What Else Taylor’s timed rebellion It was unintentional but the timing could not be better. Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (Taylor’s Version) played during the most recent episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, the penultimate episode of the series. You don’t have to be caught up with the show By Lainey • May 20, 2025 04:33 pm
Top Reads Small win, big loss Blake Lively’s motion to strike a letter and an affidavit from Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, was granted yesterday in New York. The letter and the affidavit became one of the most explosive twists in this crazy case, with Bryan Freedman alleging in both the letter and affidavit By Lainey • May 16, 2025 10:58 am
Legal issues Taylor Swift is the Main Character In the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, in which she is accusing him of sexual harassment and reputational sabotage and he is counter-accusing her of sabotaging his reputation and taking over his movie, a main character has emerged…and it’s neither of them. The main By Lainey • May 15, 2025 12:51 pm
BFFs TNT break cover Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have kept a low profile since the Super Bowl. It’s been two months since they were seen together in public and even then it wasn’t like their pap walks in New York last year. The shots weren’t great because Taylor seemed determined By Lainey • May 12, 2025 10:42 am
Faux Gossip “No Trouble” for TNT Jason and Travis Kelce were in Vegas last weekend for Justin Timberlake’s golf tournament. Taylor Swift was not seen with him. Which prompted speculation about why they weren’t there together and what that might mean. Then it was pointed out that he either unfollowed or never followed Ryan By Lainey • Apr 30, 2025 11:44 am
BFFs Travis and Ryan: Unfollow or Never Follow? One of the offshoots from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni legal mess is whether or not Blake and Taylor still have a relationship. The tabloids and social media have been obsessively trying to find out if Taylor’s cut Blake out of her life over all the details that By Lainey • Apr 29, 2025 11:56 am
BFFs Intro for April 28, 2025 Dear Gossips, Gigi Hadid turned 30 years old last week, her birthday party was on Saturday in New York. I remember when she hosted the MuchMusic Video Awards here in Toronto back in 2016, I walked by her in the hall one day, she was fresh-faced and SO tall, one By Lainey • Apr 28, 2025 09:26 am
Music Intro for March 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift showed up virtually at the iHeart Music Awards the other night to accept all her awards, including Tour of the Century. She was wearing a snake necklace and of course that could not have been an accident given what the snake has symbolised over the course By Lainey • Mar 19, 2025 09:24 am
What Else Weekend couples on the go We have reached early spring, which means the weather is sometimes nice, which means people are going outside. Over the weekend, new couple Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro were seen grocery shopping together—more important in my mind than red carpet official. There are couples who make a point of By Sarah • Mar 17, 2025 04:06 pm
Top Reads TNT: The Boos, the Bros, and (perhaps) a Proper Holiday Before we get into the TNT of it, a minute first on Taylor Swift getting booed at the Super Bowl. If you haven’t already, I recommend Stephanie McNeal’s piece for Glamour. Stephanie was at the game, and has excellent insight on that booing moment and why it’s By Lainey • Feb 11, 2025 11:41 am
Top Reads Baiting Taylor Swift Both TMZ and Page Six claimed to have “exclusives” yesterday about Taylor Swift’s relationship with Blake Lively. And both of their “exclusives” say the same thing: that Blake's legal drama with Justin Baldoni has fractured her friendship with Taylor. And that Taylor is distancing herself from Blake By Lainey • Feb 07, 2025 10:29 am
BFFs The Girls are OK Sometimes the gossip that comes out of an award show is beefy. Two stars refusing to sit next to each other. Actors avoiding each other on the red carpet. Exes and their currents awkwardly walking past. Girl sh-t and boy sh-t and mess. Sometimes, however, the gossip that comes out By Lainey • Feb 05, 2025 11:15 am
Jock Smut Intro for January 27, 2025 Dear Gossips, I waited to write this intro to see who won the AFC championship game, the Buffalo Bills, or the Kansas City Chiefs. Not because I have any personal investment—these are not my teams—but because I wanted to know how much misogyny would be projected into the By Sarah • Jan 27, 2025 09:16 am
Jock Smut Playoff TNT is back Is it TNT that you need today? For some, it’s TNT all day every day. Playoff TNT is probably my favourite TNT too. Taylor Swift’s outfit at the Kansas City game is definitely my favourite game day fit in a while. All Chanel – oversized jacket, black romper, pearl By Lainey • Jan 20, 2025 02:53 pm
Taylor Swift Intro for January 15, 2025 Dear Gossips, This week, a pop culture twist that no one could have predicted: is China becoming a pop culture super power in the west? First, let me put it in the most simple terms – China has enjoyed its own independent star system for a long time. After decades of By Lainey • Jan 15, 2025 10:13 am
Jock Smut Travis Kelce: Wedding Expert Not really, but someone approached Travis Kelce like he was a wedding expert and I’m here to say, all in good fun since we need some of that right now (because these Swifties get real sensitive over this sh-t), that he is unqualified. It happened on this week’s By Lainey • Jan 09, 2025 02:50 pm