Considering it was The Sun that “somehow” got those exclusive first photos of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston awkwardly Tiddlebanging on some rocks, I put a lot of stock in what The Sun has to say about the breakup. And my God, do they have some funny things to say about the Tiddlesplit. It really is like Christmas! Apparently, Taylor Swift is an independent goddess who loves her career more than any man, and she’s the most private person in the world. Thankfully, there are some Hiddlesources insisting that all Tom ever wanted was to make her happy.
Friends revealed that Taylor Swift has tired of Tom, revealing she just wants to “shake him off”. One confidante told The Sun: “It was fun while it lasted, but Taylor has now had enough. Tom’s a great guy but there’s no room for him in her life. She doesn’t want a serious relationship and that’s where it was heading. It was all far too public, in the end. Tom freaked her out with his love of the limelight. But once things have all died down they are likely to remain friends.”
The source added that Taylor was not interested in being part of a “power couple”.
The source said: “Being in a relationship which brings so much attention is not her thing. It’s all about her being an individual and a strong, independent woman. Taylor is so focused on her career it’s unreal. She is in control of her life, that’s a fact. She is the driving force in what she does and where she goes, and she certainly won’t let a boyfriend interfere with that.”
But pals of Brit actor hit back, saying it was SHE who loved the limelight and Tom simply played along to keep her happy.
One said: “Tom has supported Taylor in everything she does, going along with her antics like splashing around in the sea with all her pals. All he has ever wanted to do was make her happy — and she always seemed to be.”
A flashpoint is said to been Taylor’s refusal to attend the upcoming Emmy TV awards with him. Tom is up for Best Actor, for his role as spy Jonathan Pine in BBC drama The Night Manager, at the ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 18. Pals of his say he was “humiliated” by what he sees as a high profile snub.
One said: “He’s done his duty, so he thought it was only fair she repays the favour herself and is by Tom’s side at the Emmys. He’s humiliated that she’s so against it and won’t put her tradition of avoiding red carpet events with boyfriends to one side for him on his big night.”
Obvious Swiftsources are obvious. I’m shocked that those sources haven’t said anything about how Tom tried to use her for fame just like Kanye West. If only Tom kept some receipts like Kanye and Kim, eh? And no, I’m not talking about the receipts from the swan pastries. I find this interesting: “Tom has supported Taylor in everything she does, going along with her antics like splashing around in the sea with all her pals.” See, that’s what I believed too. He got caught up in it and he was like, “Sh-t, I guess this is what Taylor’s boyfriends do, they frolic in an ‘I Heart T.S.’ t-shirt.” And then he got burned. Tighten up, Hiddles. It’s going to get a lot worse.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I wonder if she’ll sing her next song in an English accent, then bemoan her lack of privacy when people ask if it’s about Tom?
And I wonder if TH were a sure Emmy winner, would this have happened at this particular moment? Or is it the perception of Hiddles as a loser, no Emmy, I Heart TS t-shirt and all that tipped the scales?
Hire a good crisis manager, Mr. Hiddles. Date serious actresses. Be photographed at art gallery openings. Wear glasses on the street. Rebuild your serious rep.
Date someone not in the business would be better I believe.
He needs a common, not famous person to date. But probably not at this moment, because dust won’t be settling for some time
I think he’ll be countering her accusations*, which is just going to drag this out longer.
* He was ignorant enough to go along with this mess (silly vest, family strolls, etc.), so he’ll probably respond to any ‘ungentlemanly’ stories from her middle school PR.
I wonder what her response would have been if he was up for an Oscar – the biggest night of the year for famewhores. 🙂
And for the love of all things.. throw away those damn gray shoes already!! 🙂
My opinion: Taylor Swift is a spoiled brat whose parents moved their whole life to Nashville to support her career aspirations when she was still just a young child. She is so used to having her way and having the world revolve around her that she is incapable of having a two-sided relationship that allows room for her partner’s aspirations and life-work. It must always be all about Tay-Tay. Now her flacks are spinning this break-up to make her sound like some strong, admirable feminist icon who wants her privacy while Tom was just using her to get publicity. I really don’t believe that. I think the truth is very simple: she can’t handle a relationship. Why? Because there are TWO people in a relationship, and two sets of wants, needs, and aspirations. The Emmys would have been Tom’s night and she would have been there in a supporting role, fading into the background. God forbid! She can’t handle any situation that’s not all about her.
And just MAYBE the ReceiptsGate scandal opened Tom’s eyes and made him see her for the disingenuous, self-serving, distorting-the-truth diva she really is. Maybe he began to want OUT right about then, but was being gentlemanly about it and letting it happen gradually, by slow attrition and silence. We never saw them together after that, really.
Maybe it all comes down to this: Taylor Swift is not capable of sustaining an actual relationship, because that would require her to consider someone else. That would require her to put someone else’s wants and needs on a level equal to her own.
The only relationship that will support that is her relationship with her selfless parents.
JMO, of course. The TayTo was always doomed to bake itself to cinder.
@LAHDIDAHBABY you’ve got it completely right. She has learned nothing from KimyeGate. Girl has no humility.
I don’t see Taylor allowing for the needs of any man in her life. She is the one *they* must orbit around.
Reason #16 why this romance was doomed: Tom’s first love is himself… same with her. Their second love is their respective careers. These two narcissists are going to feed their own egos before considering the needs of the other. At some point, he was going to assert himself and insist on being treated as an equal. Whether that happened over the Emmys or not doesn’t matter. It’s inevitable and it leads to implosion.
Just to clarify, clickjen, I think Tom was the dumper, too. But I think his reasons for calling it quits were her self-serving, self-centered ways, her demanding nature and constant expectations, her habitual need for public attention and pap strolls, topped off by his discovery (thru Receipt-Gate) of her extreme duplicity, the outright lies she tells to (a) make herself look good at the expense of others or to (b) cast herself in the role of victim and someone else as a villain who has harmed her. I think that once he became so abruptly and publicly aware of the latter, he began to feel embarrassed to be seriously involved with her and all of the other little annoyances just became too much for him.
I believe he was a gentleman and agreed to let her flacks put the word out that she was the breaker-upper to spare her wounded pride, but if she keeps pushing it the way she is and making him sound like a whining, needy little wimp who needed her more than she needed him, the worm is going to turn and he will say Enough!
Has anyone noticed Taylor has been with more men than Kim Kardashian? I think that says it all. She’s not just a “famewhore” anymore. She lost her wholesome label 2 or 3 relationships ago!
Way to go with a slut shaming comment
I agree with ronaldinhio. Was there a point to this? As far as either woman is concerned? And I ask that as someone who cannot stand either one of the manipulative lying snakes.
Yeah, watchingfromthesidelines, not to pile on, but we try not to do that around here. There are so many other places where it fits in better than here.
Lol, tom let it go. Right now she can play the victim card anymore.
This is so gross. Taylor looks so bad here, she really really really needs to stop talking and go away.
This ….she’s so independent and focused crap is irritating. Like…..she really feels like people will just believe anything she says I guess. Uggghhh.
I’d only care about her again if she came out of the closet and professed her love for Karlie Kloss. Otherwise, she can go away now.
Omg. I hadn’t read the comments before I commented. I just said the exact same thing! She must be gay right?!
but her career focus is UNREAL!!!
Yes, those have been the rumors for some time now. She and Oprah need to talk. LOL!
Tom, shut down your friends. Don’t say a word and don’t allow anyone else to. Class wills out. Stay classy and she won’t be able to touch you. Just shut it down. Keep your head up, do your thing, and let her keep leaking because she’s only showing that she has no class.
You just don’t treat people this way. I guess I am an idiot, I’m actually surprised at her.
Normally I would agree, but Tom has something boyfriends prior didn’t – Calvin & Kimye receipts. Should he actually say something (not just sources) I think more people would believe him.
I agree with you. Gyllenhaal kept silent but I dont think that helped ease the humiliation. Speak your truth, Tom. Dont be matyr. There are no awards for similing while a bitch buries you alive.
Apparently, Eppie Calvin has given an interview to GQ and talks about her. Tom can just sit back, work on Thor, and let Eppie Calvin do his thing. Otherwise, it will look like they’re all ganging up on her and she’ll get sympathy.
I agree with you. I really hope he doesn’t go splashing about in the filth. Just let it die down and consider it one of those stupid mistakes, people will forget it sooner.
@Tara Yes, perfect!! Tom doesn’t need to tell us what a silly cow Taylor is – we all know. He can be redeemed – for her, sadly, it’s all over.
+4. Step out of the way and let her continue to create her own (momentary?) downfall!
:5 Tara. This is where he finds if his friends are real friends. If he has any sense at all he will just say “no comment” to any questions, and if someone faces him with “Taylor says” he should say “Oh does she” in any tone of voice he feels like using but without elaborating.
I’m not worried about Tom on those counts. That’s his strong point, staying above board and not responding to petty back slaps. Despite his child like disposition, Tom is capable of putting on his mature adult hat, and I’m sure he must have gotten a good idea from Kimye-gate how juvenile things get with Taylor.
I dunno
IF ( big if, I know ) he really did like her and tried very hard to fit into her wants and needs it would feel like a massive slap in the chops to read these comments
Worse still if she orchestrated all the paps and publicity around the romance and is now blaming him on trying to somehow piggyback on her fame
I think he is damned in this situation. He needs a sister/mom with receipts to call her out – otherwise it will be an even bigger hand of victim cards held
Power couple? Look I get she is super famous but he barely registers outside Loki to the greater public! He’s still mostly Internet-famous. That’s a biiiiiiiiig stretch.
And now his side begins to respond, oh Lordy. I need a martini!
He’s actually pretty famous in his home country, and very recently had great reviews for The Night Manager. Pre swifty he was considered a pretty good/serious actor outside the internet/blogosphere.
“He’s actually pretty famous in his home country…”
So are James Norton and John Simm! Still not a power couple if they hook up with Swifty! 😉
“and very recently had great reviews for The Night Manager.”
A lot of medium-famous actors get great reviews, it doesn’t make them Brad Pitt!
It’s disingenuous to say this was a power pairing. He got a celebrity boost on her name, not his work or his own fame. Whether that was deliberate or a miscalculation, well, he’s a Swifty ex now. Better hope Kong hits big!
He’s also pretty much still internet famous in the UK. TNM got him a name recognition boost but most of the older generation and tabloid readers still wouldn’t really know who he is, or at least think of him as a big fish in the entertainment sea. Ant and Dec are more famous in the UK than Tommy-omelette, for heavens sakes!
@Mia
He may be on the level of James Norton and John whoever in the UK, but he is much more known internationally and in US because of Marvel and Comic-Con. But a power couple – No. I don’t know who writes this stuff. I’m really of the belief that high school summer interns make up the writing staff of these rags.
Calvin Harris will get John mayer treatment song and he will get harry styles treatment song.
There is only one way to come out of this mess as a winner: shut up, stop leaking information to the press in order to change the factual facts, go back to work.
This will forgotten soon enough..because nobody really cares.
Hey that’s far too sensible, have some of lilacflowers cocktails 🙂
JHC. If I hadn’t seen this happen to a man like Hiddleston with my own eyes, I’m not sure I’d have believed a report of it. Those calling her a “bunny boiler” are right, even if it was a bearding situation. You want a beard, Tom, get yourself a sweet English rose only too glad to carry your name and kids, cater to you and your career front and center, and who’ll look the other way while you carry on with your personal life very discreetly. Good Lord. This beggars description.
Hell yes, I’ll do it! 😀 (apart from the kids bit, not my thing)
I believe this. I don’t know much about him, but he comes off like a sweet soul. She is a manipulative asshole, and I’ll bet you she essentially girlfriend-bullied him into going along with all of her sh!t. And it worked because he liked her and he just wanted her to be happy.
Taylor Swift is a piece of work. That much is very, very clear.
When he dated that costar in the Hank Williams movie, the relationship was pretty low key and really we didn’t hear much about his gfs until Taylor. When the paps show up to her Rhode Island place for extreme close up photos I am just not going to buy that he was the one who was too thirsty. I am sure he didn’t mind the publicity, but to try to blame him completely is way too much to believe.
You know what?
My sympathy well is officially dried up.
Grown-ass men falling for the same pudding and pie routine over and over until it all backfires on them and then suddenly they’re too desperate, clingy, possessive, unsupportive – adjectives unto infinity.
We KNEW Taylor Swift since ’09, the fact men keep lining up to get trashed by her makes me think much less of the collective intelligence of all men. You didn’t need Kim’s receipts to know the girl was a manipulative liar.
Kim’s receipts just made it more fun.
Add Tom to the discard pile of people Taylor no longer needs anymore.
“Add Tom to the discard pile of people Taylor no longer needs anymore.”
What’s funny about this is that SHE literally has a lyric that goes:
“You’ll add my name to your long list of traitors who don’t understand, and I’ll look back and regret how I ignored when they said ‘run as fast as you can.'”
Part funny, part scary. Scary that she projects her own personality flaws onto other people, because it sounds like she’s speaking about herself. Funny because she’s foreshadowing Tom’s life.
Shambles: Scary that you know those lyrics! lol……true dat……self-fulfilling prophecies……it is though karma stepped in and the real traitor was exposed, and not just with Tom…..this girl will either learn from all her lies and messes of 2016 or they will bury her……the golden girl bs is already gone.
He gets zero sympathy from me too. He knew full well that she’s not a nice person to get involved with and his thirst ignored it. Now, he’s a laughingstock, tabloid fodder and gets to feel what its like to be the scorned ex.
Learn your lessons, Tom.
This! Exactly this. Surely he (or someone on his PR team) knows how to operate the Google website.
I suspect his LA-based PR team warned him the potential downsides (if they didn’t, they should be fired immediately), but he arrogantly assumed that what happened with all the others wouldn’t happen to him. Wishful thinking from inside the Hollyweird Bubble. It’s the the case of wanting something (in this case, fame) so badly, you assume it JUST HAS TO work out in your favor.
Any man who chooses to get involved with Taylor has no one but himself to blame when it all goes to sh!t. Play with fire, you’re gonna get burned.
I won’t be surprised at all if he tries to attach himself to another A-lister, assuming that THIS TIME, it’ll work out. Men can be so boneheaded.
Lets pretend for a moment that he doesnt follow celebrity news and had no idea what her shtick is, he still hooked up with her when multiple very famous people including her immediate ex were calling her out over her PR trickery. Did he think he would be the special snowflake?
What I want to know is – has she ever had a boyfriend who hasn’t been eviscerated in the press post break up?
Did the Kennedy kid get “Taylor’d?”
I vaguely remember eyebrows raising when she bought a neighboring house and controversy around her unwanted attendance at a wedding…?
I think that is the only one to fizzle without huge public drama.
Why no fallout? Maybe because he was so young (underage?) when they were together? That his mother had passed months before? Or she didn’t want to lock horns with his huge family.
P.S. – The neighboring house was a ‘savvy investment’. LOL
Pretty sure the Kennedy kid went untouched because she most likely got hit with NDAs and threats from the Kennedys. You can see first hand what they do to their wives, I don’t doubt they’d do the same to Taylor.
The Kennedys, with their connections to powerful people in DC, could create some real headaches for Taylor. She must have known they were not a family to be trifled with. Hence, I don’t think she said anything about her breakup with Conor.
The Kennedys are litigious when it comes to the members who are not public figures.
I think even Taylor realized she couldn’t go up against the Kennedy Media Machine. Plus I have my suspicions that she was aware enough to know that if she tried, not only would her reputation suffer, but that would severely limit her ability to date another American or British “blueblood” in the future. Those are close social circles she was trying to run in.
She didn’t trash Sharkboy either – most likely because that relationship was PR.
No A lister will go near Taytay with a 100 foot pole now, it’s a guaranteed PR disaster in which you have no say. The only men left for her to date at this point are thirsty C listers or someone who needs a beard.
“Taylor…may I introduce to you to….Jeremy Renner?” They deserve each other. (Is ay this as someone who used to ADORE JR until I discovered he was a king-sized douchebag.
I call Scott Eastwood to the mat.
Single, white, arguably handsome, thirsty-as-hell, slightly awful, famous last name cache, her former video co-star (although he just recently complained about it so = hate fu©k), etc…
As someone who still adores Jeremy Renner and doesn’t think he’s anymore of a douchebag than other famous guys, I say no thank you.
Renner has never really come off as a famewhore, publicity seeker, so I don’t know why they’d deserve each other. He kind of does his own thing.
If he really wanted a beard, I feel pretty confident that he’d already have one. Everyone says that, but the guy has enough friends, money and fame to have women about him all the time if he wanted to ‘cover up anything.’
Which is why Tom fit the bill. NO way is he A-list or even B, I don’t care how many internet fans he has. His thirst is so real, it was the only real thing on display in their phony beach photos. I don’t think this 35 year old man entered into this ‘relationship’ with his eyes closed. I doubt he’s broken-hearted over their split. More like broken-hearted that his PR train has come to an end.
Amen!! He exposed himself for the sad pathetic thirsty person he is.
Tommy boyo put on your big boy pants, er, not those paper knickers, find your wee testicles, attach them to your spine and KEEP YOUR GOB CLOSED!
Though I wonder what word salads and word mazes he will put out there when captured and questioned by the paps? 🙂
Perhaps he’ll say ‘Taylor Swift and I are no longer dating, an no it was never about the PR’
Then he’ll burst into tears and dab his eyes with “that” vest.
Are you sure she gave him his balls back after his visit to RI???
‘She is in control of her life and thats a fact’ LOL.
He was prepared to frolic in the sea for her and thats all the thanks he got. Poor Tommy.
*sad trombone*
Tom get this, the Emmys is for you, and if it aint about Taytay she aint interested.
Now tell your mates to say nothing and stay classy.
Although I do have visions of a furious Ma Hiddleston, calling the tabloids to defend her boy.
I picture John Black from Days of Our Lives saying that.
With one eyebrow raised. His serious face.
hahahaha squinty eyes and all!!! Love it!!
I think the statement, ‘ She is in control of her life…’ etc. is a polite way of saying that she is a control freak and can’t even consider someone else’s preferences or interests rather than her own. And what’s her deal with not walking the red carpet with her bfs, is that really such a pain? Man, it must be exhausting being around her.
I bet he got to keep the t-shirt
Hopefully this is now the end of her famous only boyfriends, used for the PR value. Why grown men fell over themselves for a tween is beyond me – she’s still 12 even with all the surgery. You know country Taylor and pop Taylor are 2 different people, u just need to have the photo’s side by side to see that she’s had a LOT of work done to her face that can’t be attributed to weight loss.
Does anyone think Mayer might be up for a part two? He’s been known to recycle even his more dramatic exes.
Calvin HArris is a douche….but he certainly didnt roll over and play dead when they broke up. Hiddles would have to use a diffeerent approach tho as some posters upthread said. Put up and shut up hiddles and move right along. Although I will buy that he was the bigger famewhore in the fauxmance, and she was just using him to deflect from receipts gate so they both played and got played by each other.
Calvin is still whining and giving interviews
Oh dear. Of course she’s couldn’t let it go with some excuse about filming schedules and different continents. I’m going to hope his side of things is smart enough not to respond – the only way past this is time and crossing fingers that memories fade.
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Birds of a feather… should probably not flock together.
Battle of the Thirst commences.
I think they are equally thirsty but there is no way in creation LEGS has the armoury to swamp things like she does. He will manage to look less thirsty if he shuts up himself and shuts down all his sources. Since nobody will believe either of them and she just can’t resist, he should just let her have at it. Then everyone will be laughing at her instead of both of them.
Battle of the thirst. Sigh.
How I wish he would just let her keep looking more and more certifiable every time she/her mouthpiece says Tom. Is that too much to hope for? Silence really is gold here. When it’s you word against the fruitcase.
“…he should just let her have at it.”
I’d much rather he just let her have it – with both barrels.
This ending is boring as hell.
I know, Guesto! We had such wonderful plans and all that popcorn. FOR THIS.
It is nothing short of daylight robbery. There should be a law that says if you start with a fame-whoring bang, you must finish with an equally fame-whoring bang.
And that bang should at the very least include Tom in tears on the 6 O’clock news. And if Ma Hiddleston happens to be beside him, patting his arm comfortingly and warning the world against the dangers of lending wellies to conniving ne’er-do-wells, then that would be the bonus I believe we’re owed for time served.
I think we should start a petition. Tiddlesplit cannot happen under these circumstances.
Also, I read willies, not wellies. Both work!
Willies… you naughty little Sixer! That’s for ME to misread.
Man, I’d love to see Tom go a bitchy rant and get all his rage out, but the best we could ever hope for is a few snarky remarks. It would make this ending a bit more interesting, dontcha think? It started so OTT, it should end that way.
It all started so well and it’s all ending on such a damp squib. I’m pining for the paper knickers and the t-shirts and I feel as though I have been denied… I don’t know, MORE.
I’m hoping for Tessa Thompson as an Emmy date.
Wonder if those private plane trips were worth it?
He was so throat-baring happy back then (mere weeks ago). How could dating a wealthy bubble gum pop princess – known for being the perpetual victim – go wrong?
I think the Newzie depiction with his builder’s bum was spot on. He showed his backside with this mess. He’s probably sitting in his paper knickers, staring at a souvenir glitter pen, wondering what has just happened.
Yeah, they damaged the ozone layer for nothin’. All the wasted gas and unnecessary jet lag.
That Newzie bit was just too perfect. I think I need to watch that again.
LEGS got caught with his trousers down.
This is an irresistible image.
“From Throat-Baring Joy to Bum-Bared Ridicule in 90 Days or Less: When an Authentic Thespian Dated a Pop Star Memoir” — A six-volume set, with foreword by RDJ and CHemboy.
lol not ever the Jeter gift bag
I think Taylor should date Henry Cavill next.
She is just his type: blonde, loaded, loves traveling to Italy and willing to pap walk without walking the red carpet.
Superman is the only place left for her to go!
Whole Foods? Shmole Foods. Let the bodyguards do the grocery run! It’s Houston’s spinach dip all the way with Tay Tay!
She really should go for Cavill—he is as equally thirsty/famewhorey as her.
I think that after several musicians and actors, she needs to move onto the world of sports. ESPN and Sports Illustrated await as unconquered territory. Which volatile athlete would garner her the most attention?
Her audience would lap up a Tim Tebow hookup. They’ll say, “thats good American stock, he will treat her like a lady”. Then they’ll break up, she will claim he was just using her for sex and her fans will question whether Tim was really a “good Christian” afterall.
Oh, a Tebow hookup would have been brilliant a few years ago but he is washed up. She needs someone current. Although maybe she’s trying to help him revive his “career” and she pairs it with a gospel album!
ETA: Doh, was going to suggest Tebow, but alas.
Heh, maybe Cristiano Ronaldo? Though I wouldn’t wish her on him – he’s always been said to be a really nice, hardworking guy. And considering he has a son, I don’t think she’d deal well with being second (or more) on his priority list.
@ OhDear – you do know how he acquired the son don’t you?
Definitely not Ronaldo. It has to be an American sport and someone who would continue to be in the news throughout a season, so not an Olympian.
Gronkowski. Because I want to see how she rhymes his name in a song. And he’s just perfect fkbuddy material… she needs to move away from fairytale romance pr; she’s too old and has been around the block too many times for that story to play out.
Isn’t she a bit too old for Cavill’s taste?
She plays up the young girl look at times–he’d be ok.
She’d never put up with his nerdy ways. He’s gone on record saying he likes to either bro it up or stay in and game – as in WoW game. No way she’ll let a computer get in the way. If she was smart she would.
God knows, it did wonders for my marriage. I can do whatever I want if I leave him alone while he games. I get an occasional side eye for the shopping but nails, hair and makeup…not a glance.
Everywhere Taylor goes she’s a big fish – but not at the Emmys. She would just be a famous plus one. The narrative wouldn’t even include her nevermind controlled by her. I believe things would have gone on a bit longer but for the Emmys.
She’d be a big fish at the Emmy’s too. Bigger than him, which was the point, IMO. She would have brought the cameras, which they both crave.
Not her field. Fish out of water.
I’m not sure about that. While she is the bigger celeb, she has no clout in Hollywood. That sort of thing is more industry-specific.
Idris Elba is nominate for an Emmy you think anyone is going to pay attention to Tom without Taylor when Idris is there? Haha no he wanted her there so he’d get camera time.
She should take the high road and shut up but that isn’t her she is immature.
K, may I call you, Kanye, you do realize that they are both nominated in one of the less newsworthy categories, right? And that neither is expected to win, right? And neither has announced they will attend because they have to get approval from Marvel to leave Oz, right? And that they are friends, right?
Nice one Lilacflowers I need another of those drinks.
Didn’t she win an Emmy last year?
Yes and would have an invite to this year’s ceremony in her own right
She won one of the 100+ awards that are given out but not a part of the televised show. Not sure that would have scored her an invite this year.
Is she going? How do we seat this? OMG… My pool is crystal clear finally and I’m gonna dip in it with a drink thinking about some poor PA having to manage her deciding last minute to show up.
I think this guy is getting a raw deal. He stuck by this bimb when she was exposed by Kardashian and now that that scenario has blown over, she doesn’t need him anymore. She’s a pro at playing the victim, but HE is the victim and now one of the ever growing list of men who she amicably broke up with. I’m glad her virginal princess image is forever gone. Very unlikable woman.
Cry me a river. He’s a victim of nothing but his own naked ambition.
And what is she? Wasn’t she just accused of cheating on Calvin Harris and then boom da boom moves on to the next Mr. Right Now of her life to try to fix her mess. No crying here….find it amusing. She has to start at step 1 to try to invent another mythical goddess to fool her tweens. Shake it off Tay Tay…..lol
Yep. She may be a snake, but he had plenty of data on her to avoid her in the first place. He wanted that fame and he got it, along with all the sh!t that comes with it. Hope he learned a good lesson from his stupidity.
It’s probably more like it would look bad for Tom, if he dumped her around Snake Day.
Oooh, Lainey has an interesting take on this. She’s positing that his team came out swinging first on Monday with the Daily Mail report saying that he wanted her at the Emmys but she balked. He owned up to his thirst and reportedly was happy to play along with equally thirsty Taylor, causing Taylor to come out with the laughable response that she is “private” and that Tom is such a famewhore. Hahahaha – that argument is STILL so funny. Poor private Taylor, so private in her pain.
Yup, I was just about to post this. I can totally get behind the idea that Tom decided to fall on his sword, so to speak, while one-upping her. He’s ok with being called out on his thirst but underhandedly calls her out on her hypocrisy. Smart. After all (and for all his thirst), she’s the one with the history of parading relationships, not him.
If Lainey’s take on this is anywhere even close to accurate, I must tip my hat to Hiddleston’s publicist. Only a little, mind, seeing as he still got into this mess in the first place. But they’ve read the likely public response to this well. Best thing now would be to stay quiet and maintain a semblance of dignity (if possible, ha)
Tom comes off like the guy who got turned down for Prom.
I think Taylor wanted to get back at Calvin, that’s why there were Tiddlesbanging. Remember there were all this talk how she wanted to marry Calvin. I’m probably in minority here, but I feel bad for her.
She actually needs to follow through on being alone (independent! whatever!) for awhile.
Honest question: can Taylor ever not play the victim? Like after everything you would think she would approach this breakup differently, but nope she’s doing the same old thing. It’s like a compulsion with that one, like she cannot be in a situation where someone didn’t do her wrong. It’s just strange…
I don’t think she is capable of not playing the victim.
After all the snark and laughter, a quiet, “Hiddston and Swift started out so hot and heavy that when their whirlwind romance died down, they realized that their lives were incompatible. They still care very deeply for each other but have decided that they are better off as friends” No blame, no judgement and everyone goes away with their dignity.
That doesn’t fit her “I’m so wronged by love” image, though.
Poor innocent Tom, being led by the nose by his obsessive, crazy and manipulative girlfriend
Young Mr. Hiddleston is spending his time posting messages as part of his charity work [access to education and schools as safe spaces] Before the cynics start in, note that he did this long before Ms. Swift and will likely continue to do it.
I leave it to more experienced gossips. But is it possible he has been “over it” for a while?
I agree TG there was a definite shift in his demeanour and body language from the first pap pics (grinning, throat baring, smooching) to the post July 4th ones (white knuckle hand holding, rabbit in headlights gaze, forced smile)
He was probably wondering how to negotiate a graceful exit, without looking a cad, especially after Kanyegate.
This, Shelly. Totally agree. He wanted out and he got it.
She’s like the demogorgon in Stranger Things – she will drag you off to the Upside Down and slowly bleed you to death if you let her.
I haven’t seen stranger things, MI6 but I totally buy into that version of Taytay.
Brilliant analogy MI6. She IS the demogorgon!
I would agree that he was not quite as enthusiastic to participate in the July 4th antics as he was in the initial pap walks around the world. By then, he already knew how badly things were going, PR-wise.
Remember how he got off the plane and practically ran down the ramp when he saw his friend as she trailed him from behind? Then that awkward interview after his run and the look on his face when they went to dinner the next night? We were already reading the signs that the luster of TIDDLESBANGING had been lost at that point.
Once she got clapped back by Calvin and exposed by Kim the next week, it was all over. He just needed some time away from her to fully come to his senses.
Hahahaha!
Once upon a time, an all grown up man named Tom Hiddleston had a career and some respect from his peers, until he fell in the hands and bed of a major player in the publicity game and Hollywood antics, and his carreer and good name were turned into ashes.
RIP Hiddleston!
And he really thought he could be Bond!
He buried the Bond rumours way before Hiddleswift happened. The media just refused to listen because this speculation makes for a good story.
And he’s still fine work-wise, so dunno why people think this will end his career. Future flops might, but you can’t blame those on this – now short – romance either.
She is such an ass. So when she needs him to pose in Rhode Island and do all these pap strolls, he’s there. But when he needs her by his side at the emmys she says no?! Way to be unfair. Question. Is anyone else getting a lesbian vibe from Taylor? I wonder if these men are her beards?
I have zero respect for Taylor. She is strutting around with a smug smile in New York, and seems to enjoy humiliating men.
Lena Dunham is one of Tay’s so-called friends- they are both hateful with questionable values.
Furhermore, Taylor seems to be at war with her sexuality and identity. Very telling.
I have always gotten that vibe from her – it also explains a lot about the way she treats men. She is obsessed with publicly showing off her relationships and when it ends she goods above and beyond to put them down and humiliate them. That is not the behaviour of an emotionally mature and stable person.
I believe this. It sounds like him. Over eager, too willing to please puppy.
I knew he’d get burned by this, poor baby. I shouldn’t feel sorry, but I do. He’s a dope.
Hopefully he learns and grows up some. He deserves better.
When did people start to think that you are no longer an independent and strong woman if you have a boyfriend? And also: “Being in a relationship which brings so much attention is not her thing.” BULLSHIT. Isn’t that what she does pretty much all the time? Didn’t she flaunt her relationship everywhere she went with Tom Hiddleston? The paparazzi wasn’t there for Tom’s sake let’s be real.
My take: Tom agreed to date Tay, went along with everything PR related to raise his profile, and probably because he actually liked her(though I’m undecided there).
Everything was a match in famewhore heaven, until the Kimye debacle. Then, TayTay decided to go low profile. So she told Tom she wouldn’t go to the Emmy’s. Tom was probably like, “hey, I made a fool of myself at your taymerica party, you owe me.”. And Tay was probably all, ” please, I made you famous”. That’s what their rumored first fight was about, which was probably during that last undercover trip to RI.
Tom couldn’t stand Taylor refusing to go to his awards show, but he couldn’t convince her to change her mind. So they broke up at that first fight, and released the rumors of it to prepare the breakup groundwork. But they agreed the breakup would officially be announced after the Emmys, so it wouldn’t overshadow a potential Hiddles win.
Then, Taylor’s peeps were probably planning some sort of “Tom is upset with Taylor’s star overshadowing him” story for after she didn’t show at the Emmys. This would go along with TayTay’s MO. But Tom’s peeps discovered this, and were like, “no way”
So, they released the story of her not wanting to go, to make any “he couldn’t handle my fame” claim false. Tay had no choice but to officially announce the split, and try to spin as she’s a private, independent woman who didn’t want to be used for “arm candy” by a famewhore Tom. And then released grinning IDGAF pics to bolster the new narrative.
Nobody’s buying it. And Lainey’s right- Tay got played.
Hmmm, you had me until you said TayTay went low-profile – because she didn’t. How many times has she been photographed in NYC or LA, or been all over IG posting cat videos and birthday wishes to the squad? She’s not promoting anything so she’s not going to events or giving interviews, but she hasn’t exactly been hiding under her bed in Nashville either.
Or planting kale?
Ok I’m going to be honest I find the quick and gleeful way people are jumping on, twisting and creating a narrative to make Taylor evil and absolve Tom of his part in all this disturbing, misogynistic and telling.
Look Taylor is a mean girl, she is calculated and she loves attention when it fits her requirements. She also loves to play the victim and is trying to a bit here.
With all that said Tom is not a victim, he was a thirsty C list actor desperate to be A, jealous of his British friends who made it to that status. He dumped his girlfriend who did like privacy and went after the limelight and LOVED IT. He was an active participant and he did it because he thought it could get him BOND!! When he realized turned him into a joke he wanted to change the narrative and the way they were acting.
These two are both terrible, they are both pathetic and they will both play this for attention. If you think Tom isn’t now your not paying attention.
But there are not victims or villains here there are to sad thirsty adults.
Except he himself stated months ago that Daniel Craig is still under contract to play Bond so no, he most certainly did not think getting involved with Taylor Swift, who has few connections in movie world, would get him Bond. He knows that is not how casting works.
Yeah and the bigger the name the better shot, he wants bond. It grates on him that Idris is the world’s top choice. Everyone knows that Craig is done after his contract and they are looking for the new guy and Tom wants it. He has made that clear. He also knows that getting his rep up will do it. He did this to get to A list to get to Bond anyone who believes otherwise is kidding themselves.
He is a famewhore who wants to be Taylor level famous and will degrade himself to do it, and if you don’t believe me check out Taylor’s Instagram from the fourth!
No, not really. Bigger name, better shot, doesn’t quite work for Bond. It’s the opposite, actually. Also, Tom has gone on record, saying he doesn’t think he would get Bond, plus reminding journos the part is not available, since Craig still has it.
You should drop that one. I guess the mystery!girlfriend was a good one, since one can’t prove it either way. But keep on playing the Bond horn? Weak.
Although, what exactly should be checked in Taylor’s Instagram?
hahahaha oh no I won’t get Bond says the guy no one actually thought had a shot at Bond. He started those rumors, and his debasing himself at Taymerica is a good start.
But sure no he isn’t a thirsty famewhore who dumped Elizabeth Olsen because she wouldn’t pap stroll or have them hang with her sisters, he isn’t trying to get Taylor at the Emmys so he gets attention that would go to people like Idris, Aziz, cast of the OJ movie.
Taylor is a mean girl, she plays the victim and she is going to write a blind item song about him but he is a pathetic loser who went for it to become A-list.
@K, Lambofloom is right about Bond casting and given that the Olsen twins have become practically recluses with no connections to the acting world, your fan fiction is quite entertaining.
Well said. There is no way he’s some love-sick guy who fell for Taylor and got played. Hell, he barely acknowledged her presence as they were leaving Anna’s house. They are both thirsty in their own way. They were in this together.
Seriously? He had just met her that night and was leaving with friend and colleague Idris and you have no clue what if any conversation they had during that dinner. What exactly did you want him to do in that doorway? Take her against the door jam? Profess undying devotion?
@K: If you’re referring to the comment threads here, there has been plenty of responsibility put on Tom. The depths of his thirst were shown by this whole thing, and many CB readers (myself included) have admitted it surprised them and has changed their view of him. Few if any have absolved him completely of his role in this thing.
When the receipts exploded, there was a bit of “poor puppy Tom, he doesn’t know what he has gotten himself into,” but I think in the past three months he’s definitely revealed his fameho tendencies.
What’s NOT cool is Taylor trying to steamroll him by suggesting that he was the only fameho in this situation and that she was somehow being taken advantage of for her fame. That screams hypocrite given how many pap strolls she has set up and how many “he’s the one, I’m so in love” stories her team has leaked to the tabloids. No one is really buying her version of the story, but no one is really saying “poor Tommy boy,” either.
And I am not absolving Taylor I think they both suck and are both equally pathetic but even in the above article it is like Tom and Snake Emoji. Which look I know she earned with her lying but acting like he wasn’t an active participant and the narrative out right now that he was incredibly thirsty is not true is was and is.
Taylor is a sad victim playing mean girl but Tom is a thirsty opportunist who knew exactly what he was doing.
“It’s all about her being an individual and a strong, independent woman. Taylor is so focused on her career it’s unreal. She is in control of her life, that’s a fact. ”
wow, still using fauxminism as a PR strategy.
Oh Tom, I kind of feel sorry for him but we all knew this was going to happen. I just hope he’ll move on gracefully and won’t play along in trashing each other on the tabloids like Taylor does.
So what was in the gift bag he carried on the plane from Burbank to RI? Now I gotta know.
The terminated contract?
A muzzle?
Fanny pads?
A large slice of humble pie?
I don’t know. Just guessing.
The undergarments and toothbrush she left behind in Australia.
One of those dinky little teapots with teacup for one sets and a lb of oolong leaves.
Thor: Ragnorak merchandise and a one- piece dress that doesn’t bare the mid drift
A vibrator for Tay ? She’s gonna be needing one.
That’s my vote!!
“And all of that underscores the masterful play made in presenting himself to us as the famewhore who loved the spotlight he lived in when he was part of Swoki, as if to say, yeah, so I’m not Idris and I’m not a Hemsworth so I didn’t mind when people were paying attention to me as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend and if I say it before you do, I have the power.
OK Tom Hiddleston, I see you.”
Lainey has WAY overthought and overestimated him.
This is NOT what’s going on. Tom is self effacing but he is NOT without ego. He would not sublimate himself to being less than to Idris, Chris H. OR as Taylor Swift’s Boyfriend.
If that were the case, they’d still be together – and he would look more heartbroken. He’s happy as sh*t.
I think he told her he was going to the Emmys solo and she pulled the plug. They agreed to go out with him saying he wanted her to go and she refused so she could save face.
Once and always the gentleman. To a fault.
Yeah I have trouble buying this Emmy’s story too. You may be right: He told he’s going alone and that bothered her so she pulled the plug.
Tom went to a Selena Gomez concert instead of Wimbledon. Yeah, I would say he went along with her antics. And she can’t possibly with the Emmy’s?!
I really don’t think the Emmy’s was the real deal breaker though. This is the narrative they agreed upon, in some parts. Just like she agreed with Calvin before breaking off, but then changed plan the minute Tom came into the picture. I wouldn’t be surprised the same happened here. They agreed on using the Emmy’s as the story to tell the public. She’s pushing the extra gear to spin in the power woman narrative. Now is Tom’s turn to double down or pass. Either be passive aggressive as well or take the high road, let her keep talking. But the decision might not be his alone. His PR should be working on a strategy as we speak if they haven’t already thought of one.
I still can’t believe he skipped out on watching a single Wimbledon match this summer… for HER!!
What a moron. Makes me think he really was quite deluded into thinking she was worth giving up the things he loves and behaving in ways that contradicted statements he’s made in the past.
When he skipped Wimbledon, I knew all was not well in the House of Hiddleston.
I think Tom liked the publicity he got from it but I don’t think he expected people to be laughing at him when pictures of him wearing an I heart TS shirt came out. I suspect he saw how stupid he looked and decided to call it quits. I don’t believe that bullshit about her not wanting to go the Emmys with Tom. She was willing to photographed making out on a rock and meeting his family but she doesn’t want to go to the Emmys. She wants to “focus” on her career it’s laughable. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I feel like Tom might the upper hand. I don’t think he is the type to pull the shit Calvin Harris tried to pulled. If anyone is going to be petty and childish it’s probably Taylor. At least she has new material for her next album.
I think Tom had to have it pointed out to him. I really think he chose to be that dense. Like Kaiser said, it was comfortable inside her bubble. I think Luke had to tell him that he was no longer a media darling and he was going to be asked about Taylor before any project he was working on, and ridiculed when Taylor was called out by Kimye. She had nothing to promote and would not be interviewed. Tom on the other hand was facing Comic Con and whatever more promo he had to do for the Emmy noms etc.
You’re probably right. Tom’s always been in the weaker position here and had so much more to lose if the PR backfired. He needed to cut his losses and make a break sooner rather than later.
I think there is a great capacity on this thread for some folks to start writing novels.
Mills & Boon (or pinkies as they were called in the library where I worked for a while) are always looking for new authors.
I want Tree and Luke to have secretly bonded over this whole farrago and the handling of their respective (difficult) charges.
Clandestine Publicists’ Affair.
I thought Tree was a firm, not an individual?
Tay’s publicist, Tree is a woman… Tree Paine.
Spidey: I just finished my 1st novel 😉🖒
Brillliant, can I have a signed first edition?
I agree that the Emmy’s are being used as an excuse for the breakup when the breakup happened or was happening anyway, but I do see the Emmy’s as a deadline for the breakup news. The ‘are they or aren’t they going together’ with the fans and press needed to end. Now she is not going for sure, he probably won’t get roasted, and he’s free and clear to flail dance with any hot chick in AU or at the Emmy’s and start all over again.
God help us.
Who actually calls themselves a strong, independent woman? Rule of thumb: if you have to tell everyone and try to convince them, chances are you’re not.
^^^ THIS!!
Yep. If it’s true, it’s evident. No need to shout it from the rooftops.
I’m confused by this notion Taylor has a “tradition of avoiding red carpet events with boyfriends.” Haven’t all but one of her relationships been less than 4 months long? Only Calvin has lasted longer right? And in that case wasn’t she angry he would not go to events with her?
Personally I get the feeling she’d love to show off a successful, cool boyfriend on a red carpet. She enjoys projecting romantic fantasies with her PR. I bet if the Tiddlesbang had been a PR success she’d be there at the Emmys with bells on. Yes Taylor is a bigger star but despite his dorkiness I always got the impression he was considered “cooler”. He’s not super famous but he’s a respected actor, widely adored and tumblr’s boyfriend. I bet that is how she saw him initially but the ridicule has made him lose his luster with her. Perhaps she lost her luster with him too. He may have thought she was sweet and vulnerable but after a few months and a few snake emojis he discovered she’s not so sweet after all.
Just speculatin’
I do think Taylor would absolutely love to show off a successful, cool boyfriend on a red carpet – but only if it’s HER red carpet. If the guy is the one who is being honored, and she’s relegated to being the discreetly supportive +1, maybe not so much.
I think the most annoying component of all this is those die-hard swift fans who actually gobble up her version of the events without adding their grains of salt to it. Like I made the mistake of replying to someone on disqus who STILL doesn’t believe Taylor truly knew about the Kanye lyrics ahead of time and never changed her story about which lines bothered her. I replied with actual facts, and it made no difference. I guess those people are the reason why Taylor hasn’t hired a different, more savvy PR team. Glaaaughh.
When your fanbase consists of impressionable, life-inexperienced tweet and teens, you don’t need a savvy PR team.
She should just go back to John Mayer—he is always available..
Exactly. He’s open to rekindling most any past hook up — I mean, flame.