Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Travis Kelce responds to teammate quoting Taylor Swift in controversial commencement speech
nme.comTaylor Swift.On May 11, Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College’s graduation ceremony, which sparked a backlash on social media.In it, he quoted a lyric from Swift’s song ‘Bejeweled’ (from 2022’s ‘Midnights’): “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’,” he said, before directly addressing the women in the room.“I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.”Butker continued: “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”And now Kelce, who plays tight end for the Chiefs and is in a high-profile relationship with Swift, has addressed the speech on his New Heights podcast with his brother Jason.
Watch his comments below, starting at 24 minutes:Kelce explained that Butker is his friend and he “cherishes him as a teammate”, but was quick to distance himself from the sentiments expressed in the speech.“When it comes down to his views and what he said at the St.
Benedict’s commencement speech… Those are his, I can’t say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it,” he said.“Outside of him loving his family and his kids.
I don’t think I should judge him by his views, especially his religious views. … I grew up in a beautiful upbringing of different social classes, different religions, different races and ethnicities in Cleveland Heights.”Kelce went on to say that he was proud of the fact that his mother as well as his father provided for his family. “They were homemakers and they were providers and.
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