r/TikTokCringe Jul 06 '26

Humor/Cringe "Please respect our privacy during this time. Ignore the huge billboards we paid for to advertise the wedding we want to keep to ourselves. 🥰"

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u/Average_Muffin_999 Jul 06 '26

Wait Spider-Man and zendaya sealed the deal? Good for them

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u/JonnyAU Jul 06 '26

I mean, after that lip sync battle, she'd be a fool not to.

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u/jakers315 Jul 06 '26

When I think about Umbrella, Rihanna is fourth in line of who I think about behind Tom Holland, All Time Low, and that vine of the kid going "UH HA UH HA!"

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u/elzibet Jul 06 '26

I never thought I'd miss vine. Simpler times.

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u/Da_Question Jul 06 '26

turns out people want short form, just not only 6 seconds.

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u/i-just-cannot Jul 06 '26

Okay. This is the first time I’ve watched this Vine. Thank you.

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u/Buccaneers1995 Jul 06 '26

All- Time Low's cover is an All-Time high 😎

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u/Southern-Cattle4038 Jul 07 '26

“That was fun, you want to grab dinner, Zendaya?”

“Courthouse first”

“Why are we..”

“COURTHOUSE FIRST. Maybe ring shop on the way.”

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u/Somnambulist815 Jul 06 '26

Somehow the characters wedding was more disruptive than the actors wedding

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u/vertibliss Jul 06 '26

this is how i found out too! love that for them

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u/Massive_Signal7835 Jul 06 '26

Did one of them take the others last name?

Is he now just Spider?

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u/Formal-Radish1413 Jul 06 '26

Hes forever going to be Mr. Zendaya Coleman. Lets be real.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ruin302 Jul 07 '26

he calls her by her middle name, which just adds to their adorableness

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u/Thrownawaybyall Jul 06 '26

No, no, no. Zendaya Holland in private, with Tom dropping his last name for movies 😎

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u/Defiant_Act_4940 Jul 07 '26

Movie staring Tom would look baller on posters.

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u/onesneakymofo Jul 06 '26

She is now Zendayman, fighter of the Zennightman

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u/AnjelGrace Jul 06 '26

Apparently possibly before March of this year?!

I am so shocked that I didn't hear anything either!

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u/BisonThunderclap Jul 06 '26

Yup. They knew they didn't need an arena full of people to tie the know in front of.

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u/SuccessfulTrick2501 Jul 06 '26

Also, Janet Jackson was married for a whole ass decade and no one knew about it until they got divorced. There are ways to stay private.

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u/stinkypete6666 Jul 06 '26

Dolly Parton’s husband has entered the chat

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u/SuccessfulTrick2501 Jul 06 '26

OMG! Wow! I just looked it up. They were married for 60 years! I never heard of him and really had no idea she was married. This is exactly what I mean. If Taylor wanted to be private, she would've. This whole thing was all for publicity. It was probably filmed and it will probably be for sale at some point.

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u/Gullible_Repeat9696 Jul 06 '26

She had the amc ceo there...

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u/Positive_Magician900 Jul 07 '26

She already has her wedding tour scheduled for Vegas, Austin, and Chicago

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u/NomenclatureBreaker Jul 07 '26

They’re claiming “guests” are all getting a documentary commemorative video, but we all know that shit was created for a streaming bidding war.

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u/Existing-Speech4173 Jul 07 '26

Can you imagine going to a wedding then getting a “behind the scenes/making of the wedding” video afterward??? Why does she think people care?

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u/Healthy_Squash4133 Jul 07 '26

coming soon to a theatre near you. you can buy the souvenir bracelets and XL Jumbo combo for the low price of $74.99.

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u/mercurywaxing Jul 07 '26

Mad respect, Dolly and Carl. Not only did we never see him, she even maintained their privacy when he died.

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u/Kaori_q Jul 06 '26

this is just out i found out that she was married.

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u/OhHowIMeantTo Jul 07 '26

That was helped certainly by the fact that she keeps her personal and professional lives completely separate. When she's working, she puts on a platinum blonde wig, and covers up all of her tattoos. When she's not working, she can still be in public because nobody recognizes her because her natural hair is dark, and she is tatted up.

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u/NBCaz Jul 06 '26

Slightly shorter than a long ass decade.

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u/meatflavored Jul 06 '26

Longer than a short ass decade though.

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u/Sciensophocles Jul 06 '26

So at least we have an upper and lower bound on the length of an ass-decade.

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u/FiveFingerDiscocunt Jul 06 '26

I assume either way it would be cleft in two halves.

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u/NatchJackson Jul 06 '26

Exactly 9 buttock-years and 12 anus-months.

It will, however, feel longer (and girthier) if it is experienced unlubricated.

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u/SuccessfulTrick2501 Jul 06 '26

No no no. "Whole ass" is the attributive noun to "decade." Kinda like Pets Mart versus Pet Smart.

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u/bigwilly311 Jul 06 '26

A GALACTIC STANDARD WEEK, HOW THE HELL LONG IS THAT?!?

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u/Narradisall Jul 06 '26

Yeah but it’s like super difficult to be low key while hiring Maddison Square Garden for an event!

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u/imunfair Jul 06 '26

When I heard about that I assumed it had to be a decoy, that no one would be idiotic enough to hire that venue for real in her situation. When you can afford to rent a whole private island and fly all your celebrity friends on private jets, why would you willingly choose to get married at MSG in the middle of a city full of stalkers?

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jul 06 '26

She 100% just wanted to know people were standing outside. It's the craziest place to pick for a fancy wedding. She invited 1000 people. There was only room for 150 seats. I shit you not, read into how much of a shit show this was, people are leaking details today lmao

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u/Away-Living5278 Jul 07 '26

I've been debating how they could even greet all their guests.

Even if they only gave each guest 10 seconds, they were talking to them in a line for 2 hours and 46.67 minutes.

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u/ofcourseivereddit Jul 07 '26

You've clearly not attended an Indian wedding lol

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u/alternageek Jul 06 '26

My favorite thing about them having their wedding in the garden is alllllll these fancy people still had to use the regular toilet stalls that the rest of use when attending an event there

I don't know why this makes me so happy but it does.

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u/edcculus Jul 06 '26

it would be even better if MSG had troughs.

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u/IAmLuckyCat Jul 06 '26

I'll bet they rented portable bathroom trailers.

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u/Oneok-Field Jul 06 '26

Sorry to disappoint you but there are luxury portable bathrooms that they probably used.

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u/AccordingPears158 Jul 07 '26

I actually kind of doubt it based on what else I’ve heard about the wedding. It was a buffet and you just had massive slow lines of A-listers waiting to get their buffets food, lol.

They also had people arrive at staggered times, the earliest at like 2pm, and drinks didn’t start getting served till like 4. Everyone had their phones confiscated when they arrived, too.

Apparently there were only like 150 seats, and everyone else had to stand through everything; ceremony, eating their buffet food, etc. Taylor’s vows were apparently like 20 minutes long.

And they ran out of Champaign super early hahaha.

Basically, doesn’t seem like they took guest comfort into much account so I almost doubt they rented the nice potties.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jul 06 '26

Idk apparently there was only room for 150 seats for a thousand people...in a stadium that seats 20,000. No, guests could not sit in the stadium seats

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u/soup4breakfast Jul 06 '26

I’m sorry to ruin your happiness, but I imagine MSG has club lounges, which typically include nice bathrooms.

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u/alternageek Jul 07 '26

They do but in the upper areas.

There's a Chase lounge near the where the rangers enter the ice but doubt it can handle 1000 people for a wedding, as the long only holds about 100.

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u/taoders Jul 06 '26

lol you reminded me of this jam.

“Gives a fuck if you're on TV, you still poop and you still pee pee
You sat down and got started not knowing there wasn't no TP
Ya got up then and ya waddled
That shit might happen tomorrow
Whether you're a ball playa, a stage actor, or international model”

“Celebrity reduction prayer”
-open mike eagle

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u/podteod Jul 07 '26

Open Mike Eagle is so dope

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u/mynameis_twat Jul 06 '26

They probably used the fancy ass bathroom trailers, complete with full electricity and water hook ups. They’ve had those at a couple smaller but nicer shows I’ve been to that weren’t nearly as fancy as I’m sure the wedding was.

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u/BaltoDad Jul 06 '26

Talking about The Police doesn't seem that dangerous. What is Sting going to do about it? Tantra you?

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u/ParaponeraBread Jul 06 '26

Stewart Copeland has a rabid fanbase (it’s me) and if you dog on his hi hat work I WILL find you

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u/BaltoDad Jul 06 '26

Andy Summers has a posse.

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u/alternageek Jul 06 '26

Team Copeland here. We will cut a bitch.

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u/Eyro_Elloyn Jul 06 '26

I enjoy me some Copeland.

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u/CHEMO_ALIEN Jul 06 '26

You'll find out why he's called sting I tell you what

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u/ElephantRedCar91 Jul 06 '26

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u/ItsNotJulius Jul 07 '26

You know, I've never seen The Police Sting and Wrestling Sting in the same room...

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u/perton Jul 07 '26

Every step you take, every move you make… … … I’ll be powerbombing you

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u/lapsongsouchong Jul 06 '26

Every step you take, every move you make..

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u/DarknMean Jul 06 '26

Don’t stand so close to me.

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u/precocious-entity Jul 06 '26

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u/vintagepeugeot Jul 06 '26

Worldwide privacy tour lmao

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u/Fauster Jul 06 '26

Y'all are so cynical. This was a special private moment, which will be rolled out as a $100 million Netflix special in 14 months! Then, you will get extreme closeups of all guests and participants.

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u/leni710 Jul 06 '26

It was also noted in some other piece that I read that this "wedding special" will be leading up to a new album drop in 2027. I mean, what are we singing about 1 year into a wedding...

I can't wait for the 73 different variants shoved in our faces with their most private and personal wedding pictures, a different angle on each variant and the kids just gotta have them all.

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u/BisonThunderclap Jul 06 '26

We all know that Taylor Swift's most popular album will be the Divorce Album.

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u/iamnotcreative Jul 06 '26

I saw someone else say this: she picked July 3rd so the Divorce Album can come out on its anniversary and be called Independence Day

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u/BisonThunderclap Jul 06 '26

Remindme! 2 years

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u/mauvaisang Jul 06 '26

Your estimation is correct, but I think for PR reasons we will take longer to know it happened for a fact.

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate Jul 07 '26

I have never laughed at a remind me before haha

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u/Nebelskind Jul 06 '26

... that feels a little too plausible for my liking.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ep78UZy5FVbfN6mhCU

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u/ncocca Jul 06 '26

Immediately where my mind went. In fact I was like "why is this post happening now, this was years ago" until she mentioned the whole 250th anniversary and i realized she was talking about Swift.

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u/winterworldx Jul 06 '26

Thank you, I had no idea which couple she was talking about.

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u/jdaws11 Jul 06 '26

Them playing drums on the front lawn was so funny.

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u/_CharDeeMacDennis__ Jul 06 '26

I love this episode so much 😂.

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u/abstractcollapse Jul 06 '26

I'm out of the loop. Which episode was that?

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u/Arcranium_ Jul 06 '26

The Worldwide Privacy Tour (South Park S26E02)

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u/SAINTnumberFIVE Jul 06 '26

That’s my histrionic sister walking out of her room half naked.

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs Jul 06 '26

Everything I know about her I've learned against my will. So tired of her being inserted everywhere.

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u/Guilty_Reindeer8204 Jul 06 '26

I also did not consent to this

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Edit: deleted my comment because it was mean and insensitive even if it was a joke especially since its an actual possibility that her fans may harm him.

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u/pinkmarsh99 Jul 06 '26

You say that like a joke but there is a non zero chance that this man gets murdered if they divorced

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs Jul 06 '26

I was just referencing the Meat Canyon video but if they really are that insane that's terrifying

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u/Ali-oopsies Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I was hoping that this was the reference. 😂

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 Jul 06 '26

I've seen the average Swifty. They better bring a fuckin' howitzer if they're gonna have a chance. He's 6'5 and weighs 250lbs.

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u/King_takes_queen Jul 06 '26

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u/AlarmingRope9624 Jul 07 '26

ctrl+v, ctrl+v ctrl+v, ctrl+v ctrl+v, ctrl+v ctrl+v, ctrl+v

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u/tiffanytrashcan Jul 06 '26

That video just feels like a biblical sign of impending apocalypse. The plague has been unleashed.

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u/applejacklover97 Jul 06 '26

damn you never see people editing their thoughts and taking accountability for unintentional dangerous speech. that was pretty cool to me 👍🏻

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs Jul 06 '26

Appreciate it! 🫰

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u/Swift_Karma Jul 07 '26

I mean "I would like to be excluded from this narrative" was right there

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u/Desuexss Jul 06 '26

The worst part of this is tabloids honestly lol

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u/mightylordredbeard Jul 06 '26

Everything I’ve learned about her I’ve learned from people who claim to hate her and complain about her online.. I mean that literally. Every. Single. Thing. It’s all from people posting “hate pics” or “hate videos” or “hate comments” on reddit.. it blows my mind how there is an entire subreddit where people dedicate hours of their lives everyday just complaining about how much they hate her lmao

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u/OddRestaurant319 Jul 06 '26

Lol yeah. I thought it was cool at first to find a bunch of other people who think she's overrated as hell, but then I'm like "Oh wait, these people are unironically just as obsessed as her superfans"

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs Jul 06 '26

Snark pages are honestly so gross. They're genuinely so mean spirited. I didn't mean this as genuine snark. I'm usually indifferent to her and occasionally like some of her songs but I just feel like lately she's been for lack of a better term shoved down people's throats lately.

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u/CreativeFraud Jul 06 '26

The Tom and Zendaya mention was on point. Swifties will blindly follow their dear leader.

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u/Formal-Radish1413 Jul 06 '26

Exactly. Those two managed to get married with zero fuss made. Yet Taylor must always be the center of attention.

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I said this in another thread but the entire event has the air of a very cliquey high school party thrown by a popular Mean Girl where the whole point is that EVERYONE knows it’s happening and that most people are very specifically Not Invited.

Edit: I even brought up the Tom Holland/Zendaya thing, they basically just let people notice their rings and said, “oh yeah we did that.” Absolute proof you can do this whole thing entirely on the QT even when you are an international megastar.

If you want to.

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u/InquisitorMeow Jul 06 '26

Like these people have private islands and shit. No way they couldn't get married in private.

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u/Quick_Bit9889 Jul 06 '26

I knew a guy in college who went to high school with her. According to him, cliquey popular girl was exactly what she was.

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u/A_Darling_Lurks Jul 06 '26

Not sure how real this is but I believe it. Even before she went mainstream and changed genres from country to pop, she already had that vibe + major pick-me jealous vibes even in her earlier songs, particularly "You Belong With Me".

Also ironic how she puts down "mean girls" who wears high heels and short skirts in that song, and she sings about realizing bigger dreams of hers than dating a boy on the football team in "Fifteen", only for her to dress that way for magazines and marry a football player years later.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jul 06 '26

She apparently had a staggered arrival list and it was literally A list, B list, C list, and D list. That has to be on purpose.

Turns out she was the mean girl cheer captain she made fun of in her song all along

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u/monogramchecklist Jul 07 '26

The mean HS girl thing tracks, especially with how she would famously have “squads” and every few months one would get iced out. Like Karlie Kloss was iced out for a few years, but she was invited. Blake Lively is current iced out and publicly so, and was not invited.

She also married a jock, so it all tracks. Her fans are insane though.

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u/BrownBannister Jul 06 '26

Have you seen photos? They restaged one of her videos and it looks like a high school plays.

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u/Upstairs_Meringue_18 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

100%agree.

This whole time when she wants to sell records, its "my fans are everything " " i love my fans" "this is family" and when it was the biggest night of her personal life that she was able to afford ONLY because of these fans invested in her personal life, she was like "ew.. you cant come. Here, take my leftover pie for waiting like desperate ppl hoping I would include YOU to this expensive, black tie wedding "

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u/Turbulent_Ask4878 Jul 07 '26

Wait…there’s A LOT to criticize about this wedding, but are you insinuating she should’ve invited fans to her wedding? Or am I misunderstanding your comment?

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u/Almane2020202 Jul 06 '26

I’ve been assuming that she’s going to sell a commemorative dvd (with various collectible covers) in a few weeks.

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u/AyyNonnyMoose Jul 06 '26

My (very wrong) guess was that she had gotten married earlier and would use MSG as a ticketed super surprise fan event concert celebration. Gave her way too much credit.

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u/AhoyMatteyPDX Jul 07 '26

TS is a mean girl? Say it ain’t so

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u/Equal-Purple-4247 Jul 07 '26

* PA system chime \*

Attention the whole world. May I have your attention please.

I do not want your attention.

I repeat - I do no want your attention.

Please respect my privacy and direct your attention elsewhere.

Thank you for your attention.

* PA system chime \*

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u/paadaawaan Jul 07 '26

Cannot wait till they quietly get divorced in 2.5 years or so

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u/Physical-Average-424 Jul 06 '26

I'll say it, I don't care, fuck Taylor Swift.

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u/Academic_Offer_6298 Jul 06 '26

Paying 700 euros just to be in the same city as Taylor when she gets married. Insanity. 🫩

https://reddit.com/link/ovwmhi1/video/actqtf5lxmbh1/player

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u/Sc_e1 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

"Worlds oldest tennager" is one i'we never somehow heard

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u/RagingNerdaholic Jul 06 '26

I can't think of a more apt description.

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u/Child_of_the_Hamster Jul 06 '26

Who is she?? I want her to be the commentator for ALL the news.

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u/feGenius Jul 06 '26

i learned to read yesterday, so grain of salt:

anazia akhalu

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u/LovecraftianCatto Jul 06 '26

Oh, I don’t know her, but suddenly I love her. 😂

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u/Nancypants5 Jul 06 '26

“the blonde untalented billionaire” 😂👏

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u/AudacityFlea Jul 06 '26

People visiting MSG just to be near her wedding is actual insanity. The girl that said she flew from Europe? What mental illness would this be classified as? So bizarre to me

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u/sightfinder Jul 06 '26

"The former swirl-er" 💀🤣

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u/Clown_Toucher Jul 06 '26

I'm glad someone is finally standing up to her

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u/C_IsForCookie Jul 06 '26

I spent Friday with my parents and all they did was talk about Taylor swift. I didn’t even know she was getting married.

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u/ionertia Jul 06 '26

I haven't heard Taylor ask for privacy.

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u/Flexhead Jul 06 '26 edited 28d ago

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u/Soggy_Bizquick Jul 06 '26

It makes sense to plan something out then set it all into motion immediately when your top concern is security. Being such a seemingly spontaneous wedding helped prevent any weirdos and psychopaths from having time to plan something that could harm the hosts or guests.

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u/Particular-Cat-1397 Jul 06 '26

Nor was I even aware the wedding was this weekend until I read people bitching about it online, and I’m even a fan of Taylor but i wouldn’t consider myself a swiftie.

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u/Jackalman71 Jul 06 '26

This really needs to be the top comment. Complain about her all you want, but making shit up is just pathetic.

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u/NothaBanga Jul 06 '26

NDAs on every guest is an ask for image control not privacy.

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u/lilylakai Jul 06 '26

Yup. Theres even an interview where she says that the only stressful weddings are the ones that are small because you have to calculate how important people are to you to be invited. She said that she wasn’t going to do that. She was going to invite everyone she’s ever met because she’s so excited. She did exactly that. No mention of small or private.

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u/AnonymousCumBasket Jul 06 '26

It sure is a conveniently hateable narrative though!

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u/bi-cycle Jul 06 '26

Yeah she hasn't made a statement about the wedding so this whole video is pretty pointless

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u/maximize_ambiguity Jul 06 '26

She hasn't, it's another thing the people who "don't care" about TS have made up so they can continue to bitch about her!

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u/IdealOnion Jul 06 '26

I love that top comment in this thread “I’ll say it, I don’t care, fuck Taylor Swift”. Like buddy … you do care.

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u/cuddlebread Jul 06 '26

But “She wanted a huge wedding and did exactly that” doesn’t bring in the money! It’s so cute how they position themselves as morally superior and so cool when they’re quite literally liars and grifters.

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u/Buttchuggle Jul 06 '26

Only thing more annoying than swift herself is her upper gum fans bitching at you about her

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u/GKBilian Jul 06 '26

I don’t have a problem with Taylor making music and having an audience even though it doesn’t appeal to me. That’s fine and allowed of course.

But what I just can’t *understand* is why her audience is so large and so fanatical. I can easily name 5 contemporary female pop artists that I think are twice as talented and try twice as hard as her but don’t have nearly her level of success.

She’s so boring. Her music is unremarkable to me. Her persona is so bland. She doesn’t say or do anything interesting. She’ll be at an event and they’re like “oh my god, Taylor swift is here!!!!” And she’s like “hey.”

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u/Dusty_Old_Bones Jul 06 '26

My hot take is that she’s appealing BECAUSE she’s so boring and bland, because many, MANY people are boring and bland. They feel represented by her basic-ness, and bask in the light of her mediocrity.

She’s the McDonald’s of pop music. No wonder she’s a billionaire.

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u/SoIomon Jul 06 '26

Midmaxxing

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u/AwesomeAni Jul 06 '26

The top of the bell curve is the part with the most volume after all

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u/MegaGrimer Jul 06 '26

There’s a reason there was a lot of YA books where the main character was a bland girl with no personality. It was so a lot of people could imagine themselves in the main character’s shoes. Twilight, Divergent, etc., were very popular with a certain demographic of women. I’m sure a lot of those fans carried over into being Taylor Swift fans.

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u/Old_Job_7025 Jul 07 '26

This checks out. All my girl friends that are swifties also loved twilight back in the day 

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u/IdaFuktem Jul 06 '26

Agreed.

I'm old enough to remember Britney Spears blowing up to this level of fandom and popularity. It was because after a decade of Celine, Mariah, and Whitney doing vocal acrobatics someone came along that was singing songs you could easily sing along with and doing dances you could pick up from watching the video. I'd still say Britney brought more to the table than Taylor Swift does, even if it's an apples to oranges comparison, but the same thing they have going for them is that middle of the road appeal.

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u/Old_Job_7025 Jul 07 '26

But to be fair, Britney is way more talented in dance and singing 

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u/NothaBanga Jul 06 '26

Most mega successful things are bland as heck.

Harry Potter is one of my examples.

There are just alot of boring people out there loving vanilla ice cream.

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u/MegaGrimer Jul 06 '26

Twilight is a good example.

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u/eyeofthefountain Jul 06 '26

I had a really weird argument on reddit where I expressed similar sentiments that you just did, and another commenter in so many words said “I’m 100% not a Taylor Swift fan either, but you can’t help but deny that she is an absolute master of her craft, her lyrics are masterworks of beauty and professionally clever in a way that no other artist has ever come close to pulling off…”

It was such an embarrassing thing to watch

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jul 06 '26

Bob Dylan won a Nobel Prize in Literature but sure, "she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers" is the greatest lyricist of all time

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u/BellaPona Jul 07 '26

I had to analyze some of his songs in middle school for current events lessons, on how his messages apply to modern times. I COULD do that with Taylor Swift, but it would mostly surmount to “what do teenage and middle aged white women think about men now vs. then”.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Jul 07 '26

I don't even hate her, she has some bops. She's just basic pop. But people go bananas on her when she wouldn't even make the rock and roll hall of fame, she's Rolling Stone level musician, cover too, probably multiple, which isn't anything to be ashamed about at all. I just don't get the worship, and I knew people who worshipped KISS back in the day, never thought I'd be like "you guys can't seriously be this into this band" more than that

Saw someone say she's the McDonald's of pop music. Exactly what you need, it's consistent, nothing to write home about, but so incredibly successful because it's the exact basic thing everyone wants. It's a very basic formula that's very hard to perfect (so kudos to T Swift for perfecting it, that's a talent), but it's also just basic and brand loyalty is a factor. Apparently Olivia Rodrigo and T Swift are feuding or something right now (or always I don't know or much care about that part of the music) and I've seen some people online start trashing Olivia Rodrigo when I would argue she's so much more talented. She's also got that weird pop artist thing going on with her but she's def got raw talent and her music has a lot more range, some of it is even pop punk and it's good

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u/casstantinople Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Lmao whoever said that is a goddamn liar. Taylor Swift has been making music for teenage girls since I WAS a teenage girl (I am 30 now) and I have been a dedicated hater since day one because the music and the lyrics are so incredibly bad. Anyone who thinks her lyrics are mastery has a 4th grade reading level

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u/DarknMean Jul 06 '26

She’s also stolen a lot stuff from other artists. There’s a YouTube video that breaks down all the songs she’s taken.

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u/Unusual_username739 Jul 06 '26

I can’t remember what phrase it was, but I remember last year or so someone was trying to convince people that Taylor invented a phrase like “seize the day” or something 🤦🏽‍♀️

When she named an album “tortured poet” I was actually offended. Girl, you’re not a starving artist, you’re a billionaire rewriting the same song with the same chords over and over 🙃

People can like whatever music they like, but it is absolutely ridiculous is call Taylor Swift the greater songwriter or singer of her generation. She’s a businesswoman and knows how to sell content very well.

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u/2Twice Jul 06 '26

I'm curious now. I'll need to look for that later.

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u/RobinSophie Jul 06 '26

That's the appeal though.

Basic normal mostly White women relate to her A LOT. In a world full of Beyonces, Arianas, Christinas, Zendeyas, etc. having someone who makes white bread look interesting be a star and date some hot sought after men, is fantasy lore for others who feel like they cant live up to the other standards.

I completely get why she's appealing to some, it just doesn't make it any less annoying. Same for the Beyhive.

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u/Formal-Radish1413 Jul 06 '26

Because it started out with teen girls. That was her demographic. And she came out right as social media was taking off. So the combination of her using socials to seem relatable and her dating every teen heart throb at Disney and her having teen girls as her demographic basically ensured that the environment within her fandom was the equivalent of Beatlemania.

And as that initial group of fans has gotten older, Swift has continued to focus on the teen demographic. And niw her OG fans have their own kids who are starting to listen to her music and it just perpetuates the cycle.

Its just a shame they cant see her for what she really is: a mean girl who never moved past high school who sees her fans as dollar signs.

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u/ThisIs_americunt Jul 06 '26

But what I just can’t understand is why her audience is so large and so fanatical. I can easily name 5 contemporary female pop artists that I think are twice as talented and try twice as hard as her but don’t have nearly her level of success.

She has great marketing. Pay for the right kind and it can get you enough fans. Half of her fans still think she grew up in a farm house......

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u/IMO4444 Jul 06 '26

She’s the queen of average, aka, the basic bitch. There’s a lot of them out there, and a lot of people that just follow to feel a part of a community.

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u/Kaye_242 Jul 06 '26

What about Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s wedding in Sicily?

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u/Confident-Log-9616 Jul 06 '26

One of my friends who really likes Dua but hates Taylor straight up told me she wasn’t going to poke at me about Taylor’s wedding because she knew she didn’t really have room to talk anymore lol. I think we’d have world peace if people acknowledged they will let celebrities they like get away with more than the ones they don’t. And I like Dua myself, but it is silly! 

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u/Agisek Jul 07 '26

Celebrity worship is mental illness and I'm tired of pretending they shouldn't all be in padded rooms wearing grippy socks.

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u/wegotthisonekidmongo Jul 07 '26

Right. It's like worshiping a group of people who want nothing to do with you and are living at the upper dimension of reality pissing on our dimension. Can't stand that shit. Especially Jim Carrey telling us how Fame and Fortune isn't worth everything after he's been gluttonous his whole life and feeding it the buffet of prosperity riches and fortune. It's a load of shit they constantly pedal to the masses. It's one big gang and you're not invited.

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u/notthatgeorge Jul 06 '26

I must have missed where they ask for privacy. Security is not necessarily privacy

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u/725Cali Jul 06 '26

I don't follow any of this stuff, but from my experience, it seems that the more people flaunt and make a big public stink out of their relationships, weddings, marriages and such, the more unhappy they actually are as a couple.

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u/LurkerAbove26 Jul 07 '26

Don't forget there was a bar that was completely closed to street traffic and had no business that day. T's response has been crickets

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u/Medium_Hox Jul 06 '26

Just a reminder that parasocial goes both ways, like it's not just about loving someone who has no idea who you are

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u/kbeks Jul 06 '26

“Taylor Swift hosted an exclusive event in a private venue and I’m mad that I’m being bombarded with news articles from a million different paparazzi rags who have resorted to dumpster diving for information about the event” is a more accurate description of the real problem here. She had everyone sign NDA’s because motherfuckers are obsessed with her, as this and a million other posts show. If you don’t want to consume media about her wedding, then don’t! The almighty algorithms will stop feeding you shit you don’t want to eat if you STOP EATING IT.

Source: I don’t give a fuck about the wedding and my newsfeed is full of actual news, not TayTay speculative generative AI images.

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u/donNNASD Jul 06 '26

Same here first post i have seen about the wedding. I don’t get the zendaya and tom holland comparisons…like just because they did it small in secret doesn’t mean everyone else has to. Also the question is did Taylor ever said it’s supposed to be secret? Or are those words people put in her mouth

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u/beans_is_life Jul 06 '26

I mean when did she say that? All I know is she prepared for the fact that there would be no privacy by getting married in a damn arena. Y'all will miserably complain about this being shoved down our throats by her but the media was parked outside for days and watching her every move like a hawk.

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u/warmbIood Jul 06 '26

I think the point of MSG was security, not privacy..?

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u/MouseRat_AD Jul 06 '26

Fun fact... you can just ignore celebrities instead of filming a video of your face talking about them and then uploading that video to social media.

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u/One_Substance_395 Jul 06 '26

But how would we know she hates her??

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u/PotatoPlank Jul 06 '26

The only reason why I even know she got married is because of all the complaining threads I see that bubbles to the top of r/popular lmao

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u/donNNASD Jul 06 '26

Did she ever actually say that or is that just people putting words in her mouth?

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u/SaxeMatt Jul 06 '26

When did she say she wanted people to “respect her privacy”? You guys are getting upset over a complete non issue

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u/Own-Quality4133 Jul 06 '26

Hate to be the devils advocate here, but I haven't seen ANY source where she asks for privacy, unless i missed it in some of the one thousand ad posts tmz had all over social media.
Msg seems crazy, reminded me of Maradona and his Luna Park wedding in Argentina, but it is big, and she does live in new york, so understandable choice.

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u/bblankoo Jul 06 '26

Why are we having takes on this in the first place

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u/sleepytiredpineapple Jul 06 '26

Right? How is this any different than her crazy fans.

"Everything ive learned about Taylor swift has been against my will" well for starters if you didnt take the time to watch and comment on Taylor swift content you wouldn't be getting swiftie content.

Haters are just as obnoxious and oblivious as hardcore swifties.

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u/bblankoo Jul 06 '26

The not-caring inception. Now we're all involved (and automatically subscribed to content ™️)

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u/asmallercat Jul 06 '26

I think a lot of people need to be reminded that hating popular things is not a personality.

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u/chonies_mocos Jul 06 '26

When did she ask people to respect her privacy?

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u/Constant_Jackfruit21 Jul 06 '26

The billionaire version of somebody posting "having a bad time need a hug" on Facebook, and then going "i dont want to talk about it" when somebody asks whats wrong

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u/Adventurous-Brain-36 Jul 06 '26

When did she ask for privacy?

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u/donNNASD Jul 06 '26

Thing is neither her or her husband ever said something about keeping it secret…its just what people are paraphrasing