It was Taylor Times Twice during Taylor Swift’s Kansas City Eras Tour performance on Friday night, when the singer brought her ex-boyfriend and good friend Taylor Lautner onto the stage to celebrate her role in her new music video, “I Can See You”.
Joined by Joey King and Presley Cash, who both appeared in Swift’s 2011 music video for “Mean” and appear in the new video alongside Lautner, Swift told the crowd how great Lautner, 31, was. influential in her life when the couple dated in 2009.
“He was a very positive force in my life when I was doing the Speak Now album, and I mean he did all the stunts you saw in that music video,” Swift, now 33, told the massive audience at Arrowhead Stadium. “He and his wife became certain of my closest friends, and it’s very convenient because we all share the same first name.
The new video shows Lautner, King and Presley breaking into a safe to steal a Speak Now version of Swift back – a nod to Swift finally owning her own version of the album following her masters’ controversial sale to Scooter Braun.
Lautner echoed Swift’s sentiments, addressing the singer in front of the crowd.
“I respect you so much. Not just for the singer that you are, the songwriter, the performer, but really for the human that you are”, Variety reported. “You are gracious, humble, kind and I am honored to know you.”
On Twitter, Swift went into more detail, again praising the Dusk star for her role in the video.
“Thank you Tay Lautner for being such a great person to hang out with on set,” she shared. “The Tale of 3 Taylors,” she added, referring to Lautner’s current wife, Taylor Dome.
What happened between Taylor and Taylor?
Swift and Lautner, who appeared together in the film Valentine’s Day, reportedly dated for several months in the fall of 2009, but finally called it quits in December. When she freed her Speak Now album the following year with her anthem “Back to December”, fans speculated that the song was about her relationship with Lautner. Later, Swift shared that the melody was largely an apology.
“It’s almost word for word. It’s a song and a conversation that had to happen because I don’t want to hurt people. If you do it unintentionally, you have to improve that,” Swift said. USA today. “I feel so comfortable singing about these details and relationships and listing times, dates, details, names. But when it comes to an interview and they say, “Are you dating this person? or ‘Did you date this person?’ or ‘What is the current status of your relationship?’ I suddenly feel very shy.
What their relationship looks like in 2023
These days, all is well between Swift and Lautner. As for Lautner’s feelings about being included in Swift’s musical repertoire, the Dusk star said in May that he had no problem with it.
“I think it’s a great album. Yeah, I feel safe,” he told TODAY.com. “Pray for John,” he added, referencing Swift’s ex John Mayer, the supposed subject of his song “Dear John” from Speak Now. While Swift and Mayer have repeatedly sung about each other in their music, last month Swift asked fans at one of the stops with her Tour of eras to avoid trolling the alleged subjects of his re-released songs online, Yahoo Entertainment previously reported.
In a unique twist, Lautner’s now-wife Dome has repeatedly said she’s a devoted Swiftie. During a podcast appearance on Nick Viall’s Podcast, The Viall Files, In February, Dome called herself an “OG T-Swift fan.”
“You don’t have a picture with her when you were 9 or something?” Lautner asked his wife, whom he married in 2022.
“I went to one of his first gigs like ever. It was in the smallest theatre. My best friend loved him, and then so did I,” she explained. Dome added that she believed Speak Nowthe album in which “Back to December” is featured, is “probably one of the best albums of all time. The lyrics are crazy.”