Is Hiddleswift Real or Fake? Spencer Pratt Gives His Verdict!

From Cosmopolitan

Sometimes the universe sends you a perfect angel when you need it most, and right now, that perfect angel is the budding relationship between Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston.

I talked to Celebrity Oracle/Your Favorite Character on The Hills, Spencer Pratt, about exactly what the hell is going on with Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston. As anyone who has breathed air in the past 24 hours will tell you, the two were spotted kissing on the beach outside her Rhode Island house, and the entire internet exploded with confusion, panic, and - dare I say it? - happiness.

Spencer is one of the many who are approving of this seemingly odd-ish pairing, but he's pretty sure those beach photos were staged nonetheless. And he's speaking from experience. After all, he and his lovely wife Heidi Pratt were among the first wave of famous folks selling pics to the paps for cash, and he spoke to Cosmopolitan.com about what he thinks is really happening with Hiddleswift.

So, can you even believe it?!

I feel like I'm still dreaming. I think the whole world needed something like this. After all the horrible news lately, we needed something good. I was gonna unplug my Wi-Fi; I was gonna go dark. But Taylor, you know, she brought us out of the woods.

We saw your initial reaction on Twitter, of course, but really walk us through it: What did you think when you saw these pics?

I was binge-watching The Night Manager [Ed. note: This is an AMC/BBC miniseries starring Tom Hiddleston, and it's SO GOOD] and I just finished a day ago, and I was going through withdrawals and was gonna start a petition to make [Tom Hiddleston] the new James Bond. So I took a nap and when I woke up, I saw the news about Tom and Taylor and I thought, at first, someone hacked into my brain and then Photoshopped it. Because I've been trying to figure out who T-Swift should rebound with ever since before she even broke up with Calvin; I knew he wasn't good enough for her. I never liked his smug attitude; the whole time he was with her, he always seemed like it wasn't anything special to be with Taylor Swift. I didn't like it from the jump. So I was always like, "Who can Taylor Swift do better with?"

And [Hiddleston] is so out of my fame loop, he didn't even come to mind. He's such a hardcore, serious actor. He's not trying to jump into tabloids with Taylor. And so I started doing a little research, I saw that photo of them dancing at the Met Ball, and I thought, This good-looking guy is way better than that Adam Harris, Calvin Harris, whatever guy! This is who you should be with, Taylor. That dance was way more than just a dance.

He said in some interview that he saw a few of her videos and he thought she was charming and, I was like, "A few of her videos?!" A guy like that is not watching, with all due respect, music videos on set between takes unless he really fancies her, as the Brits would say. I think it's 100 percent real.

What about the pap shots at her house?

I think someone on one of their teams may have tipped off the paparazzi, and I think it may have been his team since it was The Sun, a British tabloid, that got the exclusive. [Ed. note: Spencer emailed us later to let us know that Tom is actually half Scottish!] Then again, she's Taylor Swift and there have to be people who see her walking to the beach and call a tabloid. But, if that's the case, we haven't seen any fan pics, and that's what makes me think it's an exclusive [to the paparazzi]. We would see more parking lot shots from fans, and stuff like that. And somebody said he was dressed like he was going to get his photo taken, but I don't know, guys like him at that level always dress pretty smart. It's definitely a staged photo, don't get me wrong, the question is: Which camp did it? Was it a mutual agreement? I put out my feelers trying to figure out who's behind this and if I get more intel, I'll keep you posted.

And then I don't know what's up with Calvin-Adam-Harris-DJ-guy's tweet with the skulls and the "shit's gonna hit the fan." I was like, "Bro, nobody cares what you say anymore."

As far as the staging of the photos, those photos were pretty freaking good. Were they taken with a long lens? They seem high-quality, right? How close do you think the paps were - and does that mean she let them onto her estate?

No, these lenses are so good. They've got these lenses that go out, like, 800 millimeters and cost $40,000. Let's see, I have a 500-millimeter lens, and I can get a closeup on someone's face from a beach away, so if you're the person who's getting the photo of Taylor Swift and you're up on a bluff, you'll get the shot. The key when you're doing a paparazzi shoot at that level is that as long as you're not smiling up at the camera, you had no clue the camera was there. That's Angelina-Brad Pitt 1998-type shit.

Do you think there's any chance that they didn't know the paparazzi were there?

I mean, I'll say, yeah; a 0.5 percent chance, maybe. At that level of superstardom - I don't want to judge T-Swift; maybe she didn't know, but I think one of them did it. It actually might be Taylor Swift. They're special humans; aliens, maybe. Maybe a UFO got a shot of them.

Calvin's reaction - is it staged or is he straight-up pissed?

Oh, he's straight-up pissed. I don't know what his deal is - he never looked giddy enough to be [with] T-Swift. He always acted like, "Ugh, I'm a superstar DJ. I perform for big shows. Untz untz untz." Even Jake Gyllenhaal seemed happier when he was out with Taylor, and that's Jake Gyllenhaal; I mean, he's in a whole 'nother league. To me, I always wondered what was up - maybe she asked him to always look like he wasn't into her? I don't know, but I think now, he's seeing that she went to where she belongs, in A-list category, and he's like, "Now I look like I did get dumped," no matter what his publicists leaked about how he wasn't into all the glitz and the glamour. All these little source quotes I'm reading are just ridiculous. Famous people love famous stuff! Otherwise he wouldn't be a famous music DJ, he'd be making tracks in his basement for fun. Come on.

So the truth has come out now, and he doesn't like that?

Yeah, I think he thought he had a couple more weeks, but no. I, as a Swiftie fan, was reading all these things, and I didn't like how it was making her look like she got dumped, or they decided it was better to be friends. No, no, no; that's now how it happened. She met the next James Bond with his British accent, and he was talking all smart to her, doing his special dance moves, and then she came home to Calvin being all, "Untz untz untz, can't talk right now; I'm making a beat," and she was like, "Uh, this isn't working. Don't touch my cats."

So you don't think all their reactions on social media are staged?

No! Calvin does not want Taylor Swift, with her 80 million followers on Instagram, deleting him. That tells you right there that they're not friends. The fact that tweets are being deleted means everything is not cool.

Do you think that Tom and Taylor could actually last?

I think so! When I saw them together, I was like, "Here we go!" This is somebody who can keep her interest. He could go win an Oscar. He doesn't look too old and he doesn't look too young; he looks like husband-type material to me. I just feel like that's the level; she needs to be going to the Oscars with him, and not iHeartRadio with Calvin.

Here's my dream: He's the new James Bond, she does the new James Bond theme song. She wins a Grammy and an Oscar for that song; he wins Best Actor for James Bond. Super power couple - boom, done.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

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