Taylor Swift Once Said She Wanted a Partner Comfortable With Fame

Taylor Swift is aware of all too properly the worth of fame — and she or he’s identified it for over a decade.

The famous person was simply 21 when 60 Minutes interviewed her in 2011, contemporary off the discharge of her third album, Communicate Now. CBS’ long-running newsmagazine present gave followers beforehand unreleased audio from that interview within the latest episode of their “60 Minutes: A Second Look” podcast, launched Tuesday, September 17.

Within the interview, performed by Leslie Stahl, Swift, now 34, mentioned courting as a star and what she needs from a companion.

Swift mentioned she needs to be with somebody who’s comfy with fame.

“A relationship is a mixture of two individuals and their consolation ranges,” she defined. “It’s so heartbreaking when you’ve got so many issues line up and so many issues click on however your consolation stage with fame is so completely different than theirs.”

It’ss one thing Swift , even at 21, had little question skilled already. She rose to fame whereas nonetheless a young person, releasing her self-titled album in 2006 at age 16. The album spent 24 weeks atop Billboard’s Prime Nation Albums checklist. She went from nation star to world sensation two years later together with her second album, Fearless, which included two of her largest hits, “Love Story” and “You Belong With Me.”

By the point the 60 Minutes interview occurred, Swift had expertise courting as a star. Round that point, she was linked to different well-known faces like Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Cory Monteith.

However for Swift, she defined, it’s about greater than whether or not her companion is legendary. It’s about whether or not they’re in a position to step out into the actual world regardless of their fame.

“I’ll stroll right into a espresso store with somebody I’m in love with as a result of I don’t care, as a result of I’m in love with them,” Swift continued. “It doesn’t matter to me who’s wanting. However it does to some individuals.”

Although Swift was already world-famous in 2011, her star had not turn into the galactic supergiant it’s at the moment. She and present boyfriend, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce, couldn’t simply waltz right into a espresso store at the moment and quietly sip a latte, irrespective of how a lot they need to. The precept, nonetheless, stays related.

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“It appears a bit pointless to care that a lot about preserving individuals out,” she added.

Kelce, additionally 34, appears to be comfy along with his fame, which has skyrocketed since he and Swift started courting final 12 months. Along with his accolades on the sector, Kelce and his brother, Jason, have developed “New Heights” right into a podcast that attained a $100 million valuation earlier this 12 months. On September 25, Kelce will make his debut within the new Ryan Murphy horror collection, Grotesquerie, on FX. He’s additionally unafraid to indicate up on Swift’s Eras Tour, even becoming a member of her on stage.

Not solely do they look like on the identical web page by way of how they embrace their movie star, they each have their eyes on the longer term.

“They each see marriage as one thing they need sooner moderately than later, they usually each need children,” a supply advised Us Weekly in its newest cowl story. “Taylor has at all times [been excited by] the concept of marriage and beginning a household. She simply hadn’t discovered The One till now.”