Friday, October 30, 2009
Taylor Swift Dishes On Ellen - PLUS Taylor's Current PR Tangle: The Swastika Photo!
The Internet is abuzz about a photo that Taylor Swift took over the weekend with a fan wearing a T-shirt with a large swastika on the front of it. Swift was at pop singer Katy Perry's birthday party in Los Angeles when she was approached by the guy for a photo. Taylor is being bashed for obliging the fan, but her publicist says the singer simply didn't notice the shirt. In a statement to TMZ.com, her spokesperson said, "Taylor took pictures with about 100 people that night ... she doesn't know who this guy is and she didn't realize what was on his shirt."

See the photo in question at TMZ.com... (Caution: It's TMZ.com)

In other Taylor news, the singer was put on the spot by Ellen DeGeneres about her alleged new boyfriend, actor Taylor Lautner. Taylor was a guest on Ellen's talk show yesterday (Thursday, October 29th) where she played coy and managed to avoid confirming the relationship. But DeGeneres tried her best to get Swift to clarify.

"Yes, I did [just shoot a movie] that comes out in February around Valentine's Day 'cause the movie is called 'Valentine's Day,' so it makes sense," Swift said. "They thought it out very well."

When asked who is starring in the movie with her, she named off everyone but her rumored beau. She agreed that Lautner is cute, and when Ellen asked about kissing him in the movie, Taylor just laughed. Then, when asked about the hockey game they were photographed at together, she simply said, "I really like hockey a lot, and it turns out so does he."

Swift did relay an on-set anecdote from the film explaining how she fixed the cast and crew's biggest dilemma: having two stars with the same first name. "See, that was confusing when we were shooting the movie," she said. "Everybody was confused, so halfway through the day, [I said], 'You call him Taylor, and you call me Swifty.' Problem solved."

Swift also laughed off Ellen's jokes about how much money she's made since her album, Fearless, has sold more than 4 million copies. She just added, "I actually just wrapped up the first leg of my first headlining tour, which I am so excited [about]."

The Platinum Edition of Taylor's Fearless album was released earlier this week. The CD/DVD package includes six new songs, as well as Taylor's videos.

Do you think this photo will damage Taylor's career in any way? Should she make a formal apology? What do you think the repercussions will be? Post your comments below...

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