Taylor Lautner is thrilled his ex Taylor Swift has found the king of her center in Travis Kelce.
“I’m excited for her. They appear to be they’re incredibly happy,” Lautner, 31, instructed Extra in an interview revealed on Monday, November 13. “As long as she’s glad, I’m satisfied. She’s crushing it in each and every side of her existence right now.”
Swift, 33, and Lautner dated in the fall of 2009 after assembly at the set of the movie Valentine’s Day, however they known as it quits via December of that yr. At the time, a supply exclusively informed Us Weekly that Lautner liked Swift “greater than she appreciated him” and the twosome had been “at an advantage as buddies.”
While Swift eventually wrote her single “Back to December” — a music about regretting calling its quits with an ex — about the Twilight alum for her 2010 album Speak Now, the pair never reignited their romance. They have since shaped a long-lasting friendship.
In July 2023, Lautner even starred in Swift’s “I Can See You” music video — a monitor off her rerecorded Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) album — and attended her Eras Tour concert for the video’s premiere in Kansas City.
“He was a very positive force in my lifestyles when I used to be making the Speak Now album, and I need to say he did every unmarried stunt that you just noticed in that music video,” Swift gushed throughout the show, as Lautner gave the impression on stage whilst doing backflips. “He and his spouse [Taylor Dome] have turn out to be a few of my closest buddies, and it’s very handy as a result of we all proportion the same first title.”
Lautner, meanwhile, instructed Swift at the degree that she is “gracious, humble, type and I’m honored to know you.”
Lautner and Dome, 26 — who tied the knot in 2022 — later recapped the large night all the way through a July episode of their “The Squeeze” podcast, the place Lautner published he first of all wasn’t sure what to mention to Swift prior to approaching stage.
“I started pondering about what I sought after to say earlier than we went on level. Before I mentioned, ‘Honestly, I wish to rise up there and brag about her. Because I know she isn’t going to. Because that isn’t her. I want to brag about how freaking sensible and proficient this lady is,’” he stated. “You know what is more necessary than all those things I need to brag up? Who she is as an individual. Because she is one of the crucial talented folks in this Earth.”
Dome, meanwhile, said that Lautner proved how much he “respects women” with his feedback about the Grammy winner. “It is very important for girls to know our price and to grasp what how important respect is because having that in a relationship is a sport changer,” she gushed of her husband. “You mentioned that with out even knowing that it might help younger women.”
Lautner additionally praised Swift for her messaging in the “I Can See You” music video, which honors the individuals who have been vital to her all the way through the Speak Now “generation” of her lifestyles. “Being partial to hers and being any person that roots for [her], it is an honor to be a part of something that is a metaphor of her reclaiming her art,” he added.
While Lautner moved on with Dome after his split from Swift, the “Anti-Hero” singer discovered love with Calvin Harris, Tom Hiddleston and Joe Alwyn sooner than sparking a romance with Kelce, 34, previous this yr.
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Swift made headlines in September when she showed up to beef up the Kansas City tight finish at his sport in opposition to the Chicago Bears. The twosome have been spotted out and about on several occasions since, with Kelce even traveling to South America to attend the Argentina forestall of Swift’s Eras Tour this previous weekend.
The NFL star could be seen making a song along for the entire live performance, blushing as Swift changed the lyrics in her song “Karma” to give him a distinct shoutout. The couple later shared a passionate kiss backstage sooner than heading back to the States.
Despite Kelce being in the course of his football season — and Swift fending off on the global leg of her excursion — a supply exclusively told Us previous this month that the pair are a “very real couple” who have “detailed” plans for a long-distance romance, including that the twosome “spend a lot of one-on-one time in combination and have developed an excessively real connection.”
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