After being spotted covering her lips during a conversation with friends and colleagues Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff on Sunday at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift appears to be more circumspect than ever.
At the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the 34-year-old pop superstar had a private talk with the Bleachers artist while covering her face with a black folding fan.
Taylor made the amusing gesture just before she accepted her 13th Grammy for best pop vocal album for Midnights. As a result, she mentioned in her victory speech that her next album, The Tortured Poet’s Department, would be out in April.
The controversy from the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January, where Taylor was spotted conversing with her longtime friend Selena Gomez, seems to be the inspiration for the decision.
Taylor Swift seems to be more cautious than ever after she was seen covering her lips while chatting with her friends and collaborators Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff on Sunday at the 2024 Grammy Awards
The 34-year-old pop superstar held up a black folding fan over her face while carrying on a discreet conversation with the Bleachers musician at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
The move appeared to be inspired by a scandal from January’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony, when Taylor was glimpsed chatting with her longtime pal Selena Gomez
Later, forensic lip readers revealed to DailyMail.com that the two singers were chatting about how Selena was worried about perhaps “upsetting” Kylie Jenner by asking her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, who used to be Selena’s costar, for a group selfie.
Taylor, who was one of the evening’s best-dressed celebrities, wasn’t taking any chances this time around. Her followers quickly recognized the allusion and responded to the covert action with some amusing comments on social media.
Taylor, who has recently been the target of insane right-wing conspiracy claims, was spotted unwrapping a sophisticated black fan during the Grammy Awards broadcast.
She had brought it along, perhaps to make fun of the earlier lip-reading mystery, but it could also have been an accessory to her gorgeous white Schiaparelli corset dress, which she paired with black gloves that hung down to reveal her upper arms.
Accompanying the Anti-Hero singer was her friend and occasional duet partner Lana Del Rey, who also happened to be carrying a black fan.
During the Grammys broadcast, Taylor — who has lately been the subject of deranged right-wing conspiracy theories — was seen unfolding an elegant black fan
Taylor was also seated near her regular producer and co-songwriter Jack Antonoff, who went tie-free with a black tux and eyeglasses with large frames
He leaned in to hear the Folklore singer better, and Taylor held the fan out over her mouth to obscure whatever she was saying
Her previous awards show gossip snafu began when her good friend Selena Gomez was seen gossiping with her at the Golden Globe Awards in January
Forensic lipreader Jeremy Freeman has exclusively uncovered the trio’s conversation for DailyMail.com. He alleged that Selena, 31, was denied a photo with Timothée Chalamet, 28, and claimed she feared ‘upsetting’ him and Kylie Jenner, 26
During a break between award shows, the two singer-songwriters were spotted chatting and holding up the fans in front of their faces.
In addition to her translucent black dress, Lana wore short sheer black gloves that matched her lacy black fans.
Taylor was sitting next to Jack Antonoff, her regular producer and co-songwriter, who wore a black tuxedo and large-framed glasses instead of a tie.
He inclined closer to gain a clearer understanding of the Folklore singer, while Taylor covered her mouth with the fan to mask her words.
Taylor was beaming from ear to ear in the audience, so it didn’t seem to have affected her happiness at all—even though she wasn’t leaving anything to chance.