Hey, internet? Can we talk here?
Yeah, hi. We know you all like controversy, and particularly right now you like saying some wild things about Taylor Swift. So let’s take a second and shut down this “Taylor Swift totally snubbed Celine Dion at the 2024 Grammys” talk.
To recap: the legendary Dion surprised everyone by appearing on stage to present Album of the Year as she battles stiff-person syndrome, a neurological disorder that includes muscle spasms that affect everything from walking to singing.
After she revealed that Swift won the award for Midnights, she excitedly hugged everyone on stage, but she didn’t appear to say much or anything to Dion, who gave her the Grammy.
Now: did you catch Swift giving her a standing ovation just minutes earlier?
This is Taylor Swift snubbing Celine Dion? pic.twitter.com/irhpiThNBP
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 5, 2024
Or what about the idea that Swift might have been nervous about hugging her given Dion’s diagnosis? And that they hugged later on in the night?
Are you all ignoring that fact that she gave Celine a standing ovation when she came on stage and was singing/dancing to her song? Are you also ignoring the fact that Celine is in bad health and Taylor didn’t know if she was allowed to hug her? Are you also ignoring that they… pic.twitter.com/me6ReaqlaW
— Austin Oswald 🩵 (@TAMUTurtle) February 5, 2024
Taylor Swift hugs Celine Dion at the 2024 #Grammys https://t.co/XyNl9n6yOL pic.twitter.com/5GFFrqtQS9
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 5, 2024
So let’s pump the brakes here, OK?
