Taylor Swift calls out Kim Kardashian for bullying her

You’ll recall that Kim exposed Swift’s dishonesty about not consenting to a song recorded by Kanye West, posting the audio of their phone conversation to Snapchat and at once tarnishing Taylor’s reputation but also birthing her next phase.

After revealing an apparent reconciliation with Katy Perry, Swift opened her Reputation Tour by talking about her ongoing feud with Kardashian West for the first time.

Taylor kicked off her Reputation World Tour on Tuesday night and chatted with the audience about the low point in her life when Kim Kardashian exposed her on Snapchat, calling her a snake.

Taylor urged her fans to value their reputation and not let name bullying/shaming define and defeat them. She mentioned that the uttermost lesson is not to care about strangers misunderstanding them as long as their inner circle understands and appreciates them.

Read Taylor Swift’s full statement below:

“A couple of years ago, someone called me a snake on social media and it caught on. And then a lot of people called me a lot of names on social media. And I went through some really low times for a while because of it.

“I went through sometimes when I didn’t know if I was gonna get to do this anymore. And 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 defeat you. It can strengthen you instead.

“And I think something that came out of it that was good was is that I learned a really important lesson that I’ve been telling you from the stage for ten years but I haven’t been able to learn myself, which has to do with how much you value your reputation.

“And I think the lesson is that you shouldn’t care so much if 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 show up for you, and the people who see you as a human being.

“So thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to get to know me, for sticking up for me, for seeing me as a human being.”