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[Audience Applauding][br]Ellen DeGeneres: We have had a lot of fun
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with our first guest over the years,[br]take a look.
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Our next guest has had the number one[br]album on the Country's charts for a record
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ten weeks in a row.[br]Please welcome Taylor Swift.
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[Audience Cheering][br]♫...That's what people say, mm mm ♪
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Your musical crush, somebody in the[br]business?
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Taylor Swift: Oh, Justin Timberlake.[br]Ellen: Justin Timberlake is your favorite?
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Justin![br][Audience Cheering]
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Taylor Swift: That's the best surprise [br]ever! This is the best day ever!
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Justin Timberlake: [Laughing] That's great!
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Ellen: Finish this statement: I am[br]Taylor blank.
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Taylor Swift: I think just like birth[br]certificate wise it's Swift.
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Ellen: Like I am Ellen blank.[br]I am Ellen DeGeneres.
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I am Ellen DeGeneres and I am married[br]to Portia de Rossi.
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I am Taylor Swift, I am dating blank.
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[Audience Laughing][br]Taylor Swift: Nobody.
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[Audience Laughing]
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That's true though.
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Ellen: I am Taylor Swift and my publicist[br]told me to say blank.
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Taylor Swift: My publicist told me not to[br]answer any personal questions.
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Ellen: Now we're getting somewhere.
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♫...Shake it off, shake it off...♪
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Ellen: The kitty corner is a show for[br]people who love cats.
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Taylor Swift: I will answer your questions[br]about cats. [Laughs]
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Ellen: Yeah.[br]Taylor: You can call us with your questions.
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Ellen: And we can call it cat calls![br][Audience Laughing]
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Taylor: Or, look what the cat called in![br][Audience Laughing]
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Taylor Swift & Zac Efron: ♫ Every single [br]time I come on this show, ♫
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♫ It's really weird, really weird[br]All because of Ellen ♫
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♫ I've been on this show [br]8 times now and I still remember ♫
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♫ Ellen hiding in a bathroom ♫[br][Audience Laughs]
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♫ With a hidden camera and she[br]scared me so bad ♫
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[Ellen Screams][br]♫ I fell and I could've died ♫
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[Audience Laughing][br][Music Continues]
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Ellen: Taylor! Taylor!
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♫
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Dinosaur: Woah![br]Taylor Swift: [Screams] Why did you do that?
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♫
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Ellen: Up in the air.
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Taylor Swift: Being on Ellen's show is[br]one of the best--
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Ellen: Monotone like that.
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Taylor Swift: Being on the Ellen show is[br]one of the best experiences you can have.
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Ellen: Now laugh in a monotone way.
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[Taylor Laughing]
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[Ellen Laughing][br]Ellen: Yes.
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[Audience Cheering]
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Taylor Swift: That was an amazing montage![br]Ellen: I know!
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And that's--no, no one's in there.[br]Taylor Swift: Okay.
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Ellen: We're not going to do it to you[br]today.
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Taylor Swift: And it's not amateur hour.[br]Ellen: No, no.
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I'm not gonna, you're, because I can't[br]top how I did it the first time.
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You were the best scare,[br]well I don't know Sara Paulson was
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pretty good too, but--[br]Taylor Swift: That was a near death experience.
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Ellen: It kind of was.[br]You went down.
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Taylor Swift: Yeah. There were several[br]ways I could've died.
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Ellen: Well, now you're being dramatic.[br]Taylor Swift: Yeah.
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Ellen: Yeah. No that's extreme.[br]Taylor Swift: Yeah.
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It's, it, I really just was watching that[br]backstage and I was just thinking like,
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thank you so much for going so above and[br]beyond to make people happy.
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[Ellen Laughing][br]Yeah, and well, that's not a good example.
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Ellen: No, no, no.[br]Taylor Swift: But--
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Ellen: No you could've hit your head on[br]the toilet bowl.
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Taylor Swift: It was funny afterwards you[br]did this laugh afterward that I have found
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myself, I loved the sound so much,[br]that I've found myself doing it sometimes
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when I laugh hard enough.[br]You went [grunting].
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[Ellen Laughing][br]Taylor Swift: You went [grunting].
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And you couldn't breathe![br]Ellen: Uh-huh. That's how happy I was.
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Taylor Swift: That's how happy you were[br]to see me fall down like that.
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Ellen: Yes, yes. And now you do it too,[br]you said.
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Taylor Swift: It's caught on. It's a great[br]sound. If you go back and watch it on YouTube,
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listen for her laugh and then who'll be[br]the one who's embarrassed?
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Not the one on the ground.[br][Audience Laughing]
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Ellen: Keep in mind, that you haven't[br]been here in four, no,
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how long has it been?
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Taylor Swift: Yeah, four years.[br]I was recovering from the fall.
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Ellen: No, no, no![br][Audience Laughing]
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But look at all the content we had,[br]and you haven't been here in four years.
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You'd think you'd want to come back[br]as you had so much fun.
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Taylor Swift: I know, and now I have.[br]Ellen: Okay, and now you've come back.
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Taylor Swift: Yeah I have come back.[br]I mean, I had an album out called Reputation
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Ellen: I know.[br]Taylor Swift: --and I really--
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[Audience Cheering]
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Thank you guys.[br]You guys are friendly.
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Yeah, with the album I just basically [br]wanted to just make music and not
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explain it.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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Taylor Swift: But, I missed you so much.[br]It was really--
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Ellen: You sold a bunch of albums [br]without even talking.
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[Everyone Laughing]
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I mean usually people go to promote their[br]music because it helps sell albums.
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You don't have to do that.
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Taylor Swift: Well that's nice of you to[br]say.
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I mean I am having fun being back here.[br]It's been really great to be back here and
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like, I definitely do, I think as a [br]songwriter I enjoy communicating
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about what I've made, like I really do[br]like that part of the process,
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but I also just feel like with my career[br]I want to do what feels right at the time.
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Ellen: Yeah.[br]Taylor Swift: You know? Like, so it just,
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at that time I coined this phrase[br]"there will be no explanation,
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there will be just reputation"[br]'cause I am dramatic.
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Ellen: Yes.[br]Taylor Swift: That's a very dramatic thing,
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but it rhymed, it was kind of catchy, [br]and so I stuck with it.
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Ellen: Right, is that in one of your songs[br]'cause if it isn't it should be.
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Taylor Swift: Thank you, no. And I think[br]it's a little late for that 'cause now
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we're on to another, different album.
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Ellen: I know, but you still could [br]have that.
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Taylor Swift: For the, for an album[br]that's not Reputation?
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Ellen: Yeah.
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[Audience Laughing]
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Taylor Swift: So, it's a little off[br]brand, but I will think about it.
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Ellen: No, no. Just like clothing comes[br]back in style,
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you can come right back around to that [br]topic again if you'd like.
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Taylor Swift: It could be like a vintage.[br]Ellen: You can do anything
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you want Taylor Swift.[br]Taylor Swift: Thank you for saying that!
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[Audience Cheering]
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Ellen: You know, you, I mean really,[br]people thought "oh god she's been away
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for so long, how is this album going to[br]do?"
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And they put so much, I don't think [br]pressure on you 'cause I don't think
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you felt pressure--[br]Taylor Swift: Yeah there's pressure.
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Ellen: Really?[br]Taylor Swift: Yeah, for sure.
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Ellen: Oh, okay. But 'cause it seemed like[br]people were like expecting this not to be
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as good, or that album to not be as,[br]and you just came back and proved
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them all wrong.[br]Taylor Swift: Aww.
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Ellen: You know, it's true![br]Taylor Swift: Thanks.
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Ellen: 'Cause you didn't worry about how[br]certain people do things,
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you do things your own way and it all[br]works out for you.
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Taylor Swift: Thank you so much.[br]Ellen: Well you're welcome.
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Now let's talk about me.[br][Everyone Laughing]
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No, not talk about me.[br]But so these, these, here let's talk
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about you're on the cover of Entertainment[br]Weekly, you have all these Easter eggs
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on here right?
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Taylor Swift: Yeah. And I feel like--[br]Ellen: Explain what the eggs are
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to people who don't understand.
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Taylor Swift: Yeah 'cause I think it's,[br]I think that is necessary.
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So it's like when we say "Easter eggs"[br]we're not only talking about like
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Easter eggs that you would go on an Easter[br]egg hunt for on Easter.
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It's like, it's kind of a, like a, it's[br]kind of like a clue,
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like a foreshadowing kind of thing.
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I like to plant Easter eggs in a video[br]like, that would be like a lyric from
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unreleased music, or like a little hint or a[br]little link to what's coming in the future.
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Ellen: Right.
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Taylor Swift: Um, so yeah, that was kind [br]of the theme of what we did at the
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Entertainment Weekly thing on, and it's[br]just been really fun to kind of expand
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the musical experience past just listening[br]to a song.
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Like I also want people to be like,[br]watching the music video,
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and what's that thing in the background and[br]what's that song playing underneath there and
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what's, is there a reason she said that [br]in French? So.
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Ellen: Right. [Everyone Laughing] [br]Because people, and usually your fans are
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pretty good at figuring it out, right?
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Taylor: They're excellent at figuring it out.
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Ellen: What is the worst-- what, how far off have they been?
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What's the worst they've been?
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Taylor: Oh man. Umm...
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Well, there were some fans that thought [br]I had something to do with Avengers: Endgame.
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[audience laughs][br]Ellen: Oh, really?
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Taylor: Which I, which I would've loved[br]to have been asked, but I wasn't--
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Ellen: No, you weren't.
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Taylor: --asked to be in it at all.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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Taylor: Because we had the single coming out the same day
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and I have a song that was called Endgame,
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and so they were like, "oh my god, she's[br]going to defeat Thanos," and... [audience laughs]
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I let everyone down, again.
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Ellen: Yeah, yeah. Well, that was confusing.
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Oh your jacket, you have a lot of things on here,
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but you don't have something that,
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next time you wear a jacket,
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Taylor: [gasps] Thank you![br]Ellen: You're welcome.
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Taylor: It's you as a kitty cat!
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Ellen: Yeah, and that's two things you love.
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Taylor: Those are the two things I love the most.
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Ellen: Together, put together.[br]Taylor: Yeah!
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Ellen: Alright. We have to take a break. I'll let you cry about that.
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Taylor: Thank you![br]Ellen: We'll be back.
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We're back with Taylor Swift, who was just[br]telling me about washing her legs in the shower.
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I couldn't hear you.[br]Did you say you do wash them or you don't?
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Taylor: I do, because when you shave your legs, isn't,
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the shaving cream is like soap, right?
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Ellen: Yeah, it is. That is, I think that's the reason[br]that most women wash their legs,
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because we have to because we shave our legs.
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Taylor: Yeah.[br]Ellen: Yep.
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Taylor: So that counts, so, yeah.[br]Ellen: Oh for sure.
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It's, it's--[br]Taylor: On the right side of history, though.
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Ellen: Unless you're not shaving and then you're,[br]then you're not washing.
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So whenever you're not shaving,[br]you don't wash, you're saying.
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Taylor: No, I don't, I don't think I would say that.
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[audience laughs][br]Ellen: Well, it seems like you did just say it.
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Taylor: But I kind of always shave my legs.
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Ellen: Every day?
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Taylor: Well, I mean, yeah.
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Ellen: Every day?[br]Taylor: Yeah.
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Ellen: You must be hairy.[br][audience laughs]
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Alright. So...[laughs][br]Taylor: So sweet.
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Ellen: Let's talk about-- [chuckles]
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I don't know why you don't come here more often.[br][audience laughs]
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Alright. Let's talk about Me.[br]We were just playing it during the commercial break,
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which I love that song. I love that video so much.
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Taylor: Thank you.[br]Ellen: That must've been so fun to shoot.
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Taylor: It was, it was so fun. That's actually, um...
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Ellen: Is that your new kitten?
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Taylor: That's my new kitten, Benjamin.
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Ellen: Wait, did-- first of all, let's finish talking about the video, because it's so good.
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Brendon Urie, right, is that his last name?
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Taylor: Brendon Urie is one of the most--[br]Ellen: From Panic at the Disco!
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Taylor: -- incredible performers. [audience cheers]
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Ellen: Yeah, he is amazing. I love that y'all were together in that.
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Taylor: Oh yeah. I mean, he does this little dance coming up. Or he already did it.
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But all his little dances are like, that! [laughs] Look at him.
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He's just like, he would raise the energy in any situation, like.
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Ellen: Yeah, I love him.[br]Taylor: He was, he was just amazing.
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Ellen: Alright. We're going to get to the kitten in a minute, but,
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did the speaking French in the beginning of it,
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does that mean something?
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Taylor: Yeah, definitely.[br]Ellen: Okay.
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Did you know French already or did you learn it for that?
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Taylor: I've tried to learn French several times in my life,
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because I think it's a really beautiful language.[br]Ellen: It is beautiful.
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Taylor: And, I definitely made sure that I had native French speakers on set,
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because I didn't want to butcher the language of love.
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Ellen: Right.[br]Taylor: Like, that's not what I came here to do.
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Ellen: Say something in French right now.
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Taylor: Um, you're putting me on the spot, but I mean,
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je suis calme.
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Ellen: Ah, thank you.[br]Taylor: I don't know.
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Ellen: What does that mean?[br]Taylor: It means I am calm.
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Ellen: Oh.
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Taylor: Uh, [other French phrase]
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Ellen: Oh, that's good. That's a good one.[br]Taylor: Thanks.
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Ellen: I don't know what that means, but that sounded real French.[br][audience laughs]
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Taylor: It means "I love cats."
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Ellen: Ok, so let's talk about cats. [br]Taylor: No it doesn't.
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Ellen: So was that kitten-- it doesn't? [chuckles]
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So was that kitten, um, just there to be in the video or did you-[br]and then you took it home?
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Or did you put it in the video and it was yours already?
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Taylor: He was, he was a little cat actor. He was there.
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Apparently there was, I didn't know this at the time.
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All I know is there's, we had to have a kitten in the scene
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because I wanted to have to have this scene where it's like, you know,
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he gives me a ring, I'm like "no". He gives me flowers, I'm like "no".
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And then he gives me a kitten and I'm like "yes, absolutely. You know me, clearly."
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And so, you know, they show up with this little kitten
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and the, his handler was like, "Do you want to hold him first?"
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I was like, "Absolutely I do."
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And so they hand me this tiny cat and I've never really experienced a cat that,
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the second I held this little kitten, he started purring, like a motor.
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And I was like, "Okay, whose cat is this? You're really lucky, whoever owns this cat."
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And then, the girl was like, "Actually, he doesn't have a home."
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And then I just, my eyes turned into hearts--[br]Ellen: Yes. [audience laughs]
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Taylor: And I, I just immediately was like, "I can't think about anything else."
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Ellen: And so, how do the other two get along?
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You can't just bring a cat home. Cats don't, they're not like that.
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Taylor: They're like little puffballs getting into fights,
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like marshmallows throwing each other. [audience laughs]
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Ellen: Oh. That's good then. And his name is Benjamin?
0:11:59.429,0:12:01.831
Taylor: Benjamin Button.[br]Ellen: Mhmm. That's right.
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Taylor: Because it's an incredible movie.
0:12:03.248,0:12:05.267
Ellen: Yes it is.[br]Taylor: It's an incredible film.
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Ellen: He ages backwards. [br]Taylor: Yeah. [audience laughs]
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Ellen: Alright, so, [laughter continues]
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we're back with the only person who loves cats possibly as much as I do, or more,
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or, but I think, no.[br]Taylor: I don't want to get into a fight about it.
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[audience laughs][br]Ellen: No, but--
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No, we both love cats. Let's just leave it at that.
0:12:19.696,0:12:21.847
Alright. Taylor Swift is who I was talking about.
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Um, okay. So there's video of your other two cats, on the plane, I think. Is that what we have?
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Taylor: I think it's just a picture, but, it's a good demonstration of like,
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just what my personal life looks like. [br]Ellen: Yep.
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Taylor: It's just, well, that's-- oh I mean, that's just Olivia stretching.
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Ellen: That's just?
0:12:39.731,0:12:41.883
Taylor: That's my middle child.[br]Ellen: Yep.
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Taylor: She's, she's kind of like a seal.
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Ellen: And she just lays on her back? Oh my god.
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Taylor: Yeah. Isn't she amazing? And her tail just never grew.
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Ellen: Oh my god.[br]Taylor: And then she stands up, here's meerkat.
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Ah, get it.[br]She's a really special animal.
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And that was when she was a baby.[br]Ellen: Oh my god. They're just so cute.
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And now, so you would be, and you're doing the movie Cats,
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so you probably have a, you know, an advantage,
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because you probably act more like--[br]Taylor: I understand them.
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Ellen: Yes.[br]Taylor Yeah.
0:13:10.733,0:13:13.719
Ellen: Because James Cordon had to learn, he went to cat school.
0:13:13.719,0:13:16.288
Taylor: We all went to cat school. You have no idea.
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It's like all my dreams came true on the set of this film. [audience laughs]
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It was like, they literally, um, they're like, "You can come to set as much as you want"
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and I ended up being there, like, every day for four months.
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Just like, they're like, "Oh, Taylor's doing cat school again." [audience laughs]
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"Again. She's still here. She's still doing cat school."
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Ellen: What did you learn?
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Taylor: Well, you crawl around on the floor and you pretend to be a cat.[br][audience laughs]
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Ellen: Right. I bet you're really a good cat.
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Taylor: I mean, I don't-- we'll see. I really don't know.
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I had the most fun. I had the best time.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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Um, alright. So wait. There's a new album coming out.
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Are you finished with the album yet?
0:13:53.832,0:13:56.500
Taylor: Yeah. And, unless I like write something else.[br]Ellen: Okay.
0:13:56.500,0:13:58.451
Taylor: Then I'll just like probably put it on the album.
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Ellen: Okay. And then you have another video coming out soon.
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Taylor: Ish, yeah.
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Ellen: When is it coming out?
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Taylor: Uh, I don't know yet because we have to finish it first.
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Ellen: Okay.[br]Taylor: Yeah.
0:14:08.495,0:14:11.095
Ellen: And then, um, I think you said you wanted me in it?
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[audience laughs][br]Taylor: Yeah, I mean,
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that would be a dream.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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Taylor: Would you want to do that?
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Ellen: Mm, I don't know, but I-- [audience laughs loudly]
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I'll think about it, for sure.[br]Taylor: Okay. Please do.
0:14:22.855,0:14:24.558
Ellen: Yeah.[br][audience laughs]
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Okay.[br][audience laughs loudly]
0:14:26.259,0:14:27.311
Taylor: Great.
0:14:27.311,0:14:28.596
Ellen: Yeah, I'll do it.[br]Taylor: Cool.
0:14:28.596,0:14:30.563
Ellen: Okay. Alright.[br]Taylor: That's great.
0:14:30.563,0:14:35.984
Ellen: Umm... [audience laughs] [Taylor and Ellen laugh]
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Alright, we have to take a break and then,
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we're going to come back and she's going to talk all about her boyfriend.
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We'll be back.
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What I'll do is I'll read a question
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and then you will answer the question and then, [bell dings] hit this for no apparent reason.
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Taylor: [bell dings] I love it.[br]Ellen: It's fun, right? [bell dings]
0:14:50.348,0:14:52.217
Taylor: Yeah.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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It's like a game show, but yet you win nothing. [audience laughs]
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What's the title of your next single?
0:14:56.988,0:15:01.506
Taylor: Oh. Um, I can't tell you that. That's crazy. [audience laughs]
0:15:01.506,0:15:02.624
Ellen: Well, I was gonna try.
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Can you sing some of it?[br]Taylor: Uh, no... [audience laughs] [bell dings]
0:15:06.060,0:15:08.646
Ellen: Alright. If you can't sleep in the middle of the night, what do you do?
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Taylor: I got downstairs and rummage through the kitchen
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and eat whatever I can find. And it's realy less like a human being
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and morel like a raccoon in a dumpster. [audience laughs]
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Like, the next morning we just, we walk downstairs and we're,
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"What happened here?"[br]And I don't remember. [bell dings]
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Ellen: Does that help you sleep, if you eat a whole lot and then..?
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Taylor: It's not really voluntary. [bell dings] [audience laughs]
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Ellen: Oh, do you sleep eat?
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Taylor: I think so. I don't really remember it,
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but I know it happens because it could've only have been me, or cats.
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Ellen: Right. Well that wasn't the question. We're learning something different.
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I said, "If you can't sleep at night, what do you do?"
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but it sounds like--[br]Taylor: I'm still sleeping and doing it?
0:15:45.980,0:15:49.316
Ellen: Yes, it sounds like you've got an issue. [audience laughs]
0:15:49.316,0:15:51.963
Taylor: Yep. [bell dings] [audience laughs]
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Ellen: Okay. Currently, what is your favorite TV show?
0:15:54.164,0:15:59.037
Taylor: Oh god, okay. So, Killing Eve, Game of Thrones,
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Downton Abbey, Queer Eye, I'll just, got to stop though. [bell dings] Getting too excited.
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Ellen: Yeah, Killing Eve is [bell dings repeatedly][br]Taylor: Yes!
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Ellen: What is the most rebellious thing you did as a teenager?
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Taylor: [laughs] Probably when I put Joe Jonas on blast on your show.[br][audience laughs]
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That was too much! [bell dings]
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Ellen: Was it?[br]Taylor: Yeah. That was too much.
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Ellen: Okay.[br]Taylor: I was 18. Yeah. [audience laughs] [bell dings]
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We laugh about it now. That was, mouthy.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
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Taylor: Yeah, just--[br]Ellen: Alright.
0:16:31.818,0:16:33.168
Taylor: Teenage stuff there.
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Ellen: Well that's held onto you because I don't remember that at all. [audience laughs loudly]
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What is your favorite curse word?
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Taylor: Okay, you say yours, and we'll say it together[br]on one, two, three.
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In unison: One, two, three
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[BEEP]
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[bell dings] [audience cheers]
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Ellen: It's just a good, solid one.[br][Taylor laughs]
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Cause it can also mean like, really good, like,
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[BEEP]
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Who'd you share your first kiss with?
0:16:58.841,0:17:03.028
Taylor: Um, I think- it was my high school boyfriend[br]when I was fifteen.
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Ellen: What was his name?[br][bell rings]
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Taylor: Drew. [br][bell rings]
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Ellen: Drew, aww.[br]Taylor: Yeah
0:17:07.799,0:17:10.385
Ellen: Did you leave an easter egg during our interview?
0:17:10.385,0:17:12.003
Taylor: Yes. [br][bell rings]
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Ellen: Really!?[br]Taylor: Yes! (laughs)
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I'm not supposed to do it every word?
0:17:17.174,0:17:19.959
Ellen: No. [bell rings][br]Taylor: Okay.
0:17:19.959,0:17:22.929
Ellen: Your friend invites you to dinner,[br]what do you bring?
0:17:22.929,0:17:25.365
Taylor: White wine.[br][bell rings]
0:17:25.365,0:17:27.566
Ellen: What kind?[br][bell rings]
0:17:27.566,0:17:30.185
Taylor: Sancerre Pino Grigio[br]or Sauvignon Blanc.
0:17:30.185,0:17:31.955
[bell rings twice][br]Ellen: Good choices.
0:17:31.955,0:17:32.796
Taylor: Thank you.
0:17:32.796,0:17:35.252
Ellen: I just found a really good one[br]I'll tell you about. [rings bell]
0:17:35.252,0:17:36.936
What's your favorite holiday?
0:17:36.936,0:17:40.615
Taylor: I think it's Christmas.[br]Definitely Christmas. [bell rings]
0:17:40.615,0:17:43.145
Ellen: Okay, what's your favorite place to go[br]on holiday?
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Do you like cold, do you like snowing,[br]do you like island?
0:17:45.464,0:17:46.682
Taylor: I'm sorting, I'm sorting.
0:17:46.682,0:17:49.522
Ellen: Okay, sorry. I'll stay quiet
0:17:49.522,0:17:51.975
Taylor: I'm sorting... I think umm,[br]Rhode Island.
0:17:51.975,0:17:54.459
[rings bell][br]Ellen: Okay...
0:17:54.459,0:17:56.662
[audience laughs]
0:17:56.662,0:17:58.080
Taylor: It's a great state.[br]Ellen: Yeah.
0:17:58.080,0:18:00.814
What's your favorite movie?
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That's a tough one.[br]How do you narrow it down to one?
0:18:02.933,0:18:04.050
Taylor: You can't, you can't
0:18:04.050,0:18:05.337
Ellen: No, but just -
0:18:05.337,0:18:07.253
Taylor: I'd have to go with favorite[br]movie I've seen in the last week.
0:18:07.253,0:18:08.222
Ellen: Okay.
0:18:08.222,0:18:10.274
Taylor: Umm, "Someone Great" on Netflix.[br][bell rings]
0:18:10.274,0:18:11.742
Ellen: Oh, don't know that one.
0:18:11.742,0:18:12.908
Taylor: It's a great movie.
0:18:12.908,0:18:13.959
Ellen: Oh, well apparently.
0:18:13.959,0:18:14.778
Taylor: Watch it!
0:18:14.778,0:18:15.445
Ellen: Okay.
0:18:15.445,0:18:18.081
Name three words to describe yourself.
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Taylor: Um, curious, cat lover, [br]make it one word?
0:18:24.120,0:18:25.136
Ellen: Sure.
0:18:25.136,0:18:26.672
Taylor: Um, romantic.
0:18:26.672,0:18:29.008
Ellen: Yes. I would say creative also.
0:18:29.008,0:18:30.359
Taylor: That's nice, thank you!
0:18:30.359,0:18:33.094
Ellen: Okay, um, smart, I would add.
0:18:33.094,0:18:35.762
Taylor: Thank you! You're doing five though,[br]that's so sweet.
0:18:35.762,0:18:36.731
Ellen: Yes, because you deserve-[br]Taylor: You're giving me extra-
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[bell rings multiple times][br]Ellen: Okay, that's out of time.
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Go to my Spotify page to hear more[br]of Taylor's music! We'll be back!
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[audience cheering and applause]