Arizona delivered some stunning news: Taylor Swift has officially called off her highly publicized, seemingly endless conflict with Katy Perry. Swift posted an Instagram story featuring the literal olive wreath that Perry sent ahead of the first show of Swift's Reputation world tour. “Thank you, Katy,” Swift wrote, adding a double heart emoji, confirming the peace gesture was warmly received.
The envelope bore a dog illustration, and the handwritten note from Perry read, in part: “Hey old friend—I’ve been reflecting on past misunderstandings and feelings between us and wanted to clear the air…” The words “deeply sorry” were also legible.
It has been four years since the public rift between Perry and Swift began. At the time, Swift told Rolling Stone about a frenemy—widely believed to be Perry—who inspired her song “Bad Blood.”
Last year, Perry told James Corden, “Well, there’s a situation [between me and Swift]. For sure, that’s true. There’s a situation. Honestly, it’s really like she started it, and it’s time for her to finish it.”
Perry had already apologized to Swift during her Witness livestream in June. “I’m ready to let it go,” she said in an interview with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global Podcast. “Absolutely, 100 percent. I forgive her, and I’m sorry for anything I ever did, and I hope the same from her, and I think it’s actually—I think it’s time.”
It took only a couple of months for Swift to accept that apology, but here we are. Anything is possible!
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