{"id":2195172,"date":"2025-12-11T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2195172"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:00:29","slug":"taylor-swift-responds-to-haters-who-want-her-to-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-responds-to-haters-who-want-her-to-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift responds to haters who want her to &#8216;go away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Taylor Swift hit back at people who want her to &#8220;go away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pop icon responded to critics during an interview with Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to, you know?&#8221; Swift said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/taylor-swift\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift<\/a> is shaking off harsh criticism from those who want her to disappear into a blank space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pop icon appeared on Wednesday&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Late Show With Stephen Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/a>, where she spoke about her engagement to NFL star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/travis-kelce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Travis Kelce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Travis Kelce<\/a>, retaining control of her music masters, the release of her new <em>Life of a Showgirl<\/em> album, and what she&#8217;d say to haters who&#8217;ve had enough of her cultural domination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;What I look up to the most in people is career longevity, friendship longevity, longevity in their relationships. How do you keep a good thing going?&#8221; Swift told Colbert when asked about people she admires most in her life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/p>\n<p> Taylor Swift on &#8216;The Late Show With Stephen Colbert&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued, observing that &#8220;there are certain corners of our society that love that and look up to longevity,&#8221; before pointing out that &#8220;there are also corners that are like, give someone else a turn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;&#8216;Can&#8217;t you just go away so we can talk about how good you were?'&#8221; Swift said, paraphrasing criticism she&#8217;s heard, before clapping back with a simple response: &#8220;I&#8217;m like, I don&#8217;t want to, you know?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The audience applauded the 35-year-old&#8217;s reply, before she moved on to talking about her relationship with Kelce, whom she said she &#8220;can talk to&#8221; about &#8220;any of&#8221; the hardships in her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Getting engaged to the love of my life, getting all my music back \u2014 those were two things that just never could&#8217;ve happened, they could&#8217;ve just never happened,&#8221; Swift said later in the interview. &#8220;Both those things could&#8217;ve just never arrived in my life, and I&#8217;m so grateful for both of those things happening. My fans are why I was able to get my music back. That&#8217;s how I spent that Eras Tour money!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swift was in a multi-year battle to regain control of her masters from talent manager Scooter Braun, who, after buying Big Machine Records, took ownership of the superstar&#8217;s original masters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Between 2021 and 2023, the Grammy winner re-recorded and re-released new versions of four prior albums \u2014 <em>Fearless<\/em>, <em>Red<\/em>, <em>Speak Now<\/em>, and <em>1989 <\/em>\u2014 before finally <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/taylor-swift-breaks-down-in-tears-detailing-how-she-got-her-masters-back-11790679\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:regaining the rights to her masters earlier this year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">regaining the rights to her masters earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I felt like I picked the ones first that I felt like, I could&#8217;ve sang that a little better,&#8221; Swift reflected on the new recordings. &#8220;I feel like I actually kind of improved upon some of the performances!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch Swift on Colbert in the video above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/taylor-swift-reacts-haters-go-away-stephen-colbert-interview-11866705\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Taylor Swift hit back at people who want her to &#8220;go away.&#8221; The pop icon responded to critics during an interview with Stephen Colbert. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to, you know?&#8221; Swift said. Taylor Swift is shaking off harsh criticism from those who want her to disappear into a blank space. 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