Tom Hiddleston & Taylor’s romantic date night involved swan pastries, fudge

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I’ve been wondering about the timeline for Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift. Not just the timeline of when they started flirting and talking and “courting,” but the timeline of when they arrived in Rhode Island, when she decided to set up the staged beach photos and why she (and presumably Tom too) wanted them published so quickly. The Sun claims the photos were taken on Tuesday afternoon, so the turnaround from staged scene to publication was about 24 hours. What’s the typical turnaround on exclusive shots like that, and why wouldn’t the photographer try to sell to a weekly, where there would presumably be more money? Is it because Taylor was working with one particular paparazzo and she wanted a fast (24-hour fast) turnaround? Or did The Sun just outbid everyone else?

Well, as Twitter was in meltdown mode Wednesday evening after The Sun dropped their bombshell photos, TIDDLES was enjoying a quiet, romantic meal at the Olympia Tea Room in Westerly, Rhode Island, which isn’t far from Tay-Tay’s Watch Hill mansion.

Her next love story! Taylor Swift and her new man Tom Hiddleston enjoyed a long, romantic date night at Olympia Tea Room in Westerly, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, June 15.

“Tom and Taylor were … in the back left booth drinking white wine,” an eyewitness tells Us Weekly. “They were very cute, a lot of laughing, giggling, as she showed him texts and photos on her phone.”

The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other either. “They were interlacing their fingers across the table and laughing,” the onlooker said, noting that they ordered the restaurant’s famous Avondale Swan pastry with whipped cream and fudge. The “Wildest Dreams” songstress, 26, and Avengers actor, 35, stayed at the restaurant for more than two and a half hours, the eyewitness adds. They even ordered after-dinner espressos and lingered past 11:30 p.m.


[From Us Weekly]

I love the exhaustive detailing that goes into reporting about Taylor Swift’s dates. She does this all the time! With Jake Gyllenhaal, it was apple-picking and cuddlefesting. With Conor Kennedy, it was antiquing and dessert-dates too. I would think that Hiddles would probably be up for some apple-picking and antiquing. And with those late-night espressos, they probably were wide-awake for a night full of Tiddlesbanging!!! But who could Tiddlesbang after a really big meal that involved a swan pastry and FUDGE?

PS… My mother became a Dragonfly/Hiddlestoner after watching The Night Manager and she is SO MAD that Tom is with Taylor Swift. Seriously!

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  1. Bridget says:

    So, you think Taylor wants everyone to know? But she’s usually so stealth. It’s not her fault paparazzi are just crawling around Rhode Island.

    • paleokifaru says:

      That’s EXACTLY the way I remember all my trips to Rhode Island! The place was just lousy with paparazzi!😉

      • Syko says:

        Especially on those private beaches!

      • Christin says:

        Several have said it’s not a private beach, but that still doesn’t mesh with *someone* just happening to get photos at *that moment*.

        That moment = They looked like were or acting for the Notebook, seaside, middle-aged scenes (sorry, but both dressed and appeared the part).

      • paleokifaru says:

        I think what I’ve never understood about Taylor is HOW thirsty she is. She’s already super famous. Does she really need to stage these things? I get that she controls her image, etc but I just don’t understand the way she does it. Don’t blather on about how you want privacy and how everyone judges your personal life when you are VERY purposefully putting it out there for public consumption.

      • Wren says:

        Some people just really really like attention. I can think of a few people I know who would kill for the kind of coverage Taylor’s most mundane crap gets. She’s probably one of them and thoroughly enjoys being able to create her own perfect story to make people to fall all over themselves.

        I find her, as a person, very average and rather uninteresting, but the effect she produces on people is fascinating. How can someone this boring be so interesting? It’s a paradox.

      • paleokifaru says:

        100% agree with the paradox. I just don’t get it.

      • Cecilia says:

        Yup. Last year we went to the Newport Jazz Festival. Couldn’t move what with all the paparazzi floating about – the minute our trained crossed the Connecticut border it was slow going, man, the conductors had to keep shooing paparazzi off the tracks. Back in the ’80s when I hung out with friends in Watch Hill – swarms of them, I tell you, swarms!!

    • holly hobby says:

      Yeah like Rhode Island is the most happening place crawling with celebs – NOT. They were tipped off.

    • Miss M says:

      Does anyone know if the beach photos were taken right after the MET gala or now?
      I have my suspicious… 🙂

      • Lilacflowers says:

        The Met gala was on Monday, May 2. Wednesday, May 4, he was in London meeting with politicians and school kids and doing morning television interviews about UNICEF. So, Tuesday, May 3 would have involved flying home.

      • Miss M says:

        Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Thanks Lilac! I did turn my dragonfly card in, hahahaha

  2. Mia V. says:

    These two are a gift that keeps on giving, can’t wait to read the details of their first night of sweet love under the moonlight.

    • Broa says:

      He really is so dufusy looking. Like a muppet. I don’t get his appeal at all.

      • Camille says:

        Neither do I. Yuck.

      • Lauren II says:

        Tom, just like Daniel Craig, are sex in motion. Neither men are photogenic.
        British men are best observed in motion and speech.
        Articulate, educated British men are the ultimate aphrodesiac. They are highly skilled in many areas, but you have to mentally connect with them to crack the code.

    • Brittney B. says:

      “Gift that keeps on giving”, indeed.

      My boyfriend and I just had a laugh over headlines like “Taylor Swift Dating Marvel Villain”… I didn’t know how much I needed a silly laugh over banal gossip. Most of the headlines on my screen this week have been absolutely gut-wrenching… so this is a nice, fluffy distraction. And it really puts the real-world “importance” of these things into perspective.

      Celebrity gossip is largely irrelevant to our real lives. But it does provide a nice, empty reprieve when reality gets too awful to bear. I will never again judge anyone for indulging in the Kardashians or Real Housewives after work… I don’t know what they’re going through, what they’re trying to forget, etc. Everything we consume doesn’t have to be soul-enriching.

      Sorry, that got WAY too deep and rambly. I’m full of emotions over here.

      • Karen says:

        My boyfriend doesn’t do celeb gossip. I asked him “Guess who Loki is dating?” … “Taylor Swift”. I think he looked confused, and sarcastically added something like “that’ll end well.” Then we started adlib-singing (the worst ever, like really off key) pop songs… about how the girl thought she met a Prince, but he ‘tricked’ her into believing it. That 30 seconds of entertainment, then back to dinner.

        I dont know why this pairing is so fun, but they’re just joy.

      • Erinn says:

        Hahah – Karen. My husband doesn’t really follow it either, but he loves to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.

        The best was the other night when this news broke I was sitting at the computer giggling to myself of what the next day would bring.

        Mr: what’s so funny?
        Me: The internet is going to lose it because Taylor Swift is dating Tom Hiddleston.
        Mr: *completely dead pan* Why would Taylor do that to me!?

      • Brittney B. says:

        Mine doesn’t either, but he decided that Hiddleswift is much more fun than Tiddles, and both sound like English tea pastries.

      • Gatita says:

        I had the exact same reaction to this ridiculousness. So needed after weeks of terrible news.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Erinn, Mr. Balls thinks she’s HOT too. He thinks any man who doesn’t jump on the opportunity to date her must be gay. 🙂

        I don’t find her terribly attractive, but can’t argue that she has a killer body.

      • Kitten says:

        My boyfriend pretends not to care or know anything about celeb gossip but I’d bet he already knows about this pairing. I’ll ask him tonight.

        @Brittney-you weren’t rambling. Everything you said made perfect sense. It IS escapism. Not to sound preachy or sanctimonious, but it’s truly a luxury to be able to focus on silliness from time to time. Not everyone has that privilege. But we’re also really lucky to have a forum like this one, where even banal celeb gossip often leads to thoughtful conversations.

        *this PSA brought to you by Kitten*

      • Mia V. says:

        I was talking about it to my sister “OMG, Loki and Taylor Swift are dating” and my father was like “who are those?”.

      • Brittney B. says:

        @ Kitten … totally, totally agree. Thank you for that. And I really do appreciate the thoughtful discourse that evolves here, even on some of the silliest stories. It’s reassuring, and although it’s definitely a privilege to indulge in it, it’s also helping many of us to learn more about that same privilege. Very grateful.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Amen Kitten. I love the humor as well as the thoughtful analysis that I find in the comments. I’ve learned a sh!t ton on this site. I especially like the fact that it brings people from around the world to offer their cultural perspectives and help us understand each other better. As an American whose national news drowns out the global viewpoints, it helps me see things from a new vantage point, so I actually think participating in the discussions here makes me a better human in the end.

      • Dippit says:

        Yes @Kitten, sometimes we need to dissolve off the stains of rl with celeb banality – although I do get cross when banal celebs try to ‘soft-power’ influence on serious shizz.

        Someone I knew, only a little, and who shared many of my political views and philosophies was shot dead yesterday for doing her job and standing up for her beliefs (beliefs I share). And I know following Orlando, particularly (but not only – believe me) for the Americans here, there are many rl stains on our civil and political understanding of humanity and its value and must be abiding strength at the moment.

        Without wishing to be callous, because my deepest thoughts always remain where they ought, I am grateful for this banality to get sometime lost in.

        I reserve the right to snide at the fakery of it all… but it’s harmless fakery at least.

      • K.C. says:

        I totally agree. Part of the reason why I’m enjoying this story so much is that the last few weeks have been packed with miserable things in the news. Not that we should turn a blind eye to sad things, but to have some relief from the seriousness in the form of Hiddleswift is just amazing. There’s something so fantastical about this pairing. For me, it’s the mix of me loving yet having healthy levels of skepticism for both of them separately, loving the idea of them as a couple, and trying to make sense of the weird way they announced their coupledom. I feel like I’ve stepped into an alternate universe. But it’s so, so great.

        And I just have to say–I’ve tracked this story on a couple sites/forums, and have decided to just stick with Celebitchy now. What a wonderfully funny, thoughtful bunch of people here. I love that everyone is able to lovingly poke fun, come up with crazy conspiracy theories, support it on total fangirl levels, and everything in between, and it’s all so accepted. The vibes here are so fun.

    • Lizzie McGuire says:

      I’m so in love with Tiddles! So tall, so romantic, so cheesy. These two are perfect for each other, if they were after the attention they are definitely getting it. Tom Hiddleston is everything that Jake G, Calvin whatever, & John Mayer weren’t, he’s game for apple picking, swan watching, dessert eating dates. Also I think I would date TSwift if she took me eating like that too, all this girl eats are desserts! I’m also really hungry right now & my lunch is an hr away. I want pictures of the desserts!

      Go Tiddles!
      http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cuhzIPJ1qzlvmi.gif

      • Christin says:

        The highlight for me will be if he dresses up in retro bathing suit for her July 4th photo fest.

      • M.A.F. says:

        I will lose it (die from laughing) if they are caught in row boat and he is quoting Shakespeare. Oh, please let Christmas come early!

      • Cricket says:

        So I went to the google.. Tom is 6’2 and Calvin (aka Adam) is 6’6… speaking as someone who has a very tall partner, maybe those minus 4 inches is a good thing.. the more vertically challenged one is, the more difficult for the perfect selfie/photo and let’s not speak of all the things that are challenging to do: amusement park rides, movie or any theatre seating, many cars, commercial flying – strike that, this will never impede on the Tiddles, ceilings in old buildings, etc.. It is kind of funny to have photos of someone standing outside a building and being taller than the actual building and the hilarity of the photo standing next to a smart car. lol..

        just trying to have some fun here.. I think we can all use some harmless laughs .. it’s been a hellish week everywhere..

        and to Dippit – thoughts and prayers to you and your friend’s family. If it’s Jo – there are no words for such tragedy.

  3. Sullivan says:

    mmmmm… pastry shaped like a swan.

  4. H says:

    I bet a upset Dragonfly friend yesterday Swift will buy a posh London flat by the end of the summer if they are still dating. If they break up, I hope we will get a great song. Either way, I’m here for the drinks and snacks!

    • molee says:

      What color do you think she’ll title the album about him?

      • LahdidahBaby says:

        Caucasian white? Because after seeing those two dance…

      • Cricket says:

        Royal Blue is my guess.. she and Hiddles can have Kate and Wills over for tea..

        my guess is a large grade II country spread.. the city is not discreet enough and no place to ride horses

  5. Maria says:

    “…as she showed him texts and photos on her phone.”

    im too old if that is considered romantic.

    • Kaiser says:

      Right? “And here’s one of me & Karlie, and here’s one of me & Selena, and here’s one of me & Lorde…”

      Most dudes would have gone running for the hills.

      • Bridget says:

        Most dudes would have gone running for the hills at the prospect of dating Taylor Swift in the first place.

      • Maria says:

        most women i would guess, too. i dont understand how a 35 year old self appointed intellecutal thespian would do that.

      • kai says:

        The clue lies in the “self-appointed”….

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Maria,

        *whispers*

        Tom wants to be mega famous. His work isn’t getting him to A list status fast enough. He’s taking the short-cut method of dating an A lister instead.

      • Kitten says:

        Meh. She was probably showing him pictures of her cats. I do crap like that all the time. I actually busted out my phone in the pet store yesterday to show off my cats to interested patrons. Call me Taylor Swift lol.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        You “Taylored” a helpless patron at a pet store?? For shame!!

        😉

    • Lynnie says:

      I’m young and I still consider that lame. For most people if their date showed them photos of themselves (I’m not gonna even talk about the texts, because ????) they would (correctly) assume they’re self-absorbed and not schedule a second one.

      • Artemis says:

        If anybody pops out their phone to send a text or Snapchat, I already clock out mentally. Let alone having to hear the person SHOW and TALK to me out their phone content. Enough to stab myself with the butter knife…

        And this happens so often with my friends btw. I just quip that we don’t need candles when the lights on their phones do so much more to bring the atmosphere.

      • Evie says:

        I agree! Especially a first date.

      • M.A.F. says:

        I’m with Artemis.

      • Spiderpig says:

        Maybe she was showing him photos of her cats or something. That seems like the kind of thing she’d do, and honestly I can’t hate on that because I would too.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        This is what 20-somethings do. They engage on their phones at dinner. If a 35YO man wants to date one of these, he’s gonna have to follow her lead.

        Ugh. Tom needs someone to hold a mirror up to him so he can see how silly he looks.

    • kai says:

      Ha, my thoughts exactly. But they interlaced their fingers across the table. That’s love!

    • Locke Lamora says:

      They were probably checking how much attention they got from the staged photos.

      • Dippit says:

        That was my initial thoughts too. If you have a coupling made by publicists, what else do you do on your date nights but monitor that the publicists are doing their jobs right.

      • Mira says:

        Lol! Thats what i thought too. They were googling themselves.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I think this theory much better.

    • Twinky says:

      Right? This is exactly what my 12 year old daughter does with her current “boyfriend”.

    • Wren says:

      Texts? Yes, that’s lame because who the hell cares about your boring conversations? And they’re always boring.

      Photos? Heck yeah! I show people photos on my phone all the time because I use my phone to take pictures. If I went on a date I’d probably pull out my phone to show them pictures at some point.

      Why are people assuming she’s showing him pictures of herself? Most of my pics are of my animals and pretty landscapes. I imagine Taylor has a bunch of adorable cat pics, and as a fellow cat lady I can say with confidence that she’d be showing those off at the first opportunity. It’s like being those obnoxious parents who show you baby pictures, except it’s a kitty and it’s actually cute.

      • Brittney B. says:

        Yeah, I’m usually the first to side-eye incessant phone use… but I’ve pulled out my phone on intimate dates to laugh over a meme I saved or show off pictures of my cute pets.

        Recently, my boyfriend were in NYC at a nice restaurant, and we huddled over my phone to watch a camera feed of our cats and rabbits back in Florida. We missed them and wanted to see their faces. I then realized we looked exactly like those couples I always judge, ignoring the world around them to fixate on a screen. But it was our baaaaaabies on that screen! So yeah, I won’t assume it was vapid. If I were on a date with Taylor Swift, you bet I’d want to see pictures of Meredith and Olivia!!

      • Brittney B. says:

        Also, Wren… ” except it’s a kitty and it’s actually cute.”

        You’re awesome.

      • Rocío says:

        @BrittneyB I totally agree. I would love to see pictures of her cute cats. I’m a cat lady and a proud one!

      • Kitten says:

        Haha..I love you, Wren. I literally wrote the same thing above before I read your comment.

    • Me thinks my Tom must be a very lonely, sweet, sensitive, hopeless romantic that he would consider dating this girl & smile & laugh at her pics & texts. But will she be just as selfless when he starts reciting Shakespeare. Not unless Shakespeare is in it for a group selfie.

    • twilly says:

      Probably photos of her slumber parties with the girls. Tell me why has he suddenly lost his mind. Next Tumblr header will be: “Tom Hiddleston – Dirty Old Man”! There’s a photo of TS with her girls at the Met Gala. To say he looks out-of-place is a massive understatement.

      • Meee4 says:

        Oh that met ball photo looks like when you’re at the club with your girls and some creeper is trying to hook up with one of you, following you around like a puppy.

      • Mira says:

        Most of her fans are already calling him “an older man”. To her demographic of tween fans he is ancient.

      • M.A.F. says:

        I had the very same thought Meee4! He looked out of place.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I thought the same thing. Those pictures of her with her peeps and Tom standing there looking on made him look like the nerd trying to get in with the cool kids, except he’s a decade older than them, making it look even more weird.

        I think the Met Gala and after party told us a lot about Tom. While I’m sure he talked to other people his own age or older, the only photographic evidence we have of who he hung out with was Taylor and her friends, making him look like a desperate wanna-be.

      • Miss M says:

        @There were photos of Tom hanging out with other people like Idris Elba and she was right behind him staring at him

      • Cranberry says:

        He was also dancing with Sienna Miller at the Met Gala and there’s pics of that too.

        It’s funny how some of you also sound like a bunch of tweens making fun of adults attending a free-for-all/smorgasbord Gala event. Everything comes around full circle. lol

    • Dippit says:

      I think Tom has a lot of looking at funny cat videos in his immediate future.

      • Meee4 says:

        I wonder if she saw him snuggling that kitty on Corden’s show and thought “AHA, so perfect. Oh! kitty Olivia Benson, mommy found you a daddy.”

        Oh lord I just fully snorted out loud at my own lame joke. My co-workers must think I’m nuts right now.

      • Dippit says:

        @meee4 I guess people have bonded over less before.

        Style it out with your work colleagues 😉 🙂

  6. Elisa the I. says:

    I LOVE these 2 together. EPIC!

    • minime says:

      Yes!!! I’m just loving the global meltdown ahah
      And seriously…how cool it is that one week ago everyone was glowing at the narrative “Calvin Harris dumped Taylor ’cause she’s soooo clingy” and now is the “poor Calvin was betrayed”…fascinating all the unmeasured dislike this girl can attract! Even here in Celebitchy is all about how she had an evil plan to make Calvin dump her…hmm…OK There’s a place in hell for all of you, ya know? (JK) 😉
      They are cute together…whatever.

    • Kitten says:

      Yes I am with you guys! This is magical and everything I could have hoped for in a celeb summer romance.

  7. kiki says:

    I am going to make some huge jokes to Tom Hiddleston. This is just beyond fodder. I think the next girl that should be on Taylor Swift squad is Alicia Vikander. They are boring and pretentious and love the attention of showing off their “hot” boyfriends while getting the attention of photogs.

    This is ridiculous and sad.

    • Roxane says:

      Do you really need to put Alicia Vikander’s name everytime your comment ? What’s the point.

    • CornyBlue says:

      Lol what ? What has Alicia Vikander got to do with this now

    • meme says:

      I like Alicia. Don’t see her any staged “canoodling” pics of her and Fassbender.

      • Dippit says:

        I’ve gone from thinking in all likelihood Fassbender and Vikander were also a ‘made by publicists’ coupling to thinking it’s real. They don’t ‘stage’ their romance and seem to have let it breathe naturally. I don’t see that happening with this particular alliance. The MO, from both, is too transparent – even people usually willing to give benefit of the doubt on such things are calling this a set-up for PR.

        My only thoughts on Fassbender-Vikander “canoodling” pics were they were caught in Australia looking naturally just together, but Fassbender has disappointing legs; I’d never noticed that before.

      • M.A.F. says:

        Fassbender has an A frame. The lower half doesn’t quite go with the top half.

      • Kitten says:

        There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with his lower half.

      • M.A.F. says:

        @Kitten- I’m talking about his legs. 😉

    • kiki says:

      Ok. Can you tell me what she does in her own time for fun. Rather than sun tanning and somehow supposedly going bowling as her thing?

      I really don’t know anything about Alicia. I don’t want to know her personal life but who is she really? All of a sudden photogs of Her and Michael when they were in Australia is supposedly be normal? So much of a life so private.

      • Roxane says:

        2 years or so of relationship and what 4, 5 pap strolls. Nope I don’t see anything sketchy here. And dare I say for the papz they’re more interisting together than alone considering the fact that they rarely seen out and about. Anyway nobody can compare to Swift and Hiddleston thirstiness.

      • Fanny says:

        What is wrong with Alicia going bowling with her boyfriend on the weekend? All movie stars are going to get caught by the paparazzi occasionally. Vikander and Fassbender have only been caught a handful of times in the 1 1/2 years they have been together, which is a feat.

        But some people are so blinded with hatred of her that logic goes out the window. If they have any sort of physical contact in public they are “humping each other for the cameras”. If they don’t, then they hate each other and it’s a fake relationship. This has gotten NUTS.

      • Roxane says:

        @Fanny, “All movie stars are going to get caught by the paparazzi occasionally. Vikander and Fassbender have only been caught a handful of times in the 1 1/2 years they have been together, which is a feat.” This.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      I don’t get the hate for Vikander at all. She and Fassy act like a normal couple, don’t gush about each other publicly and take the focus off their relationship by walking red carpets separately. They’ve never struck me as a couple trying to sell their relationship. I’ve also been impressed and how they have managed to stay together while they have been quite busy with filming and promos. They’re one couple I think that is doing it right.

      Ever since Sixer pointed out the how short Fassy’s legs are in comparison to his torso I can’t unsee it.

      • Fanny says:

        As long as he doesn’t wear long shirts; that makes the torso problem so much worse.

        I’m also surprised by how long their relationship has lasted and how much time they spend together. I didn’t see that coming. But he’s 39 and maybe he doesn’t want to bedhop forever.

        It’s ironic to compare Vikassy to the publicity stunt that is Tiddles since Vikassy are virtually the complete opposite in how they have conducted their relationship.

      • Sixer says:

        I also like Vikander. Believes in her own agency. Good on her.

        Fassy’s short legs kill my ladyboner. I’d probably have one for him it weren’t for the legs. They aren’t LEGS.

      • SMUTBALLS says:

        So, he’s good from the groin up then, Sixer?

      • Sixer says:

        I think he is a fab actor, of the type of acting I like (see also: The Bloke), you know? More instinctive and naturalistic and less RADA/presentational. That’s bangable in my world. So long as I don’t notice the short legs. Short legs are not bangable!

      • lilacflowers says:

        I don’t get the hate for Alicia and I don’t get why the hate for Alicia has sprung up in this thread.

        Now, I’m afraid to look at Fassy’s legs. I’ll just look at his eyes. He has nice eyes. And a nice back. And some nice other things.

  8. LB says:

    NY Mag has a theory that she dropped this this week to distract people from Kim’s revelation in GQ.

    I don’t know if I buy it but this whole thing is definitely starting to resemble the Gyllenhaal fiasco. Perfectly staged photos. Perfect details in US Weekly.

    • browniecakes says:

      Kim can stick a swan pastry in it.

    • Kitten says:

      I don’t buy that. The Kanye story isn’t all that relevant I don’t think.

    • lilacflowers says:

      Kim and Kanye need to move on. His obsession with this woman is disturbing and Kim’s acceptance of it is just all kinds of odd.

  9. Bex says:

    I sort of hate myself for wanting to know every cutesy detail about these two. Swan pastries, I ask you.

  10. j says:

    i like tom and don’t have strong feelings either way about his personal life but the sun has the biggest circulation of all daily papers in the uk, even the mail (the mail has the largest Saturday circulation though). it’s the best for exposure in the uk and also regularly used by large us tabs. it’s win-win for both of them publicity-wise

  11. Shambles says:

    Gag me with a swan pastry.

    Taylor Swift has not evolved one iota since my freshman year of high school, when she was on a balcony in full on sausage curls and a princess dress singing about Romeo. Please, Tom, put a ring on it and end the national misery we’ve been forced to endure as spectators to TS’s circus of a dating life.

    • Artemis says:

      You know, it’s obvious what type of a woman Swift is (immature). Some women just are like that. Women ARE allowed to be who they are, no matter how annoying or evil, but it’s because Swift is so famous that we judge her extra hard for having such an annoying personality but at the same time being very successful with it.

      We can judge all we want but there’s a reason why she’s a hot commodity, she’s managed to date all these high-profile successful men so maybe it says something also about what men look for in a woman? Maybe men are attracted to that juvenile and ‘innocent’ bland type of woman? Even if it comes with a pretty heavy petty backlash when they dump her, the initial attraction still remains. We had Calvin outright saying Swift wasn’t his type and he had a GF yet he ended up dumping that woman to date Swift in a hot second!

      Kim is also a vapid bland woman and very very rich. Hollywood is full with Swifts, more so than Streeps and Moores. Minimally talented but business savvy and conventionally beautiful with a high need for validation and attention from others.

      I think there’s this idea that only certain traits for women are allowed in order to be professional successful and attractive to other people and Swift is the embodiment that this is not the case.

      • Grace says:

        I don’t go to any other gossip sites so I can’t speak for them, but on CB as far as I know, Taylor Swift’s work ethics and generosity to her fans and charity have always been noted and praised. I don’t think she’s judged as harshly as some of the other women on this site.

      • M.A.F. says:

        As a woman, I don’t have to like and/or admire someones personality simply because they are a woman. For someone who is 26 she comes across as being immature. I also do not see any growth as an artist. Just about every song she puts out is about a guy to which the press has taken note. A song or two will come out of this.

        As for her work and business ethic, she has that down to a science. I can get behind that.

      • Kitten says:

        No lies detected.

  12. Jess says:

    I’m loving this so much. They are perfect for each other, and I’m ready to enjoy them while it lasts

    • Sullivan says:

      Me, too. This kind of gossip is as light and fluffy as a swan pastry. A nice break from the heavy, important news.

  13. CornyBlue says:

    Wait Taylor set up the photos ? I am pretty sure Tom did and Taylor approved. Like it came out in The Sun for ffs.

  14. Rebecca/Becky says:

    Oh lawd…

  15. Lindy79 says:

    And so it begins…this is going to be an amazing Summer of gossip with all these details coming out. Its only been 2 days and we already know so much.
    Please more Mills and Boone photoshoots on the rocks looking all angsty lovey and details of bird like desserts and sharing texts, it’s brilliant! HAHAHA

  16. Roxane says:

    I dislike Taylor but we’re no going to act, as if Hiddleston didn’t knew and actively participed.

    • Bay says:

      “Oh, he knew! HE KNEW!!” In the mean time, I still don’t get what sort of awful crime are we talking about here. :\

      • Roxane says:

        Hmm, what ? I didn’t mention any crime, I just don’t like the “poor Hiddleston caught in Swift pr move” narrative I find that mysoginistic. They both staged this pictures enjoy them.

  17. COSquared says:

    She and Leo should simply get together. Between the two of them, they’ve exhausted probably half of under-40 celebville.

  18. bread says:

    “They were very cute, a lot of laughing, giggling, as she showed him texts and photos on her phone.”

    What? Was she showing him cat videos? Or a particularly fine selection of memes?

  19. AnnaKist says:

    Swan pastries. But of course.

  20. Sixer says:

    I Sixerbang after fudge all the time. I like fudge. I eat loads of it. It doesn’t get in the way of Sixerbanging. Jus’ sayin’. It’s fudge made with goat’s milk too, usually. I don’t know if this is significant on the banging front: just thought I’d mention.

    Also, I had choux pastry swans as the dessert at my wedding breakfast. True story.

    KAISER’S MUM! HEAR THIS! Internet boyfriends are only fun if you are laughing at them. You can borrow my ball gags if you like.

    • Lilacflowers says:

      I fear for you. If this keeps up, you’ll giggle yourself unconscious and will miss the Tiddleswallbanging.

      I’ve been to that tea place and that swan thing is really good

    • Sixer says:

      I have got some work to finish up. Going to do it now – it’s not really working; it’s giggle-recovery!

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Fun with NUTS and BALLS requires energy, which require calories, so something dense like fudge is a most excellent choice. We usually have cheesecake.

  21. Payapa says:

    But, who paid? I want to know that!!

    • Rebecca/Becky says:

      Someone tweeted about this yesterday, the venue was closed for Taylor, which would suggest she booked it.

      • Spiderpig says:

        But but but what about all the random members of the public who happened to be there and were so touched by this display of love they went to the press?

  22. Bridget says:

    Can I just say how much those photos crack me up? They hearken back to those old photos of Ryan Seacrest and Teri Hatcher, similar level of awkwardness and all.

  23. Miss Beca says:

    Taylor’s the worst and I want her to keep her grubby hands off my internet boyfriend. That being said, everything about this is HYSTERICAL.

    • celticangel says:

      Have to say little disappointed by Tommy hiddleston thought he was above such shenanigans but guess I was wrong E wrong now (really) Taylor? ? But you all are making this interesting and Fun

  24. Miss Jupitero says:

    “Some things have to remain sacred.” Yeah sure. Uh huh.

  25. Yellowrose says:

    For truly hilarious comments on this nakedly staged PR stunt, I recommend data lounge. I had tears running down my face. On a less funny note, while this is standard O.P. for Swift, it’s a bit sad to see Hiddles this desperate. I keep remembering Irene Adler’s comment in that Sherlock Holmes episode, when she said that the thing about disguise is that it always ends up being a self-portrait.

    • Rebecca/Becky says:

      Yellowrose, I ventured back to DL yesterday just to see what as being said. One poster was confused: he’d come to the conclusion Hiddles was straight, but is now convinced he’s gay or at least bi. He must be if he’s involved with Swift

      • Solanacaea (Nighty) says:

        “One poster was confused: he’d come to the conclusion Hiddles was straight, but is now convinced he’s gay or at least bi. He must be if he’s involved with Swift”

        Oh that one is funny!

      • Rebecca/Becky says:

        Nighty, I do try to amuse.

        I remember looking up any Hiddles mentions on DL a while ago, and the general consensus was that he was straight. Now a lot of the posters think he’s gay again because of course, Taylor’s rep as a beard

      • lilacflowers says:

        Most of the regulars on DL always insisted he was straight and would get incensed over what they termed “the fraus” posting about him. Now, Renner on the other hand; they pretty much all claimed was not straight.

  26. Sabrina says:

    The details surrounding this pairing just get more cringe-worthy. I can’t wait to see what we’ll find out next and how soon it will be until she posts pictures of him on instagram.

  27. zappy says:

    Tay and ‘her new man’ Tom H..
    seriously, I only follow TH news on CB, but until now I still can wrap my head around this tiddleswiddle thing..
    anyway, this is great thing for gossip world.. we need this.. real world is though and scary.. so little dose the story of Tiddles Kingdom with fairy and unicorn is always welcome.. hehehe

  28. Lambda says:

    American Cheese met English Cheese. Transatlantic Cheese.

    • Boo says:

      Hah! Yessss

      Was drinking coffee while reading this and nearly spit it out laughing at this… ” I would think that Hiddles would probably be up for some apple-picking and antiquing.” … lolol

  29. Tris says:

    They stayed up past 11:30pm?? Shameless hussy.

  30. Felice. says:

    I am already sick of these two. This isn’t as Tiddle-lating as I thought it would be.

  31. Evie says:

    Does Taylor not realize how weird it is that she moved this fast? Aside from the fact that this relationship does not seem like more than a contractual/image thing, the fact that she was only broken up for a week before she was going on a romantic getaway so publically with a new person just feels super…fast! Does she have to do The Most right away?? Can’t they grab coffee or maybe talk for a while before they’re all the sudden canoodling under apple orchards and finding forever in each others eyes?

  32. Cindy says:

    I call all that fake.
    Tom was already back in London on Wednesday night. Someone on twitter saw him in a public event.

    • Rebecca/Becky says:

      Cindy, TMZ posted photos of them getting onto her private jet yesterday in RI. I saw that Twitter sighting, the poster was obviously mistaken.

      • Cindy says:

        I know it. The media is trying to sell that as a big romance with small and romantic details. But the timeline is not right if you follow the people that saw Tom in public places and tweet about it.

      • InvaderTak says:

        That’s when they were posted though, and he was wearing the same thing he had on at the beach. Could the plane ride have happened Tuesday as well? TMZ could just as easily be fudging the timeline just as the spotter could just as easily be mistaken.

        @Cindy: did anyone else spot him in London?

      • Rebecca/Becky says:

        Invader, the plane pics were posted on TMZ around 5pm ET. They post things pretty quick and the article says it was that day.

    • kai says:

      Any links for that?

      • Rebecca/Becky says:

        Kai, this is the Twitter sighting, it was on Weds pm in London:
        https://mobile.twitter.com/robjyoung/status/743139642220904448

        The beach photos were taken on Tues pm in RI, and TMZ posted pics of them getting onto her private jet Thurs pm.

        Why would he fly all the way to London and back in one day to go to the theatre?

      • Spiderpig says:

        Anyone else confirm the Aladdin sighting? I have a friend working on that show and he didn’t mention it, and he usually mentions when celebs have been in. I doubt Hiddlestone could go see a show like that with only one single tweet, no photos.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        The plane photos could be from Tuesday as well.

      • kai says:

        I doubt he would go to a big show during such a PR explosion.

      • browniecakes says:

        Someone with the worst seats in the world. Not sure I believe this cheap seat obstructed view Londoner.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I’m not buying that twitter sighting.

      • browniecakes says:

        Tom is wearing shorts in New York and appears to be alone in the pics. Tay Tay’s New York rental this time? Found on Tumblr.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I hope he was going to a “help-me-fix-this-PR-f*ckup-asap” meeting in that second set of pictures.

      • lilacflowers says:

        I suspect the envelope in the second set of pictures contains a script.

    • Dara says:

      My gut says the Twitter sighting was mistaken identity. It was Aladdin’s press night, there were tons of photogs and celebs attending – no way Tom snuck in without being seen.

      I think the plane photos really were from Thursday. It’s possible the Sun fudged the date on the beach photos (but I can’t think why they would), but TMZ had the plane photos and since they compete with The Sun I can’t think of a single reason why they would fib about the date too.

      • Rebecca/Becky says:

        As Browniecakes said, Tom’s just been papped in NY, in Soho. New shorts it seems (images on Getty, don’t think I can post the link)

      • NUTBALLS says:

        The links are on the private jet post.

      • lilacflowers says:

        Two different sets of NY pictures. One set in the running shorts, some carrying what looks like a smoothie, the others without the drink. Second set wearing the omnipresent jacket, gray t-shirt, pants, and suede boots and carrying a laptop and large envelope. And he is staying at a hotel.

        As they left Rhode Island, they’ll miss tomorrow’s performance of Water Fire. Such a shame.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        How do you now he’s staying at a hotel? That seems odd as her bodyguards are ferrying him around NY still.

      • lilacflowers says:

        One of the captions on one of the pictures said “hotel” but it could have been wrong.

  33. Guesto says:

    “They were very cute, a lot of laughing, giggling, as she showed him texts and photos on her phone.”

    Well if that doesn’t persuade Barbara Broccoli that he’s the perfect Bond-in-waiting, I really don’t know what will.

  34. Grace says:

    Two threads a day and 400+ comments per thread? This is delicious. Hiddles threads haven’t had this much traffic since 2013, or ever. 🙂

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Not since the Otter – Comet Drama have we seen this kind of traffic.

      • Rebecca/Becky says:

        Nutballs, dare I say it, is this on the level of the Cumberdrama, or is it too early to tell?

      • NUTBALLS says:

        No, not yet. Hence, why the comments aren’t pushing 600-900 as they did during Cumby’s Oscar campaign.

        Comments are down 200 from yesterday, so we need more fodder for it to get maddening — pap snaps/video, quotes to over-analyze, baby bump speculation, ring shopping — something like that. TayTo’s already getting dull.

      • lilacflowers says:

        The comments are lacking the insanity of the Comet Rising threads and are primarily good-natured.

  35. Katenotkatie says:

    Is anyone else reminded of the 30 Rock episode where Jack convinces Jenna to enter into a contractual relationship with James Franco, both to boost her status and to cover up his relationship with a Japanese sex pillow? And Jenna forgets for a minute that it’s fake and thinks there are real feelings? I hope these two get so caught up in their swan pastry-fueled fauxmance that we get an engagement announcement by Christmas/her birthday. LONG LIVE TIDDLES

  36. Alex says:

    This is the most glorious PR relationship I’ve seen in a minute. The memes on twitter though…next level roasting. They are getting so much ish for this I can’t help but laugh hysterically

  37. Kate says:

    This will end spectacularly. I can’t wait.

  38. ds says:

    All I’ve got on this is: “this man is how old?”.

  39. daisie-b says:

    Like it or not Ms. Swift flew Mr. Hiddleston on her private jet to her beachfront mansion, both of which were paid for by her performing the songs written by her about her emotional responses to the life experiences common to all.

    I can’t believe that Mr. Wiles/Harris was banned from the Met Gala. He must have known for a year that his girl was chairing the event. He must have gotten the save the date notice well enough in advance to keep that date open on his calendar. It was on a Monday! I assume it was his choice not to attend. How can the sequence of events set off by that event be regarded as cheating when the parties are neither married nor engaged and not even cohabitating.

    I’m pretty sure it’s widows who are expected to allow some time to pass before they re-enter the dating pool. The accepted time period for mourning terminated relationships is zero.

    Having just done the Hank Williams movie, they have the country music thing. I hope he turns her on to Shakespeare and the classics. Every song and every sonnet is about love gone wrong or the fear it might.

    • kai says:

      I think most of us are laughing at Tom. Taylor wins at life, as far as I’m concerned.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        There’s no way she’ll lose in this affair. She’s been riding a career high for years with no end in sight and has kick-ass PR. She’ll come out of this mess completely unscathed.

        Tom, on the other hand, has more to lose and a very uncertain outcome when he emerges from this mess.

  40. Mira says:

    Even Daily Mail who has been shipping him since TNM said that although outwardly humble he is the the most ambitious of all the current crop of brit actors.I think its fair to say he is probably as complicit as she is in turning their 2 week dating situation into a tabloid circus.

    • Lana 567 says:

      What is wrong with being ambitious? The entertainment business is cut throat and if you’re ambitious and you’ll never get anywhere. I think it’s the way he is going about it that’s messed up. He looks stupid going on a date with a girl who just broke up with her ex. It makes him look like a loser. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

  41. InvaderTak says:

    Dude, seriously. This is so lame. I hope the plan is for this to end when he goes to film Thor 3; neat clean and out of the country. When is his PR going to start doing some damage control? Because the reaction is seriously not good. I’m surprised people are actually saying he’s too old for her. That’s REALLY bad. She’s the same age as EO and it really didn’t get a mention. I totally buy that he’s super ambitious but I don’t think he’s going to hang around long because of the dragging he’s getting. I still think he got some really bad advice with this. Someone on his team needs to be more creative.

    • I Choose Me says:

      Yeah, I don’t think our collective amusement at their expense is going to sit well with Tom and Luke. I hardly think this was the reaction they were expecting. But how could they not? I got second hand embarrassment from those staged pics they were so EXTRA.

      Still, what the hell do I know? He could genuinely be into her.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Invader, this is more evidence why Luke isn’t good for Tom. He’s been let down in the past by him when Luke just let things ride out instead of taking a more proactive role in guiding his publicity as well as advising him before Tom does something impulsive without thinking through the consequences.

      Case in point: back when the rumor was circulating that Tom and Chastain were dating, it was Chastain that stomped it out immediately and revealed she was dating that Italian guy. Tom’s camp said nothing. It made people here think that it was Luke that leaked the rumor to give Tom some press coverage and that he didn’t do right by Chastain in doing so.

      • InvaderTak says:

        Here’s where we start to disagree again. That seems in line with his usual practice. He did the same with EO. Not saying it’s good or bad, just how they handled those things. His people seem to only deny things like the meeting in the nightclub with the Bond people. And even when they do it doesn’t seem to help much, so maybe they think ‘why bother?’. Also, there are new PR people in the mix now. This is so out of character I’d say that it makes mores sense that the new people tried something new rather than the usual crew went bonkers. The new PR people if I’m not mistaken are US based. This seems like a very American move to make; we love relationship stories more than the Brits and the term ‘wholesome’ came up and I don’t think the Brits give a darn about an actors ‘wholesome’ image. We shall see won’t we? This weekend has the potential for some kind of response to lead the Monday press cycle. I wonder if it’ll be a solo outing in London of some kind. I have my tin foil hat and rose tinted glasses all ready to go regardless. This is fun for all, disappointing as it is. Love me some good speculation and discussion.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        I’m confused. What point(s) do you disagree with?

        I hadn’t thought about the US based PR team would be involved in TayTo. I guess that’s possible. If so, they don’t seem any better at the game than Luke.

      • M.A.F. says:

        Going with InvaderTak on this one. When it was just Luke, they did control the narrative. His private life was on lock down. When he started promoting his projects last summer I noticed new people around him and seems to be where the change came in. If it was just Luke, I doubt Tom would be the one getting on her plane, it would be a different guy.

      • ll says:

        Agreeing with Invader and M.A.F. I highly doubt this would have happened with just Luke, because it really is a 180 – hell, a 520! I’m unconvinced that Luke would advise him to do this alone, and I’m unconvinced that Tom would dream it up by himself either. Obviously they agreed to it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the new U.S. publicists had a hand in selling it to them/him. Does anyone know what sort of profile the US publicists have? I mean in terms of clients, clout etc compared to Luke who, whilst having Emma Watson and Colin Firth, isn’t exactly massive or overly “showy”.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Ahhh… gotcha. I just presumed that Luke was heading his PR still since he was spotted with him recently and that the US team was hired specifically for the 2 month media blitz. Are you saying they were working with him prior to this Spring?

        I assumed that Luke was in on the strategy change with the London pap walks.

      • Dara says:

        PR firms and their clients are tough to track – reps are constantly changing firms (or starting their own, as Luke did) – and clients usually jump ship with their rep (as Tom did). That can radically change the nature of the firm pretty dramatically. The firm that was working with Tom this spring is Wolf-Kasteler. I can’t quite peg when they came on board, but I first noticed the new person when he was in Nashville for ISTL and then promoting Crimson Peak in NY in October. I honestly don’t know if they were hired by Tom or by the projects he was promoting.

      • waitwhat says:

        @Dara Lisa Kasteler, one of the US reps, was at TIFF with him for ISTL. I got the impression they initially came on to bump up his profile for a potential Oscar run.

        And they have a lot of pretty high profile clients – Cate Blanchett, JK Simmons, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Ralph Fiennes, Mark Strong.

        They seem to get him his US gigs (and did get him better talk shows), while Luke gets the UK and the rest of the world.

      • Dara says:

        Thanks @wait, the difference between the US promo for CP and ISTL was noticeable. Better talk shows and he mostly went from second guest to first – that’s a telling sign. W-K proved their worth imo.

  42. Grace says:

    I finally grasped why
    My dark disillusioned heart otherwise
    Lightened up at the thought of these two

    They are a fanfiction that has written itself!
    Hahahahaha!

    • K.C. says:

      I have been in SUCH good mood since they revealed themselves as a couple. Like, gleeful. It’s silly how into this I am. Real, fake, or somewhere in between, I don’t care. I love it. I’m basking in it. Such a weird yet perfect pairing. It’s glorious, truly.

  43. Bee says:

    Munching my popcorn until the Instagram photos start appearing on her feed. Will they be in a pool? Baking cupcakes? Or posing with her cat?

    • CornyBlue says:

      I will not be satisfied till we get Swan Goals Part2

      • Bee says:

        Yup, Tom Hiddleston is now part of a SQUAD. Let that sink in for a moment……. mwuhahahaha. He’s never been cool, and now he never will be, Bond or not. He’ll NEVER EVER EVER shake this off.

  44. nat says:

    I loved this guy for his role in “Only Lovers Left Alive” but now all is ruined. Why did he have to get into the most cheesy relationship ever!
    Come on dude! And I actually thought you were a decent actor who wasn’t in it for the fame/$$…
    Oh well

    • InvaderTak says:

      Aw, don’t give up yet! It’s only been a week. Join me in having a pint and watching this whole thing blow over.

    • spidey says:

      Doesn’t stop him from being a decent actor, but perhaps not very savvy.

      • Grace says:

        I agree, also what @Annetommy said yesterday, he can be a serious actor still if a successful, famous, attractive – not attractive to me but I am not holding her hands on a beach so my opinion is completely irrelevant – woman seems open to suggestions $%&*… These things are mutually exclusive. Hangin’ there, ladies. Maybe after the new project announcement he will look less like an idiot?

        Oooops! Might be the wrong place.

    • Bay says:

      Well, now you have the chance to learn the outrageous notion actors have lives, outside of their craft. Or you might not.

      • kai says:

        Oh, Bay, come on. Do you actually read the comments? Because Most of us aren’T shaming him for hooking up with Swift or having a life (Good for him!), it’s the obvious PR shenanigans we’re talking about. Do you think the beach pictures happened by accident? Or that the Swan pastry stories found their way to UsWeekly all by themselves?

      • Bay says:

        Yeah, I read the comments. According to the comments, Tom is now a pathetic person non grata, ripe for disrespect and scorn. His entire career is Over, because, once, he went to the beach and had pictures taken. AND went to the restaurant to have (the nerve!) pastry.

        Doesn’t sound like an over reaction at all.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        Um yes, Bay, pretty much all of your comments sound like an over reaction in which you derive meaning way beyond what the commenter intended. You seem very invested in protecting Tom’s image here and wanting to shut critics down.

        The problem is, your sarcastic comments and analogies don’t really prove whatever point you’re making, to be honest. I don’t answer these kinds of comments because they’re a waste of time.

        Tom’s career won’t suffer from what people post here. It’s just dust in the wind. People exchanging opinions and having fun.

      • Roxane says:

        Bay@ I find your comments quite condecending and yes your overeacting, the thread is rather harmless and fun.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      nat, he’s always been in it for the fame, he just says otherwise because he presents a different persona. Those who were following him years ago (2012 – 2013) called him on his famewhoring on these threads when his actions betrayed his words.

      • Yeah, it must eat at him a bit that his contemporaries Redmayne & Cumberbatch, I think he also went to school with them, have soared in the fame department compared to him and he’s 35 now and still single, no wife or kids and no Oscar talk. As good a guy I think he is, he is human so he isn’t above a little famehworing.

      • Bee says:

        Not everyone includes marriage and kids as a gauge of success. Though, you’re right, TH has never even come close to any roles Oscar worthy. There are just too many guys in front of him in the line, Redmayne, Fassbender, Cumberbatch, and then there are other younger guys that will overtake him soon with the right role, like Jamie Bell. In my opinion and as a non-invested person, he needs to hope and pray for a standalone Loki movie that does gangbusters.

  45. Andrea says:

    First Cumberbatch became a bitter disappointment and now Hiddleston? I guess I will always have Fassbender. The details of this date are nausea inducing btw.

    • Bay says:

      I understand the feeling. One of my pals went to a coffee shop the other day, and had not one, not two, but three! custard tarts. I know, because he posted them on facebook.

      I’ll never look at him the same again.

      • NUTBALLS says:

        That sounds like something a 14 year old would say.

      • Tara says:

        OMG Bay. I know how you feel. My mom went to a bakery with a friend. IN PUBLIC. They ordered… [wait for it…] CUSTARD DONUTS. A passerby even took a picture. I always respected my mom, but now she’s dead to me. 😀

  46. Spiderpig says:

    No shade but I find the continued pushing of this PG-13, 1950s version of romance that’s all about holding hands over fudge sundaes a little incongruent with the new bleach and boob jobs.

  47. holly hobby says:

    Ugh this is so nauseatingly sweet that I’m going to go under diabetic shock. 🙁

    Kaiser your mom isn’t the only one who’s disappointed. Count me in to. Watch your back, Tom.

  48. Kri says:

    I am unabashedly eating this glorious bowl of arrangement!! My god…did he have to audition??? Or did she??!

    • Grace says:

      Maybe the fateful Gala was the audition ground????!!! They tested chemistry by dancing off!

  49. jammypants says:

    I can’t stop laughing from the headline. Hiddlesbanging! expresso!

  50. Crowdhood says:

    Maybe it’s just me but I don’t really see what the big deal is? She’s young and her relationships are generally the biggest scandal about her. Who cares if she’s twee or if she’s lying or if it’s for real marriage level love? She’s not sloppy.

    • spidey says:

      I’m with you. No problem with two single people having a bit of fun. But those pics were cringey.

      • Bay says:

        And when did Hiddles ever do cringey crap, right? So OOC.

      • jammypants says:

        yea a bit cringe I agree, but the overreaction of calling her “easy” and him “thirsty” is too much 😛

    • K.C. says:

      Them being together, to me, isn’t a big deal at all. Well, it is a big deal, but in a good way. I think it’s great. I know she has her cutesy side and her #squad and whatever, but she’s a smart, talented young woman who by all accounts seems like a decent person. Sure, it seems like she’s awfully manipulative with the way the media portrays her. But I respect the heck out of her for that. She controls her own narrative. More power to her.

      Unless people just particularly hate Taylor (which I realize a lot of people do), I don’t think many people here are necessarily opposed to them being together. If it weren’t for the beach pictures, this whole thing wouldn’t have raised suspicions at all. So silly. If they continue on a little more subtly though, I think this will blow over. I’m rooting for them to become more than a few tabloid covers.

      I’l be real–it has been three days, and every time I see articles about Hiddleswift I question if I’m dreaming. I feel like we’ve been transported into an alternate universe. Love it.

  51. Erica_V says:

    I KNEW I SHOULD’VE DRIVEN TO WESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT!! DAMNIT!!

    So disappointed they already left – I hope she comes back Rhode Island & brings ALL the paps with her – we need the extra tourism $$ this season!

    • lilacflowers says:

      I know, right? They could have at least stayed through the weekend and attended Waterfire tomorrow night.

  52. Grace says:

    Saturday, no post. Now am I going to spend tomorrow a whole day with my mother trying to do everything she asks without breaking into tears or committing a violent act? Bloody hell, it’s so hard being a grownup sometimes.

    Sorry this isn’t Tiddles related.

  53. Chels says:

    This guy looks at least 40. Are you sure he’s only 35? I side eye his supposed age.

    I saw a photo of him with the squad, he looks so out of place. he looked like that character in that movie, dazed and confused. You know the olderguy who hangs around high school to pull girls a hundred years after he graduated.

    • InvaderTak says:

      Where was this? You sure it wasn’t photoshop? When has he had time to do that? Google isn’t producing anything and neither is twitter?

      • InvaderTak says:

        There is something going on on Twitter about a fake interview with him though. #qisfake what is that? Any help? I don’t get it.

        oh wait. are you talking about the met gala photos?

      • jammypants says:

        I know what photos. In it, there was Karlie, Gigi, and Lili and Taylor. Tom was seen happily talking about something. It did look out of place, but meh, Hollyweird.

    • jammypants says:

      He had a baby face, but then he hit 30 a few years ago and BOOM, instant aging. The same phenomenon seemed to have happen with some British boyfriends.

    • InvaderTak says:

      In what context though Jammypants? Are they from the past couple days? Met Gala? Super secret outing? Help a curious sister out!

      oops wrong place.

    • NUTBALLS says:

      Are you referring to the pictures from the Met Ball and the after-party? That’s the only ones I’ve seen where Tom is hanging around her squad. We were talking about it upthread on #5.

  54. Net says:

    Isnt the Sun a British publication? If so, would it not make more sense that TOM sold the pictures? If you look at them, it really appears that he is in control of the situation on the beach. You do not actually see her face all that much, but more his. The selfies? He is holding the camera. He is putting the jacket on Tay-Tay, he is helping her over the rocks..He is holding her hands in front of his stomach protectively.

    I think you have this backwards.

    • ll says:

      Somehow I don’t think Taylor would let pap pics come out about her without being fully aware. They’re both complicit in it.

      (and Taylor held the phone for one of the selfies)

  55. MoochieMom says:

    Read NOTHING but the headline. OMG we (MoochieDad and I) are his age and this is embarrassing as hell. No. No. No. Ugh no. I don’t care how bangable/marketable she might be (MoochieDad says no to it either way – he like boobs though) but Hiddles is, in fact, kinky and this won’t last unless she plays it well and then we get to popcorn on the divorce.

  56. nochance says:

    oh, i love this so much. ALL of it! this is just golden-glitter-and-rainbows for my soul!!!
    (i shamefully have to admit, to have no life right at this moment, because of reasons…)
    http://dlisted.com/2016/06/17/taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddlestons-loved-bloomed-in-front-of-this-swan-pastry/
    laughed tears when i read this one. (sorry for the bad english, i´m no native speaker)

    • MoochieMom says:

      Love it. X10000

    • NUTBALLS says:

      That is hilarious. The details about the date were so boring, they all wanted to talk about the swan!

      Looks like the nickname TayTo is getting traction there too. It’s perfect since they’re white and bland as one.

      • Grace says:

        The swan pastry. Oh my god. Excuse me for a second while I roll around on the floor laughing:
        Tiddles is a fanfiction that has written itself and keeps writing on from a magic quill full of ink that never dries.
        Where did they get the photo of the pastry? Did MK put it up for mockery?

    • Christin says:

      The swan pastry photos are hilarious. I’m still grinning from viewing TH’s “bulge” photos from his chauffeured-in-her-vehicle gym visit today.

  57. MoochieMom says:

    Me and MooxhieDad were super cute for like 30 dahs too. I still hope she his Hiddled Up cause THAT will make my gossip loving life.

  58. Silvie says:

    I think she’s a pretty gross example of a “feminist” for parading her super skinny, rich, beautiful girlfriends around on stage as her “squad.” This screams of poorly executed PR scheme. I love Hiddles but I’ve long suspected that he’s not entirely straight (and I don’t think any of his fans would care if he weren’t). Maybe Taylor’s good to her fans, but she always seems to be over-eager to share her own generosity on social media. Can’t wait for this girl’s fame to expire.

  59. reg says:

    Another staged relationship, Hiddleston is gay and her publicist reached to him for her endless
    dating spree. She should come out already and stop this nonsense. …..