Fans of Taylor Swift are once again showing their support for the fan-favorite celebrity. This time, however, they’re making it known that they want fellow celebrity Kim Kardashian to apologize to Taylor Swift.
As many fans know, there was an incident in 2016 that Swift recently brought up while speaking with TIME. She shared her story with the publication which recently named her 2023 Person of the Year. And, during the issue’s cover interview, she revisited the infamous feud between herself, Kardashian, and Kardashian’s former husband Ye (Kanye West).
The incident began when Ye dropped his track titled “Famous.” The song featured a vulgar lyric regarding Swift, one which she claims to have not approved. Of course, after the fact, Kim Kardashian took things a step forward that brought Swift “down really, really hard.”
The publication explains the events as follows:
“West’s then wife, Kim Kardashian, released a video of a conversation between West and Swift that seemed to indicate that Swift had been on board with the song. The scandal was tabloid catnip; it made Swift look like a snake, which is what people called her.”
Swift refers to the experience as “a career death.” She emphasizes this point specifically:
‘Make no mistake—my career was taken away from me.'”
“You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar,” she continues. “That took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.”
When Kardashian first released the phone call, she spent the same day teasing her with snake emojis:
Wait it’s legit National Snake Day?!?!?They have holidays for everybody, I mean everything these days! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) July 17, 2016
The latest post from Kim Kardashian on Instagram features numerous comments from Taylor Swift fans that are demanding an apology.
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“Apologize to Tay,” one of the top comments read. “The swifties are coming for BLOOD.” This is evident in how many Taylor Swift fans are commenting on the post, leaving plenty of snake emojis for Kardashian to see.
There were statements on the matter back in 2020, as you can see below:
Kim Kardashian releases statement regarding the full leak of the infamous phone call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West. pic.twitter.com/FNMo35TbtM
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 24, 2020
Taylor Swift’s publicist slams Kim Kardashian for twisting an original statement and claiming the infamous phone call was unedited.
“P.S. who did you guys piss off to leak that video?” pic.twitter.com/uS2PBxptek
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 24, 2020
As such, while the feud isn’t exactly over, it’s clear that Swift is happily moving forward. With the success of her Eras Tour and latest releases, it’s nice to see that her career isn’t as dead as she previously thought.