Taylor Swift Seemed To Shade Kim Kardashian During Reputation Tour Opener

Taylor Swift may have made up with Katy Perry, although her feud with Kimye lives on.


While kicking off her Reputation Stadium Tour in Arizona last night (May 8), Swift addressed her very public feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for the opening time (not counting song lyrics, that is). Per The Washington Post, the “Delicate” singer took a moment to explain the abundance of snake motifs she’s used while in her Reputation era.


“You might be wondering why there really are so several snakes everywhere, huh?” She started. “A couple of years prior, someone called me a snake on social media and it also caught on. And then a lot of people called me a lot of things on social media. And I went through some really low times for a while because of it. I went through some times While I didn’t know if I was gonna get to do this anymore.”


She didn’t name names, however fans could with little effort piece with each other that Swift was referring to Kardashian. You’ll recall that, two years back, KKW exposed the pop star’s dishonesty about not consenting to a song recorded by her partner, posting video evidence of their conversation to Snapchat and afterward tarnishing Swift’s reputation. Case in point, the “Taylor is a snake” meme came straight from Kardashian herself:


The backlash brought up Swift to take an extended break from the spotlight, nevertheless any time while she finally returned, she adopted the snake motif in an apparent try to help take back the narrative. Indeed, while in her concert last night, the stage was decorated with giant serpents, and Swift sang into a custom snake microphone and wore costumes with serpentine imagery.


She mentioned onstage, “I guess the snakes... I wanted to send a message to you guys that if someone uses name-calling to bully you on social media and even if a lot of people jump on board with it, that doesn’t have to overcome you. It may strengthen you instead.


“I think something that came out of it that was good is that I learned a really key lesson,” she continued. “You shouldn’t care so much in the event you feel misunderstood by a lot of people who don’t know you, as long as you feel understood by the people who do know you, the people who will show up for you, the people who visualize you as a human being.”


Sounds like she won’t be sending Kardashian an olive branch (literal or figurative) anytime soon.