{"id":92603,"date":"2025-08-23T11:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92603"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:33:21","slug":"tom-hiddlestons-awkward-response-to-question-about-ex-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92603","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hiddleston&#8217;s awkward response to question about ex Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/22\/22\/101477655-15026241-Tom_Hiddleston_fell_uncomfortably_silent_when_he_was_asked_about-m-69_1755897007931.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hiddleston fell uncomfortably silent when he was asked about his ex Taylor Swift in a new interview, nine years after their split\" \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By SAMEER SURI, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2025-08-22T23:04:03+0100\"> 18:04 EDT, 22 August 2025 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2025-08-23T05:41:25+0100\"> 00:41 EDT, 23 August 2025 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tom Hiddleston fell uncomfortably silent when he was asked about his ex Taylor Swift in a new interview, nine years after their split.<\/p>\n<p>The pair conducted a whirlwind summer romance in 2016 before going their separate ways that September in a breakup a source described as &#8216;amicable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During their relationship, Tom inspired widespread mockery when he was spotted wearing an &#8216;I [heart] T.S.&#8217; tank top while frolicking on the beach with Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he found himself being grilled about her again while promoting his new movie The Life of Chuck with his co-star Karen Gillan on the radio show Heart.<\/p>\n<p>The opening question was about how Tom and Karen spend their evenings, to which Tom responded that he enjoys watching and reading sports coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Then, host Devin Griffin said: &#8216;We did just find out &#8211; Taylor Swift, big fan of a sourdough recipe blog,&#8217; prompting Tom to become quiet and expressionless.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tom Hiddleston fell uncomfortably silent when he was asked about his ex Taylor Swift in a new interview, nine years after their split<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The pair conducted a whirlwind summer romance in 2016 before going their separate ways that September in a breakup a source described as &#8216;amicable&#8217;; pictured July 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re very very specific but I can see how you can get into that,&#8217; Devin prodded further, as his flustered guest furrowed his brow slightly.<\/p>\n<p>Karen quickly leapt to Tom&#8217;s rescue, jumping into the exchange with an answer about how the sourdough blog felt &#8216;like an Easter egg for something.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She rattled off a story about how she had recently seen a TikTok about how Taylor was using the sourdough to hint that she might play next year&#8217;s Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The subject was then quickly changed and Karen and Tom were able to discuss their upcoming movie, with the subject of Taylor left in the rearview.<\/p>\n<p>Tom and Taylor were first glimpsed out together as a couple in mid-June 2015, just after her breakup from Scottish DJ Calvin Harris.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of that month, Taylor had introduced Tom to her parents in Nashville and he had introduced her to his mother in England.<\/p>\n<p>They were constantly seen out together that summer, inspiring such a frenzy of publicity that after they split, Tom found himself denying allegations that they had engaged in a &#8216;showmance,&#8217; via GQ.<\/p>\n<p>During that outing, he was seen wearing an &#8216;I [heart] T.S.&#8217; tank top and sporting a removable heart tattoo containing a &#8216;T&#8217; on one of his triceps.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Host\u00a0Devin Griffin said: &#8216;We did just find out &#8211; Taylor Swift, big fan of a sourdough recipe blog,&#8217; prompting Tom to become quiet and expressionless<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Karen quickly leapt to Tom&#8217;s rescue, jumping into the exchange with an answer about how the sourdough blog felt &#8216;like an Easter egg for something.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Tom and his fianc\u00e9e Zawe Ashton announced in June that they are expecting their second baby &#8211; hours before she debuted her bump at the London premiere of The Life of Chuck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She has now been publicly involved with NFL superstar Travis Kelce for nearly two years, during which they have also denied &#8216;showmance&#8217; allegations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom became a global subject of derision over the tank top, which he later insisted was merely a private &#8216;joke&#8217; between &#8216;friends.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8216;The truth is, it was the Fourth of July and a public holiday and we were playing a game and I slipped and hurt my back. And I wanted to protect the graze from the sun and said: &#8220;Does anyone have a T-shirt?&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>A pal of Taylor&#8217;s responded by producing the &#8216;I [heart] T.S.&#8217; tank top and &#8216;we all laughed about it,&#8217; Tom insisted. &#8216;It was a joke.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>By September 2016, the romance had ended in &#8216;an amicable split,&#8217; per a People\u00a0source, and that fall she began her seven-year relationship with Joe Alwyn.<\/p>\n<p>She has now been publicly involved with NFL superstar Travis Kelce for nearly two years, during which they have also denied &#8216;showmance&#8217; allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Tom has been engaged to actress\u00a0Zawe Ashton since May 2022, five months before she gave birth to their first child.<\/p>\n<p>They joyously announced this June that they are expecting their second baby &#8211; hours before Zawe debuted her bump at the London premiere of The Life of Chuck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During their relationship, Tom inspired widespread mockery when he was spotted wearing an &#8216;I [heart] T.S.&#8217; tank top while frolicking on the beach with Taylor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":92605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,47],"class_list":["post-92603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts","tag-dailymail","tag-tvshowbiz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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