It’s been two years since Kim Kardashian exposed Taylor Swift’s dishonesty about not consenting to Kanye West’s “Famous” by posting audio of their phone conversation to Snapchat.
In the years following, Taylor used the controversy to launch her latest album Reputation. After everyone called her a ‘snake’ and began using the snake emoji in reference, Taylor decided to own the snake and incorporate it into her album campaign.
Now that she’s on the Reputation tour, Taylor’s speaking out on her ongoing feud with Kim Kardashian for the first time.
Standing on a stage decorated with snakes, Taylor addressed the ‘bullying’ she endured as a result of her lies Kim’s revelation.
“A couple of years ago, someone called me a snake on social media and it caught on. And then a lot of people called me a lot of names on social media. And I went through some really low times for a while because of it. I went through some times when I didn’t know if I was gonna get to do this anymore. And I guess the snakes, I wanted to send a message to you guys that if someone uses name calling to bully you on social media and even if a lot of people jump on board with it, that doesn’t have to defeat you. It can strengthen you instead.
And I think something that came out of it that was good was is that I learned a really important lesson that I’ve been telling you from the stage for ten years but I haven’t been able to learn myself, which has to do with how much you value your reputation. And I think the lesson is that you shouldn’t care so much if you feel misunderstood by a lot of people who don’t know you, as long as you feel understood by the people who do know you, the people who show up for you, and the people who see you as a human being. So thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to get to know me, for sticking up for me, for seeing me as human being.”
No one loves playing the victim more than Taylor Swift.
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