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Gomez has furthered her own music career and even performed “Hands to Myself” with Swift during a May 2018 Reputation tour stop.<\/p>\n
While on the stage, Gomez gave a tribute to her longtime pal in front of Swift’s fans.<\/p>\n
“The reason why she’s one of my best friends is because this person has never, ever judged me for a decision I’ve made. She’s always met me where I’ve been,” Gomez said during the show. “She encouraged me when I had nothing to be encouraged about. And I don’t know if I would be as strong as I am if I didn’t have you and your family.”<\/p>\n
Swift and Gomez still often show encouragement for each other online.<\/p>\n
When Swift released “Lover” and Gomez dropped “Lose You to Love Me” from her album “Rare,” they promoted each other’s songs on their Instagram stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In August 2020, Gomez said<\/a>\u00a0that she’s “always dreamt of doing a song with Taylor.”<\/p>\n That same month, she launched her new cooking show, and Swift made a video-call appearance<\/a> on one of the episodes. She introduced Swift to celebrity chef Roy Choi as her “best friend.”<\/p>\n When Swift dropped her rerecording of “Love Story” in the lead-up to the release of “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” Gomez posted to her Instagram story, writing, “So proud of you, as always, Tay … LISTEN to THIS album”<\/p>\n In November 2021, Swift posted a TikTok of her and Gomez hanging out backstage during “Saturday Night Live.”<\/p>\n During a June 2022 interview on USA Today’s “Entertain This” series<\/a>, Gomez said “Taylor really loved” season two of her Hulu show, “Only Murder in the Building.”<\/p>\n