that she rushed to buy that house so close to them gives me the creeps
Why all the hate? She seems a sweet girl dating a younger buy (4 years difference don’t seem a big deal to me)who went to a wedding.
A bride doesnt want some celeb upstaging her on her day
A bride who is intelligent and self-possessed knows that there are more important things to worry about in life than a “perfect” wedding. Especially when there are lots of people in attendance, wedding planners and day of planners who take care of everything. Though I guess keeping her mom away from the bar was a lot of work.
@ Molly: A bride shouldn’t have to just deal with things like that. If it were an accident, that’s one thing. This was not. The bride plans her day painstakingly for months and she has the right to be mad when outsiders screw with it. Everyone else should have the up most respect for that ONE SINGLE DAY. Especially if you are a major celebrity. No excuse for Swift or Conner here. They should have had more self awareness and respect.
@Molly – It seems the board doesn’t agree with your views. And why trash the mother? If she’s a known alcoholic, then provide links to the gossip. But I think you’re a Taylor fan. And that’s ok. But what she did was not cool. And when two family members that have known the bride her entire life are saying it was not cool, it’s not cool.
Most eighteen year old are freshmen in college, not high school juniors, as the article said. I don’t get that. But I concur with what others are saying: she’s found a boy, as opposed to a man, who is technically legal but extremely immature and still in high school. She can manipulate him and lead him and have him worship her instead of the other way around. She’s a bit of a predator in this case.
Enough has been written about home schooling to puncture the standard cliches; more to your point cordelia, she should worship her pr team, not the kennedy’s, because they are succeeded in convincing tweener/soccer moms that she has talent, she’s pure as the driven snow, and she’s above it all; nope, she’s corporate pop music at its most aggressively mercenary, and she has a battalion of people behind the scenes calculating her grabs for attention and cash before her schtick finally wears out. BTW, her new “song” is a joke how can anyone listen to that and think it’s even passable. The term indie has been eviscerated; does she even know what it means?
There may be a difference of opinion between the bride and her mother, two different generations with different attitudes about such things. Also depends on how close the bride felt to Conor.
But isn’t it unusual to make a barely 18 year old high schooler the executor of his mom’s estate? They couldn’t find anybody in the family who was a tad older?!?
How is is able to go through men/boys like she does and have people still think she’s so virginal/fragile girl? She needs to give seminars to hollywood floosies.
She doesn’t have me fooled, behind the squinty eyed smile is a nutcase.
Why can’t she ever close her mouth in a photo? Or forever. Where’s Ursula to take her voice when you need her?
I read that Conor began school later because he suffered from severe allergies as a child and was very sick. Also, why can’t Kathy Lee be lying to cover for her step-daughter-in-law? And why would Conor get his own invitation instead of being invited with his family? Would each of RFK Jr.’s 6 kids get an individual invitation? I, too, would like to get the bride’s version. I don’t know why Victoria Gifford Kennedy would make this up, but maybe she’s in the hate Taylor camp. I can’t believe Conor would not leave the wedding if his aunt asked. And yes, why wasn’t Conor’s dad there or was he? Maybe he’s lying low after his own scandal.
I could be wrong but once you are 18 it is considered polite to send your own invitation because you are now an adult no longer a child. At least that’s what I was always taught….
I don’t believe this should have been aired publicly, but the fact is if Taylor has rubbed a very public political family the wrong way and is not taking the hint or direct statement and maybe they are feeling used due to her PR campaign, then they have the right to turn the tables on her using the same weapon she is using to needle her way into the family. And apparently it’s the press.
Imagine being almost 23 and someone asking you when they’ll meet your boyfriend and you tell them that he’s in school at the moment and when that person asks you what university he attends you have to tell them he’s still in high school? How embarrasing!
LOL at her publicist trying to spin it as “the bride thanked her profusely for being there”, and another statement from her PR team stated that “the bride was happy to share her spotlight with Taylor”, as if Taylor’s attendance was what pushed the wedding to go through and without her, the wedding would have been a bust. Oh, hallelujah for Taylor being there!!!
She and Conor were both rude. First for not RSVPing, and then not leaving when asked, and then skipping parts of the wedding to come and go as they pleased.
She gives me creepy vibes. She seems to be very calculating and manipulative, but she hides it behind her cutesy-poo/”I can do no wrong” image and her songs about her heart being broken by almost a dozen guys by now.
I was ok with this until Taylor purchased the new house. Is this young man a junior or a senior at high school? Taylor is behaving poorly and the whole country is watching her do it. Let’s hope she doesn’t have a pregnancy.
The “bride was happy to share the spotlight with her”?! OK, help me out here, my CB friends. I’ve never been a bride, but I am having an impossible time imagining any bride who would want to be upstaged in any way on her wedding day.
why is she America’s sweetheart? shes a ho3!! shes shacked up with so many dudes already John Mayer whos a huge porker, Taylor Lauter, Jake Gylenhall wasnt she hanging out with Patrick Schwarzenager too? JEez the list goes on and on!!! shes only in her early 20’s and still shes americas sweetheart? why? I cant stand her or her music and she thinks she will be the next Jackie O i spit on her
and her music
This is probably just as ‘real’ as her buying that house. That Vicky comes across as a total nut. Bride posted pics of her and Taylor and seemed to be very happy to have her there.
Funny that all the stories trashing Taylor lead to one person. That Ethel-Taylor friendship is really killing her. Poor baby.
Taylor you really need to run from those crazy people. They only need your fame.
Uh…..the Kennedy’s don’t need her fame and I doubt the majority really want it.
OriginalTiffany – Right On! In our homeschooling corner of the world, our kids are doing amazingly well. Scholarships to many huge colleges and universities. Multiple languages, musical geniuses, Shakespeareans. Our kids took classes everyday with other homeschoolers and at the local community colleges. They have assimilated beautifully with all age groups and are exceptionally polite and well mannered. The homeschool life was an amazing blessing to our family and we are very liberal people, not religious nuts who want to control everyone else. I am amazed at the ignorance that is still around re: homeschooling.
Most of the guys Swifty has “dated” are gay. She seems to have a hard time finding straight guys that can stand her.
This story is twisted on convoluted.. Just saw where Kathy Lee Gifford commented on this, she is a Kennedy relative and was in attendance..and CONNOR texted, not Taylor and he took Taylor anyway after being asked not to show up..when they showed up, they were asked to leave..Kathy Lee’s last words in the interview was “I dont think she knew she was not invited.” It really sounds more like Connor was trying to show off to his famous girlfriend than anything.
Dee, why is Taylor a “ho”? The double standard never dies. And why can’t she be “America’s Sweetheart” if she’s had some lovers by the age of 22? America’s Sweetheart equals virgin? I’ve never been a fan of Taylor’s, but a lot of this criticism is unfair female bashing. A male country star would NEVER be judged by the number of lovers he’s had by 22. EVER. His reputation would be separate from his sexuality. It’s no news that a woman’s reputation is still based on her sexuality, but it’s wrong just the same. End of rant.
My last comment is even if this whole wedding crashing is true, wouldn’t it behoove Victoria Gifford Kennedy to squelch the story rather than bitch-slap Taylor publicly? A mother trying to protect her daughter would NOT play up the story as Victoria has. She’d downplay it to keep her daughter’s wedding out of the gossip mags. Now the attention is on the mother-of-the-bride, though, because of her negative comments about Taylor Swift. So who’s stealing Kyle’s thunder now? Isn’t it her own mother?
Perhaps she’s trying to make Taylor look bad to protect Connor?
Perhaps the Kennedy’s have tried politely to get her to tone it down and this was their last straw?
This bugs me. He is too young for her. I wonder if the genders were switched, what would people be saying? I bet people would be a lot harsher. I also can’t understand why anyone would want anything to do with that family. They are famous for being dysfunctional
Here is the thing the kid shoud have rvsp’d and Kathy Lee Gifford who is the godmother of the bride said on GMA that Connor did not do as such. He texted the bride an hour before the event asking if he could bring his girlfriend. He had months to do so and did not. The bride said no. He did not listen and brought Taylor anyways. So that is plain rude. Kathy also said on GMA that the bride did ask politely that they leave. She wasn’t too happy about a popstar overshadowing her day and that is understandable. Kathy says at this time she was away from the event so she doesn’t know all the details. But Taylor is said to have ignored the first few requests before the couple bolted. So both people have no manners. Connor should have rvsp’d and taylor should have left the first time she was asked.
At the original Tiffany:
Best statement of the day!
“Swifty is weirdo because she is a Hollywood creeper weirdo that dates gay men and young, vulnerable Boys.”
anything with creeper in it gets me going! too much.
now,I’m gonna be that weird girl at the grocery store laughing to herself.
This too shall pass.
what disturbs me is the mother of the bride. Does not negate what Talor did but certainly the motehr of the bride has issues of her own & has for years & we all know what a motor mouth Kathy is. This could have been dealt with very privately & its not Connor Or Taylor that took away from the brides day.. IT is the mother of the bride. She now single handedly with a little help from Kathy made thos whole incident a fiasco. Whhat a day for the bride to remember. Everyone needs a slef righteous mother out for vengance. She wante dit to be her daughters day so rather then serve another plate she chose to sever her daughter this for her wedding gift. LOVELY MOMMA
the mother’s account was written up in the Boston Herald, a LEGIT newspaper. The reporter wrote that she called Mrs Kennedy herself and spoke to her.
And I know (cause I dated a finance reporter for WSJ) you CANNOT make up stuff, or white lil lies in a newspaper source!
Right? swifty’s wierd, she’s just plain WIERD. Shifty more like it, she’s dodgy,
I just imagine her a lil girl playing w/ her barbie and stuffed animals and dressing them to get married…romantically disillusioned!
said it once, say it again…she needs to get LAID!she needs a few drunken hook ups, one nighters that barely last the night…not end up in marriage.
Ever stop to think that maybe Connor was the one who refused to leave? I mean, it was his fault for not replying to the RSPV so Im not really sure how Taylor is being blamed for this. If he didnt want to leave, than I can see that Taylor wouldnt either. And seriously, who the hell kicks someone out of their wedding unless they are a crazy ex? Thats just rude. The first rule of wedding planning is that you set aside a place for a few extra people in the event that someone brings a last minute date. You have to be an idiot not to know that.
That same Boston newspaper reported this 18 year old young man as being about to enter his JUNIOR year at Deerfield Academy. Which is a prep school (private high school) not a college or university. So he is an 11th-grader at the age of 18, for whatever reason. I doubt the Boston newspaper got this wrong.
Even if TS didn’t know that she wasn’t welcome, once she was asked to leave by the mother of the bride, she should have left – for the remainder of the wedding. The article I read said they left during the dinner portion of the reception but later returned and danced away the rest of the evening.
I would think the Kennedy family would like Taylor Swift to just go away at this point. And being truthful with a newspaper reporter may have been seen as a way of accomplishing that goal.
Taylor is the very dark side of Venus. (Venus: The Dark Side) google.