Taylor Swift covers this week’s Us Weekly, and the cover story seems to be both of the “let’s make Swifty into the next Jennifer Aniston” variety (meaning, “let’s make her sound like a crazy cat-lady who can’t hold on to a man”) and the “let’s slut-shame Swifty for dating too many guys” variety. Here’s the thing: I’ll gleefully tease Swifty and shake my head at her boy-crazy, boy-centric antics, but the way I really feel is that at the age of 22, she SHOULD be dating around and making relationship mistakes and being a hot mess in love. Does that mean she should be dating high school juniors? NO. Does it mean she needs to devote entire albums to a sketchy relationship that only lasted three months and seemed to involve an ungodly amount of apple-picking and cuddlefesting? NO. But still… she should be dating and making mistakes because (in theory) that’s the way she’ll learn. The problem might be that Swifty hasn’t learned anything. The problem might be that she’s 22 going on 13. Some highlights from Us Weekly’s story:
Taylor Swift is apparently “so desperate” to be loved that she is frightening off any potential boyfriends with her full-on behaviour, according to a new report.
The country singer split from Conor Kennedy last month after dating for nearly four months and has a string of celebrity ex-boyfriends, including John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Lautner.
According to a source, the 22-year-old has been unlucky in love time and time again due partly to the fact that she puts “too much pressure” on all of her boyfriends.
A source tells Us Weekly: “All Taylor wants is to be loved. She’s a prisoner of her work. It takes up all of her time. She overworks relationships. She puts so much pressure on them [and] it ultimately kills the deal. Then she’s baffled as to why it didn’t work. It’s like she’s analyzing love like a scientist, rather than just feeling it.”
“It’s ironic that she is a multimillionaire from singing about love. With each relationship, she’s less and less naive about the reality of dating. She is starting to realize it’s not this imaginary fantasy with princes on horses sweeping you away.”
[From Us Weekly via Entertainmentwise]
“It’s like she’s analyzing love like a scientist, rather than just feeling it.” You know who has that problem? Sociopaths. No joke. I’m not callin’ her a socio, but she ain’t messin’ with no broke… anyway. Anyway, yes… I guess it’s good news that she’s learning that life isn’t a fairy tale in which your prince comes riding up on a white horse to take you apple-picking. Some girls are like that, though. They’re just… naïve, I guess. Immature to the realities of the world. What’s really scary is that Swifty is influencing a generation of girls with her music about fairy tales and ponies and teddy bears.
Meanwhile, Page Six reported yesterday that their sources are saying it’s “not completely over” between Swifty and Conor Kennedy. Page Six said:
We’re told that Swift has remained very close to the Kennedy family, so much that the singer has confirmed she will attend the Dec. 3 RFK Gala, where she’ll be honored in front the whole Kennedy clan — including Conor if he is allowed out of school. Sources tell us he and Swift have stayed in phone contact despite being kept apart.
Swift, 22, will be honored at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ Ripple of Hope Awards Dinner at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square along with Wall Street executive and philanthropist Vincent A. Mai. The gala will be hosted by Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, while Alec Baldwin will serve as master of ceremonies. Family members expected to be present include Kerry Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I totally called it, remember? They’ll get back together and they’ll spend his Christmas holiday in Hyannis Port and then Conor will go back to school in January and then he’ll miss Valentine’s Day and then it will be OVER. And then they’ll get back together for his Spring Break, and before you know it, there will be another sun-soaked Kennedy summer. Rinse and repeat.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
*sigh*
Now, that only took, what? Four, five years?
I doubt this line of thinking will last long, though. Once another boy comes along and complements her polka dots, she’ll be head over heels all over again and ear plug sales will shoot through the roof.
I don’t think she’s a slu*t, I was doing way worse at 22 BUT I also wasn’t acting like I was the Virgin Mary. That’s what continues to grind my gears when it comes to Shift Swifty, she sends out this Little Miss ‘I just love being in love and holding hands ‘ image but her dating history really doesn’t tally with that. Don’t try and tell me that you’re this innocent girl and then publicly date John Meyer, are you for real?!
Everything I hear from this “woman” screams “entitled daddy’s girl”. Know what I mean?
I agree, I’m pretty sure Taylor has never even mentioned the word “sex” ever… I don’t think anyone assumes she is so innocent, especially after the whole John Mayer episode.
Has she ever made comments about sex? In either direction? Serious question, I’m curious, because I’ve never heard her hawking purity, but I haven’t been paying attention to her interviews or anything.
She has a lot of very young female fans, so from a marketing standpoint, her team probably prefers her to not discuss sexuality.
she talks about sex in her songs.
I feel that the image she sells is ‘innocence’ and she goes along with it, just look at her most recent interviews and how she answers she gives a very wholesome image. How many times have you heard parents say ‘Oh I like Swift she’s harmless, not singing anything trashy like Rihanna’ Taylor puts herself out there as a role model, she’s happy to take up that mantle but her personal life just doesn’t reflect the same thing. Again John freaking Meyer.
Don’t mis understand me I don’t hate the girl, or even dislike her but this aspect of her does *really* annoy me.
boom +1
Swift is another Jennifer Love Hewitt in progress. In another 10 years Taylor will have been engaged a a few times and have had a number of relationships that end because of her desperation to be married. I would not be surprised if Swift has already picked out her own engagement and wedding rings. She just screams desperation.
Sounds like this girl watched one too many disney movies as a kid. She needs to grow up and realize life is not a fairy tale. And whats with her and those stupid cats she wears.
Annoying, annoying, annoying! UGH
God I want to smack her.
Yes
My four year old daughter would look great in that striped sweater with the kitty. IMHO, if it would look great on a small child, then it’s probably not an appropriate top for an adult. I am sure a lot of it is a cultivated image but damn! This girl really does seem to live in a world occupied by rainbows, sparkles and Lisa Frank stickers.
My four year old daughter would look great in that striped sweater with the kitty. IMHO, if it would look great on a small child, then it’s probably not an appropriate top for an adult. I am sure a lot of it is a cultivated image but wow! This girl really does seem to live in a world occupied by rainbows, sparkles and Lisa Frank stickers.
“With each relationship, she’s less and less naive about the reality of dating. She is starting to realize it’s not this imaginary fantasy with princes on horses sweeping you away.”
To be fair, isn’t that ALL OF US? Replace “princes with horses” with “emotionally honest guys who don’t play games” and that’s totally my last breakup.
at the time she wanted everyone to know she let john mayer swim in her pool. she wanted an std or to have a relationship with a chronic cheater and douche that would put his white supremacist penus in any random white lady’s hooha (and then give interviews about it)? she is not that stupid. no surprise if all of her relationships are staged/fake. now that she’s going to get an award from the kennedy family that whole relationship makes more sense.
she needs a freaking make-over. mentally and physically.
one of my BFFs is just like this and she’s THIRTY. every single guy she meets is “the sweetest guy ever” and is “probably the one!!” until he runs the eff away from her desperate, clingy ass…I mean she literally starts talking being in love after knwoing these guys one week!!! it’s insane
A bit off topic but I have been wanting to say this for a while now, so: I know that eveyone here loves to hate Swifty, but have you ever considered that shes actually very mature? She dated Jake who was 30 and she dated John when he was in his mid 30’s. Maybe now she is going to younger guys because she is tired of being treated like a child in the relationship by the guy and the press(I always got the vibe from Jake that he treated her like a kid). There is obviously something about her that guys like, Jake was obviously hung up on her for a while, he was even caught wearing her scarf after they broke up, and according to the song ‘All to Well’, he kept it after she forgot it at his place. I personally think that she dumped John because he probably tried to get her to have sex with him and she just wasnt willing to give it up to him (or maybe he dumped her for that reason). I think that she lost it to Jake because again in ‘All to Well’ she says “But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me” and she refferences sex by saying “nights when you made me your own”. It seems like Swifty has some trust issues because of that.
Jake was seen wearing the scarf just during their relationship.
OT: Did anyone else notice how pissed-off Swifty looked when she didn’t win the Entertainer of the Year award at the CMA’s? Ha! If looks could kill! And for the award she did win, she pulled the “Ah, schucks” card once again, which really pissed me off for some reason. Now, whenever I hear one of her jelly-bean songs (and they’re all jelly bean songs) I feel repulsed.
I’m imagining a Twilight Zone episode where she collects these boyfriends with her sweet as cherry pie all the f–king time, Barbie like appearance.
A few months into their new relationship, John, Jake, Joe, and Conor grow unsettled by Taylors relentlessly clingy, country pop singing, agreeableness. (Yes they are all in an open relationship, seduced by promises of rainbows that lead to kingdoms ruled by peaceful puppies and kittens, where Robin Hood and King Arthur await on their unicorns at a castle to knight them.)
One sunny Valentines day the couples are on a date by the lake, sharing a picnic of chocolate dipped strawberries, heart shaped sugar cookies with rainbow sprinkles, and sparkling grape juice. After a game of ring around the rosie, Taylor goes to feed the ducks but loses her footing and falls into the water. Jake pulls her out of the lake but when he looks into her eyes and asks if she’s okay her eyes spark, she short circuits and repeats inane lyrics over, and over, and over again. It is revealed she’s actually a record company robot.
Actually – the more I think about it, the more I could get behind that conspiracy theory.
Well, she’s just 22, and besides singing about and immortalizing all her relationships, she honestly seems typical. And I agree, you have to make mistakes in order to learn that no one is perfect, you can’t fix or change people, and that … well, love hurts. When you take away the fact that she and these guys are celebrities, it’s really just a natural growing experience every woman goes through.
I mean, I’m 29 and I’m still trying to sort some things out with exes and horrible experiences that have scarred me, lol. So… I think people should give her a break. Some of us are just hopeless romantics, what can I say? We’ll keep trying until it’s right, damn it!
Yes, i want to smack her too stubbylove; she and her music are nothing but a gimmick folks, lets see – Target, Wal-mart, covergirl, Walgreens, her cd with Papa John pizza boxes, and today i saw her in a macy’s tv ad with the biebster, Martha Stewart, and Carlos Santana (WTF), cloying, phony, vapid, and crap music – yes, lots to admire with this simpering twit.
It’s about time she realizes it ha. I must say that I do appreciate her image. I have nieces that like to listen to her, and I’m quite positive they’re not going to learn their love life from taylor swift. But seriously it’s nice to know they can listen to her music without really worrying much. Plus I do think she’s a talented songwriter and a smart girl when it comes to business. She just needs to grow up. But I never want to judge somebody just because their image is clean. She just needs to stop freaking dating ever guy that makes her heart leap, it’s adding a lot of baggage to her future husband if she ever gets married. Also I do believe that this breakup was mainly from busyness, she has a huge album she’s promoting and a tour, so she needs to make up her mind to not date until she has time and a clearer head lol
Don’t worry honey, you’ll figure it out. You’re way ahead of me when I was 22….
Geez, cant believe I’m the ONLY one on here NOT buying this crap. Girl sets my Gaydar off big time….her whole created persona is a sell-out gimmick. She was a total Non-make up wearing butchy tom boy when she first began. The suits realized how pretty she was and marketed her to make up companies etc etc.
now she dates all these gay guys…..I mean, come on, its so obvious. Girl is GAY…….not that theres anything wrong with that….shes just in the closet. Thats all.