Taylor Talked About Kim at First Reputation Show

Alyssa Bailey
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Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images

From ELLE

Taylor Swift put her Katy Perry feud to bed yesterday, posting a photo of an olive wreath peace token she accepted from Perry. But it seems Swift is still holding onto her other big feud: the one between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. During her first Reputation concert in Glendale, Arizona, last night, Swift opened up a bit about why Kardashian's Snapchat takedown of her and the use of the snake emoji so deeply affected her two years ago.

This is her first time really talking about the impact of that summer besides in her Reputation song lyrics. She didn't even need to say Kardashian's name to make her point.

"A couple of years ago, someone called me a snake on social media and it caught on," she started solemnly to the crowd. "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 going to 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."

Swift, of course, embraced the snake emoji and incorporated it into her brand-snake jewelry and merchandise is available on her site for purchase. Kardashian and West haven't really commented on Swift since her album release. At the time "Look What You Made Me Do" came out in August 2017, TMZ reported that the couple didn't really care. To them, the Swift feud is "old and buried," sources said, and Kardashian considered the feud to have ended in 2016. Kardashian told Wonderland that fall that she doesn't even hate Swift. "I never publicly talk bad about people. I still don't feel like I have. I'm being honest. I'm a fan. I like her music. There was no shade."

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