Taylor Swift Thinks Hell Has a Place Reserved For Tina Fey and Amy Poehler
by Shannon KeirnanYou know who doesn’t appreciate jokes about Taylor Swift? Taylor Swift.
The singer and “Lorax” star had a few choice words for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who made a crack about her dating life while they hosted January's Golden Globes.
The funny ladies gave Swift a gentle warning—stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son Sam, who was serving as Mr. Golden Globe that evening.
Apparently the dig didn’t sit well with Swift, who was reportedly in the bathroom at the time of the joke (although if you’ve seen her reaction to Adele’s win, you can feel that we missed a really glorious fake smile).
Swift spoke to Vanity Fair about the incident.
"You know, Katie Couric is one of my favorite people, because she said to me she had heard a quote that she loved that said, ‘There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women,’” said Swift.
Ye-owch.
Swift’s strong, strong reaction to the joke came as a surprise to both Fey and Poehler.
Fey addressed Swift’s comment.
"It was just a joke, and I think it was actually a very benign joke. If anyone was going to get mad at us, I thought it would be James Cameron. I did not see that one coming…. It was a joke and it was a lighthearted joke, and it's a shame that she didn't take it in the crazy-aunt spirit in which it was intended."
Poehler, too, had a response.
“Aw, I feel bad if she was upset. I am a feminist, and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do agree I am going to hell. But for other reasons. Mostly boring tax stuff."
Swift went on in the magazine to say that she has only had two relationships since 2010 (Conor Kennedy, and One Direction’s Harry Styles).
"The fact that there are slide shows of a dozen guys that I either hugged on a red carpet or met for lunch or wrote a song with. . . it's just kind of ridiculous. It's why I have to avoid the tabloid part of our culture, because they turn you into a fictional character."
Swift also lashes back at being used as tabloid fodder.
“For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that's taking something that potentially should be celebrated — a woman writing about her feelings in a confessional way — that's taking it and turning it and twisting it into something that is frankly a little sexist."
Meanwhile, Vanity Fair did confirm that Swift bought a home near Kennedy, which she made a nice profit on by flipping. Has real estate been her aim all along?
So, do you think Swift’s anger at the joke was deserved, or she taking things a bit too personally here?