Taylor Swift has criticized Kim Kardashian for “mentally beating her down” and forcing her into hiding during their long-running feud.
The 33-year-old singer, who was named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, spoke out about the dispute, which began when Kim’s then-husband Kanye West wrote a song in 2016 that contained vulgar lyrics about the rising star.
He claimed Taylor agreed to the reference, but after she denied it, Kim also pointed to a released “illegally recorded phone call” between the two that she said proved otherwise.
Taylor has now said that the public spat made it feel like a “career death”, adding: “Make no mistake – my career has been taken away from me.”
Taylor Swift has criticized Kim Kardashian for “mentally beating her down” and forcing her into hiding during their long-running feud
The 33-year-old singer, who was named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year, spoke out about the dispute, which began when Kim’s then-husband Kanye West posted vulgar texts about her in 2016
Speaking about the aftermath, Taylor told the outlet, “They have a completely fabricated lie in the form of an illegally recorded phone conversation that Kim Kardashian edited and then released to tell everyone I was a liar.”
“It took me to a place mentally that I had never been before.” I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rented house for a year. I was afraid to answer the phone.
“I pushed away most of the people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. ‘I fell really, really hard.’
Most of the pop icon’s next album, Reputation, released in 2017, focused on her experiences during the ordeal.
But the plethora of snake images used as a veiled reference to mother-of-four Kim, now 43, only reignited the excitement.
“I thought this moment of backlash would negatively impact me for the rest of my life,” she explained.
But in the years that followed, Taylor’s career became increasingly successful as many of her opponents suffered serious setbacks, including Kanye.
The 46-year-old rapper recently lost a number of endorsement deals following a series of anti-Semitic comments.
Taylor’s feud with Kim and Kanye came to the surface seemingly out of the blue back in 2009, when 19-year-old Taylor accepted the award for Best Female Video for You Belong with Me at the MTV Video Music Awards
Most of the pop icon’s next album, Reputation, released in 2017, focused on her experiences during the ordeal
Explaining how tricky life in the spotlight can be, Taylor added, “Nothing is permanent.” That’s why I’m very careful to be grateful every second that I get to do this on this level, because I’ve done it before taken.
“One thing I’ve learned is that my response to everything that happens, good or bad, is to keep creating things.” Keep making art.
“But I also learned that there’s no point in actively trying to defeat your enemies. “The trash rips itself out every time.”
Taylor’s feud with Kim and Kanye came to the surface seemingly out of the blue back in 2009, when 19-year-old Taylor accepted the award for Best Female Video for You Belong with Me at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Suddenly, in the middle of her acceptance speech, Kanye jumped on stage, grabbed the microphone from her hand and bellowed, “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of her best videos.” any times. One of the best videos of all time!’
To defuse the tension, Beyoncé later called Taylor on stage as she won Single Female Video of the Year (Put a Ring on It), giving the country star a moment in the spotlight.
But the tension didn’t last until the father of four humiliated the star again at the 2015 VMAs.
It seemed like the two were on good terms as Kanye joked: “Do you know how many times they announced that Taylor was going to give me the award because it would get them more reviews?”
Kanye claimed Taylor agreed to this, but after denying it, Kim also pointed to the release of an “illegally recorded phone conversation” between the two that she claimed proves otherwise
However, Taylor later revealed that his statement really upset her, as he publicly clarified that it was about ratings, but privately asked her to go on stage with him because it would “mean so much.”
Taylor later told Rolling Stone, “I stood in the audience with my arm around his wife and a shiver ran through my body.” I realized he was two-faced.
“That he wants to be nice to me behind the scenes, but then he wants to look cool and stand up in front of everyone and talk shit.’ And I was so upset.”
In February 2016, tensions reached an explosive boiling point after Kanye referenced Taylor in the lyrics to his hit song “Famous.”
Taylor was offended by the rapper’s lyrics: “For all my south side n****s that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why?” I did Made that bastard famous.’
The accompanying music video also featured a naked Taylor lying in bed next to him – along with a whole host of other celebrities – and a naked Kim on the other side.
Kanye defended the statement and claimed that he had previously had a conversation with Taylor about the lyrics in question, which she denied.
Taylor went on to accuse Kanye of lying when he asked for permission to mention her in his texts, prompting Kim to release a partial recording of the call in question.
“I’m really glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me that as a friend about the song.” “It’s just a really cool thing and a really good show of friendship,” Taylor is heard saying.
Taylor hit back by claiming that while Kanye spoke through some aspects of the song’s lyrics, she didn’t agree with being called a “bitch.”
Since then, the feud has raged on – with veiled taunts on both sides of the divide.