{"id":2194649,"date":"2025-12-11T08:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2194649"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:31:12","slug":"taylor-swift-fires-back-with-four-word-message-to-critics-who-tell-her-to-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-fires-back-with-four-word-message-to-critics-who-tell-her-to-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift fires back with four-word message to critics who tell her to &#8216;go away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2F117137450.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/07\/sports\/taylor-swift-makes-her-chiefs-return-to-cheer-on-travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u00a0has a simple response to critics who tell her it\u2019s time to step out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>During her Wednesday appearance on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d the 35-year-old singer spoke about the people <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/sports\/travis-kelce-and-taylor-swifts-wedding-date-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she can turn to for advice in the industry,<\/a> saying one of the things she \u201clook[s] up to the most in people is career longevity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCareer longevity, friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships,\u201d she said. \u201c\u2018How do you keep a good thing going?\u2019 I think there are certain corners of our society that really love that and look up to longevity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cThere are also corners that are like, \u2018Give someone else a turn. Can\u2019t you just go away so that we can talk about how good you were?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t want to.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swift went on to say that there are three people she can turn to for advice, naming singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, record producer and songwriter Max Martin and her fianc\u00e9, professional football player,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/09\/us-news\/dems-roasted-after-posting-nonsensical-video-comparing-trump-to-struggling-kansas-city-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Kelce<\/a>, noting, \u201cI can talk to him about any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift with Stephen Colbert ahead of her Wednesday appearance on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">The Late Show \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d singer also spoke about how 2025 was \u201ca good year\u201d for her, saying she feels \u201cso grateful\u201d after<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/04\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-symbolic-wedding-date-revealed\/?utm_campaign=pagesix&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_social_handle_id=182107650&amp;utm_social_post_id=614548690&amp;_gl=1*1ctxtx8*_ga*NzU1NDg2NzEyLjE3NTM2NzIyMDU.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3NjU0Mzg3NDkkbzI3MyRnMSR0MTc2NTQzOTEwOCRqMjYkbDAkaDA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> getting engaged to Kelce<\/a> and getting her masters back in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two things that you just mentioned, getting engaged to the love of my life, getting my music back, those are two things that just never could have happened,\u201d she told Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could have just never happened. It wasn\u2019t like it was a \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just a matter of time.\u2019 Both of those things could have just never arrived in my life. I\u2019m so grateful for both of those things happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Swift is seen outside \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d on Dec. 10, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She then credited her fans as the reason she was able to get her masters back.<\/p>\n<p>Kelce and Swift\u00a0announced their engagement\u00a0on Instagram in August, sharing a joint post that featured Kelce on one knee as the two of them were surrounded by flowers, with the caption, \u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married \ud83e\udde8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two began dating after he attended one of her stops during the Eras Tour and later went on his podcast, \u201cNew Heights,\u201d to share how disappointed he was not to have met her following the concert.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s engagement photo. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/ Taylor Swift<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Eras Tour was a massive undertaking for Swift. <\/p>\n<p>It spanned nearly two years, beginning in March 2023 and concluding in December 2024, during which she traveled to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/08\/lifestyle\/spotify-declares-taylor-swifts-no-1-superfan-worldwide-with-7500-hours-of-listening-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five continents and performed 149 shows<\/a>, each of which was three hours long.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also revealed that she had the stomach flu \u2018multiple times\u2019 during the Eras Tour, and performed despite not feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal was like, never let them know you have the stomach flu,\u201d Swift said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Swift during her performance for around 55,000 people in the Johan Cruijff Arena.  <span class=\"credit\">\/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Swift explained she felt like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/06\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-was-miserable-writing-tortured-poets-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a \u201cflickering lightbulb\u201d at the end of every show<\/a>, and had a very specific routine in place to wind down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll go back to the hotel, get out of the costume, into the bath. Immediately into the bath, mermaid time. And then I get, like, the most amount of room service possible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cMy kind of profession is coming up with ideas for stuff, so if I can kind of turn off the ideas for a second, very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of turning off the ideas part of her brain involves\u00a0true crime, with the singer also noting, \u201cI\u2019ll put on my Dateline.\u201d She also admitted to listening to audiobooks, which usually involve a mysterious love story, murder plot or ghosts, or characters who turn out not to be who they initially seem to be.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u00a0has a simple response to critics who tell her it\u2019s time to step out of the spotlight. 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