Thread to talk about the actor Tom Hiddleston
https://twitter. com/chrisgeidner/status/743196426725908480
>>500 It's so ironic, yes. Especially in light of the 'squad' antics behind the scenes of the SI shoot. Now that he's joined the real squad he's about to be snapchatted and instagrammed by her and her squad like never before.
He suddenly seems less classy, I am leaning towards out too.
I also love the note on the bottom of that article about Calvin, who's also prone to public fits of rage and jealousy:
First he deleted the heartfelt tweet he posted the day after his and Taylor's break-up, which said: "The only truth here is that a relationship came to an end & what remains is a huge amount of love and respect."
He then followed it with a second tweet, which he also later deleted, adding: "Oh boy it's about to go down."
Oh jeez I really didn't think Tom would hook it up with Taylor. So much for Mr Privacy. This relationship is going to be epic in how much media coverage it's going to get Tom. He'll finally get the fame he craves. Also does he have a thing for women in relationships? First EO and now Taylor? He sure loves breaking up couples doesn't he? Not feeling it Tom. I'm out too.
>>502 It's also the second count of apparent "homewrecking" now, or he moves in for the kill as soon as a girl he likes breaks up with someone, or he's got a thing for vulnerable women - any of these are a big turnoff for me. When it was just EO I figured that it was a one-time thing, but this is two in a row now.
Oh Tom. You're that guy. Mr Trade Up. Mr "Every girlfriend is younger than the last one." Mr "All my girlfriends were with someone else until I came along."
Well, he will reap the whirlwind now. Like you have all said, his every move will be on Taylor's social media. But maybe that's what he wants. He managed to keep it on the down low when he was in New York (apparently she has a place in the West Village so I guess he was with her). Presumably therefore the decision to snog her in public on a beach right by her house was an equally conscious decision. Mr Privacy just became Mr Famewhore.
>>504 great minds...!
I am thinking homewrecker I'm afraid. She was still with CH at the time of the Met Gala because she was photographed with him a couple of days after. Then a month later she wasn't with Calvin any more. I wonder who'd been sending her Shakespeare quotes by text (or flowers, as a "source" has it) in the meantime? Total turn off I agree.
>>505 The timing of these photos is interesting. They obviously spent his recent US trip together in her NY lovenest and this Rhode Island mansion yet it's only once he returns back to London that they are released to the public.
Looks like a controlled press release to make it official before the homewrecker tagging starts. I don't see how anyone would believe he waited till she was single to take her on a date, especially after the Met Gala documentation and eyewitnesses saying they were also inseparable at the afterparty. I did think her squad afterparty shots were a desperate attempt to try to prove she went home alone/ with gal pals.
Couldn't resist this from Jezebel: "Serial breakup songwriter Taylor Swift and handsome snooze button Tom Hiddleston proved the old adage that what happens in Rhode Island immediately leaves Rhode Island, travels across the ocean, and finds itself on the cover of an English tabloid when photos of the new couple making out on one of the state’s teeny tiny beaches were published by The Sun late Thursday afternoon."
>>508 He tweeted another video from his home yesterday and was spotted on a plane previously. I'm making an assumption, the video could have been pre-recorded and the sighting false.
https://twitter. com/twhiddleston/status/742818529414504450
>>509 I'm just staying here to read the headlines, they are so funny.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/calvin-harris-unfollows-taylor-swift-8203517
UNFOLLOWS hahaha omg. It's like watching teenagers split up
>>510 The Sun said the pics were from Tuesday which is why I am slightly surprised he managed to get home by today. I did see that mention of him being on a plane. And also of him being spotted today in London! It is like playing Where's Wally. Or Where's Tom's Willy.
Oh. Sorry I was so cynical. Apparently Tom waited until she was single to text her and send her flowers:
"Tom wasted no time in asking Taylor out after he learned she was single. They were texting quite a bit and he asked her out.' Reveal magazine also wrote: 'Tom has had the hots for Taylor since the Met Gala. When he learned she was single, he texted her loads and even sent her flowers." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3643677/Taylor-Swift-Tom-Hiddleston-enjoying-secret-romance-pictured-kissing-beach-following-split-Calvin-Harris-fortnight-ago.html
>>513 it's like THEO except with better PDA pics. Back then Tom's PR said he waited for them to break up before he called the next day and Lizzie's PR said they were takin it slow and it's casual kinda like how Taylor's team is doing. Except this time the ex boyfriend is famous and he's probably going to raise a stink lol I hope Tom knows what he's doing. This is Taylor Swift. And she has a fanbase bigger and crazier than his.
>>513 Sounds familiar - remember the EO tabloid blurb about how he "texted her the very next day" when he found out she was single? You can't use the same damage control article twice in the same year, Luke! ;)
>>513 Oh I'm crying, this is ridiculous! He must be the best sexter known to mankind, managing to woo TS and EO with his magical fingers alone (and flowers). Thats some hilarious damage control. "We didn't cheat, we texted"
It's quite glaringly obvious to TH fans that these exact lines have been used before to disguise the breakup of EO's engagement. At least this time he just broke up a long distance relationship. He's fast becoming the modern day Errol Flynn. Oh dear.
This one is an eye opener from VF (usually pretty sycophantic about its cover stars): http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/06/taylor-swift-dating-tom-hiddleston
They immediately assume the pics are staged. In fact everyone (apart from the Sun which is pretending they hid behind a rock to get these pics) seems to assume this is - what? A pap sit down (as opposed to a pap stroll).
>>517 I say staged too, or why else would the Sun wait two days to publish them? It's not exactly pursegate- maybe rockgate or seagate.
I'm guessing the love is real and they wanted it out in the open or if you believe conspiracy theorists they're both gay and bearding for one another. For a gay woman she sure has a lot of boyfriends...
>>518 In love? 2 weeks after she broke up with Calvin? I've had a longer relationship with pantyhose.
But the "wanted it out there" part I agree with.
>>519 I had friends who were engaged after two weeks, it can happen. They're still happily married too. Not that this is what we are witnessing, it's all speculation as usual.
My pantyhose rarely last longer than two days
>>518 It's Taylor Swift. She doesn't hide her romances when she starts. This is one relationship of Tom's that everyone can keep track of. So much for the "some things are sacred" lol I think Tom wanted a very famous girlfriend and when he got introduced to Taylor he went for it. I honestly didn't peg him as someone who'd breakup relationships though.
I love you Michael K. In fact I think you just replaced Tom in my affections: http://dlisted.com/2016/06/15/goodbye-tumblr-it-was-nice-knowing-you/
People magazine are suggesting a cheat scandal with the timeline!
http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20981907_21013072,00.html
It does throw another light on his mysterious trip to LA before WizardWorld
Is it normal for the media to unanimously call out celebs on staging pap photos as seems to be happening in this case?
The Guardian has suggested that the photos "were staged for our prurient benefit. Each photo has a sickly sweet injection of performative chivalry."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/15/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-dating-rumors-photos-beach
Is it just me or does the Internet not seem too crazy about Tom and Taylor as a couple? There seems to be a heavy yawnfest element to them and people are all picking up on how desperately staged their coming out as a couple was. I think if it was done gradually and more naturally it might have gone down differently. Also the cheating thing puts a damper on everything. I personally feel like Taylor cheated and Tom can't help being a serial homewrecker in his pursuit of ultimate fame.
>>524 I would have expected the usual brokenhearted or outraged tumblr posts, or hating on TS, but instead it seems like it was just more of a general turn-off for Tom's fans. I think the serial homewrecker angle is a big part of it, plus the fact that the pictures are so obviously staged.
The most surprising part of it for me is that the press is having none of it.
>>520 True love in two weeks from a standing start I can believe - I took a vacation in Italy with my now hubby 2 weeks after I stated dating him (we were students - no money but plenty of time, ha ha).
It's the true love 2 weeks after officially breaking up with someone else that makes me raise my eyebrows.
Social media feedback is not positive; as one person commented, he's a laughing stock: http://pugsrock77.tumblr.com/post/145997215685/hiddleshoneybunny-lemonade-time-funny
I kind of feel like it reflects badly on him and not at all for her.
TS has had a series of fairly short relationships. She jumps from one to another and she now has had one unfortunate overlap. She instagrams every aspect of her life. But she's 25 - all pretty normal behaviour for someone her age. She is also an international megastar who is hyper aware of her image and makes no secret of that fact. She has never as far as I am aware complained about being papped, and indeed uses it to control her personal narrative. When I see these pics I see Swifty doing what Swifty does. She's not pretending to be anything other than what she's always been. She offers us a manufactured insight into her private life and we accept it for what it is.
But TH as we all know bangs on constantly about wanting to be authentic in his interactions with the press/the fans/the world. He says what you see is what you get. He also says he doesn't want to discuss his personal life. However what we actually get is him participating in an obviously staged photoshoot pretending to be taken when they were unaware, and pimping out a relationship that on their publicists' timeline is less than 2 weeks old. It feels like he has been feeding us a line. It also feels like he is an older guy with a slightly dodgy tendency to home in on younger women who already have boyfriends.
Twice they sad he broke up relationships...he is losing his gentleman status
>>525 The press reaction is the most surprising to me. The press seems completely over them. If Tom was looking for positive press with the Swifty romance, things are getting off on the wrong foot.
>>528 I agree. It's all normal Swifty behavior. And yeah Tom is coming off as the guy who likes to steal people's younger girlfriends or fiancés. First Olsen and now Taylor. He's looking like a sad joke, and the homewrecker thing is a huge turn off. I'm going to side eye every single thing he says now because he seems very disingenuous now.
Apparently he is back in the UK! Spotted at the Aladdin premiere last night (he wasn't in the Daily Mail pics of the event though - is this a case of mistaken identity?)
.com/robjyoung/status/743139642220904448
I am almost certain TH followed Swifty on Twitter right after the Met Gala. He has unfollowed her now because that will totally keep this relationship secret.
>>532 He's still following her, but it's a little less recent than I remembered it being.
I'm seeing more TS slandering for moving on too quickly (perhaps overlapping), it's only TH fans who are sideyeing him for serial homewrecking. Fans of both and the press are extremely underwhelmed to the extent that the coupling has become the butt of jokes. It doesn't help that the staged photos read like a cheesy romance novel. Authenticity is out the window and their chances of being a cool couple are dwindling by the minute. More like stinky gorgonzola.
Lets hope they are much more in synch than their dancing. Perhaps TH can introduce her to intellectual pursuits such as theatre and Shakespeare and she can train him to change his clothes more often.
This article is fascinating. Yikes:
'As for Hiddleston, what was once seen as wide-eyed gumption and enthusiasm now reeks of career opportunism. His excessive campaigning to be the next James Bond seemed unusual, but also adorable. Who wouldn't want to be 007, after all?
But his current starring role as Taylor Swift's PR-orchestrated love interest sullies that. Now he just seems like a crass career-climber. And given the seedier elements of Swift's dating reputation among the internet's baseless gossipmongers—that she's often used as a beard for celebrities rumored to be gay—it could spark whispers about Hiddleston's sexuality as well.'
>>533 My bad. I didn't /scroll down far enough. I thought it was recent. And those who follows who things on the Internet don't work, then!
It would be totally Jarthy2.0 if he unfollowed her!
So Durex China did this: http://m.weibo.cn/u/1942473263
I just read the news on Dlisted :D How are you holding up, guys? :)
I am in a cognitive dissonance here - loving it as a phenomenon and a hilarious gossip bit, disappointed in TH as a person and throwing up in my mouth a little from looking at these cheesy staged pap pics. I mean, look at Mr. Privacy! OMG... Oh well, he always said he wanted a role in a romantic comedy.
Anyway, if I ever meet TH in person now (not gonna happen IRL, but let's pretend), I'm totally gonna be like "Oh, you're that guy who dates/dated TS! Can I get an autograph?" :)
>>537 Haha, I'm pretty much in the same boat, qaz.
>>534 I think the Daily Beast article might be my favorite so far.
>>536 LOL. Oh no. Have you seen these?
https://twitter. com/mshaferschweig/status/743202253713084416
https://twitter. com/jimmyjohns/status/743210336484986880
>>537 Hello qaz! Nice to see you rejoining the prayer circle at this difficult time for all of us hahahahahaa!
I feel the same. Swifty is pretty, successful, hardworking and a bit earnest. The relationship itself I get. The desire on the part of Mr Privacy to go public after a couple of weeks at most - that I really don't get. I do think less of him for pimping out his private life like this. Is there anyone in the known universe who believes the Sun when it says the pics were the result of a lucky hunch?
>>538 Oh. My. God.
Tom as poster boy for erectile dysfunction. And, to add insult to injury, night time wee wee problems. From the internet's boyfriend to the internet's laughing stock.
>>539 Yeah, I agree. Celebrity and PR aside, I sort of get them together as a couple, but him chasing after her cough*fame*cough just after the split (IF it was AFTER the split), and this sappy erectile-dysfunction-ad-like (whahahaha!) photo shoot, and him agreeing to participate in it? I want to ask where's the real TH and what happened to him, but I guess this IS the real TH.
But maybe I'm being too harsh on him. Maybe she's something to write home about already!
Or maybe the "real" TH has changed. Fame does things to people I guess. He has always been ambitious and a worker but now he is so close to possibly huge fame, with James Bond etc almost in his grasp that I am sure that changes his perspective. He's also several years further away from real life and into a world surrounded by an increasingly large entourage that tells him this PR crap is what you have to do.
Pity he hasn't taken the Eddie Redmayne route to fame. He'd have a relatively normal private life, a pregnant wife and an Oscar by now.
>>490 I was wrong.
Tom was in NY for no good sicernable reason what so ever.
(ie: having some private time with his private girlfriend in a public manner)
Can I respect Lizzie a bit more now for not wanting the PDA?
I think Tom hooking it up with Taylor is indicative of him losing out on the Bond role. Don't quote me on it though. He thought he was gonna land Bond and be famous but it didn't work out so he set his sights on having a high profile public romance. I think he probably always wanted to date like this but maybe wanted someone well known to do it with. And Taylor is certainly well known. Though I'll be honest, I don't see this romance lasting too long. I'll be very surprised if it makes it to a year. I wonder what they talk about. Like does he listen to her whine and moan about squad goals and her Katy Perry feud? Or does she remind him of being a teenager again and he's making up for lost time? I honestly can't figure out what drew him to her. Her falling for him makes sense since she dates whoever is in at the moment.
>>544 As someone else online said:
"her 75 million more instagram followers" aka fame.
>>545 That's a little unfair. She's more than just Instagram famous. Taylor is huge in mainstream. Even if you don't follow her or her gossip, everyone hears about Taylor Swift. She's not a social media celebrity. Her social media presence is big because of her celebdom and not the other way around.
I am not sure what you are getting at - my point was that she is hugely famous, as you have also pointed out.
Tom needs to raise his profile in the US if he is gunning for the Bond role adn the A list status that Cumberbatch, Fassbender and Reymayne have achieved. Associating himself (as he now has) as Taylor's new boyfriend is one way to go about it, I suppose.
Problem is that when you also go on rabbiting on about how you want your private life to be private, staged pap photos (see also pursegate) just make you seem disingenuous
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just to add ... I do think that the guy is a very talented actor - I just find it a bit sad that playing the PR game is how and his team feel he needs to get to where he wants to.
Tumblr has thrown up the dirty gem that Luke has just started following Swifty's publicist on twitter.
>>547 oh I thought you were implying that she's only famous on social media and that she's not really famous. Apologies that I misunderstood!
>>549 Really? Oh this is going to be a very public romance. It's going to get shoved down our throats from every corner and angle. This is probably this generation's Bennifer. He's going to be in one of her music videos and then they'll have a very public engagement and then they'll breakup. Or at the very least, it'll be like Henry Cavill and Kaley C showmance. I'm getting so excited! Tom's first public romance. I do hope someone asks him why he changed his stance on being private and whether some things are no longer sacred.
Well... if somehow doubt that these are the headlines that either publicist was hoping for (apologies for the source)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3644367/Taylor-Swift-s-secret-tryst-Tom-Hiddleston-branded-completely-fake-awkward-internet-erupts-memes.html
>>551 lol this is backfiring pretty bad for Tom. There's no "what a cool couple! I wish I was them". More like "God I'm so glad I'm not them"
>>552 Well .. from her side .. if the rumours are true that she was dumped, then if she wanted to upset her ex, she seems to have succeeded if his reaction on social media is anything to go by.
For him though .. I guess he gets the much needed US publicity.
In any case, I guess we know why he was in the US so often these past few weeks.
For work. Obviously. ;)
.. and truth be told, half the reason I bought THEO but am finding it very hard to swallow whatever this is, is precisely because it was so low-key (argh. sorry).
Ah well.
Called out by the trade journalists too ..
https://twitter . com/THRMattBelloni/status/743435032941891584
Saw this on Tumblr...accidentally.
The post says this photo was taken weeks ago.
Now, I haven't been following TH for a while, so I have no idea when and where this was. If not correct, my apologies for dragging it here.
https://paythemdust.tumblr.com/post/146017570541/photo-emerges-of-taylor-swift-and-tom-hiddleston
>>556 Oh, did some Google search, and it's some Met Gala related party, so not really news.
:))))
https://twitter .com/JaguarUSA/status/743485084364267521
>>558 Sony Picture Classics had a similar post yesterday about ISTL, tagging them both.
Radar got some fan made video of what is supposed to be Tom on Taylor's balcony http://radaronline.com/videos/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-video-day-after-kissing-photos/
Bit of a rehash and of course gets some facts wrong (the year of the Jarthy for example) but puts the finger on the oddity of the PDA - apparently the beach where the photos were taken was minutes away from the privacy of Maison Taylor: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/16/does-tom-hiddleston-have-any-idea-what-hes-getting-himself-into/
Scrap all those London sightings. Here he is boarding TS's private jet- with TS.
http://everythingthatgoespop.tumblr.com/post/146027532519/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-arrive-at-an
If I were them I'd be escaping to a deserted island right now to get away from this shitstorm.
Since TS has declared she is on a lengthy hiatus I am predicting she will soon be vacaying in the Gold Coast.
I really hope she buys him some new clothes, that outfit has become a uniform.
>>563 I wonder how he will feel about having a GF on set (one that isn't in the movie). A new thing for him and I get the impression he can be a bit intense when working - the SI shenanigans seemed to be a new thing for him.
>>564 The greatest irony is that the SI antics were a direct copy/ parody of her squad. It still causes me great lols to think of TH now earnestly trying to join in with the real thing.
He is acting unusually publicly enamoured with TS and she has a reputation for obsessive cling. Perhaps the mojo is strong enough for him to enjoy her company 24/7 and she can always bring her squad along to Oz to entertain her while he's on set.
It saddens me that he will likely become a high maintenance actor due to his entourage but he sure wanted this level of fame, so here it is.
No more airport sightings unless it's boarding her private jet..
>>565 I somehow think hanging with her squad and getting instagrammed on a daily basis is going to get old pretty fast.
I also wondered when I saw him climbing into her private jet how he will cope with being the less dominant party. He has a Pygmalion-like tendency to go for lower status women. Apart from Jarthy they have all been younger, and they all even EO earned less, and were less famous and less educated. I think many men like to protect/dominate their partners and that the urge is particularly strong with him - he's vain and he likes to dominate any conversation (as we've seen so many times on chat shows!). I know Swifty is younger but she is so hugely successful and super rich to boot. Is following her onto her private jet like a lapdog going to lose its appeal after a while?
@566 Theoanos said something like this. I think you are both right if different ways. http://theoanons.tumblr.com/post/145994051396/why-doesnt-he-date-women-his-own-age-or-that-can P.S. She is calling the pap stroll rock and stroll. LOL
>>566 >>567 I am reminded of the photos with Kat Dennings which to this day remain the most wtf, out of his league, starry eyed, awkward deer in headlights of all his supposed romantic dalliances. Her fame surpassed his at the time. He is capable of puppy love adoration and appears pussy whipped enough to carry this on for a while.
It will be interesting to see whether he continually lurks in her shadow or has finally found a woman who will proudly parade him with confidence.
Last night was "date night"
http://theoanons.tumblr.com/post/146035900061/
They held hands and she showed him pictures and texts on her phone! How long before they make their relationship Facebook official? Do you think they'll go to prom together? Maybe they'll be homecoming king and queen, all the other teenagers will be so jealous!
The press is really not having it. The tabloids are printing and reprinting but press like Guardian, Telegraph, Atlantic, even Daily Beast are just not buying it. I don't think Tom will be able to handle this for the long term. Everyone seems to be laughing at him. I don't know how long these two will last once Tom gets a full idea of how people are reacting to the news. I'm probably being cynical but if they end up being a long term couple, I'll be genuinely surprised.
>>569 I imagine he will have to spend an inordinate amount of time looking at and posing for her social media. The man does love selfies though.
Do you think he has only intellectual smarts- that in fact he's socially vapid, juvenile and entirely stimulated in her company. I think this possibility may the the reason my face keep contorting into a cringe.
>>195 I just remembered my ridiculous theories after the Met Ball and I think in hindsight they were not at all ridiculous!
Point 3 seems rather likely now and certainly explains EO's sudden and inexplicable absence despite being in NY and invited. It also explains why TH was a hungry bitch on heat smothered in Tay Tay glue at the Met. They'd already dirty danced.
Perhaps the cheating was from both sides. I'd forgotten about EO.
Dum dum duuuuuum
"Either way, Hiddleston does not come off well in the relationship. Maybe he thinks this is a move that will help him make the leap to leading-man parts, or even score him that coveted next James Bond role. But lounging on those Rhode Island rocks, he just looks like he’s gone from the media’s dancing monkey ... to Taylor’s."
Ouch.
And actually a sensible comment from tumblr (no link as it was a quote within a quote so not sure exactly who it was):
"This is sad because the accolades that Tom was receiving for his acting and hard work are now being wiped away. Now he’s becoming known as Taylor’s PR-orchestrated love interest, side piece, and a career opportunist. This narrative is not being pushed by the fans, but by the media. The media always controls the news cycle and from the articles I’ve read (with the exception of a few) Tom is being written off as a desperate joke."
http://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/39791/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-paparazzi-photos-staged/
"My first instinct when seeing the pictures of Taylor and Tom is that they are definitely staged. But I’m friends with the paparazzo who is credited with those images and he is one of the best in the business when it comes to capturing sneaky pictures."
>>575 Very prescient!
I never actually saw a guest list, just rumours EO would attend, I guess because she was available and has previously been. if she did bow out I wonder if it was because she and Tom had recently split and she didn't want the attention. The timeline on that is pretty murky, non? One thing TH has successfully done in terms of "protecting his privacy" is kick over the traces of when they split. Is he just as much of a serial monogamist as Swifty?
>>579 The pap they interviewed in that article is basically like "you see, my friend who took the pictures is really good at getting sneaky shots... but a lot of times the celeb tips the paps off themselves, and if photos look really awkward they're probably staged."
Oh Vogue! The snark!
"It’s hard to imagine that Swift accidentally let the paparazzi catch her making out with a new beau just two weeks after her break-up from DJ Calvin Harris. It’s also easy to imagine that if Swift’s team knew Kardashian West’s comments were about to break a distraction might be necessary. Which worked. Ask yourself how many minutes you spent yesterday talking about Swiddleston as opposed to Kim Kardashian West’s interview?
Also keep in mind it’s not just one or two photos of Swiddleston that appeared online but a handful – way more than we ever saw of the mysterious Talvin.
Furthermore, consider Harris’s Tweet yesterday – easy to misinterpret as a nod to Swiddleston or was it really a comment on Kardashian West’s interview?
The only question really left to ask:
Is this a perfectly engineered relationship or are Swiddleston our new favourite couple?
Only time will tell."
>>581 He's basically saying they're so so fake while trying to avoid being sued.
>>580 I think my point 1 may have some validity too- that the change of hair color for TS signified an emotional ending with her bf.
All TH's relationship timelines are incredibly murky. He appears to spend so much time alone when apparently seeing someone it's a wonder he can maintain any sort of emotional attachment.
With TS now on indefinite vaycay and the two of them joined at the hip this appears to be a completely different narrative for him. How long before he runs back to his mancave begging for space?
>>579 Fascinating. He hasn't 100% come off the fence, I guess because he doesn't want to deprive his friend of credit for the scoop. But he does give credence to at least the half way house scenario that TS's people tipped them off. So the pics look candid because the subjects don't know exactly what moment they will be taken, just that at some point they will be.
I personally don't buy that the paparazzi got lucky. You'd have to be very committed to fly to RI which everyone says is not a pap hangout, and if you did wouldn't you then sell them to more than one outlet internationally, or auction them off to the highest bidder? There wasn't much time between taking the pics and publication for the Sun to have won a frenzied bidding war. And on what "lucky hunch" did the pap go there? This fandom is great at finding TH before the paps do (Lizzie in London in July) and not one person that I saw speculated that he was with Swifty in LA, or in NYC (where, BTW he and Swifty managed to evade being photographed altogether).
I have a question: is there any proof that these photos were taken when the paper says they were? It's possible they were from earlier and just released now, right? And I'm sure the employee/owner (I forget what she was) of the Date Night restaurant could be persuaded to hold off on tweeting about her frequent celebrity customer TS until a certain date. If this involved anyone other than Taylor Swift I wouldn't question it this much, but I know she has the influence, celebrity and money to orchestrate these things the way she wants.
The reason I ask is that there was a now deleted Tweet about Tom being on a BA flight, a photo of what really looks to be Tom from behind at the London vigil for the Orlando attack on Monday, his UNICEF video (which could have been recorded at any time, but he does have a tendency to post those right away), and the sighting of him at the Aladdin premiere.
I think the Rhode Island paparazzi pictures were very carefully staged and released on a specific date - maybe having something to do with Kim K's comments, maybe to make it seem less like there was relationship overlap - but it seems like it could be possible that the photos were delayed and the London sightings are accurate as well.
Disclaimer, so nobody misunderstands: I'm not crying conspiracy, I'm not saying the relationship is fake, I'm just speculating about the timing of the relationship debut.
>>585 YES!! The timing has been questionable from the start, now even more so. While it is surely being used to deflect from Kim K, he was in NY for over a week I think so it's possible they were taken earlier.
The only spanner in the works is that blurry balcony video apparently taken the night after Taylorgate by a fan.
He would have had time to fly back to her by then though.
>>585 I think he hasn't left the US yet and that the UK sightings were wrong. I say this for 2 reasons: first the Aladdin premiere was Wednesday night, and the DM did a big photo article on it. TH wasn't in it. Given the Swifty news a pic of him back in the UK supposedly the day after the canoodling would be big news, but the DM never posted one, leading me to think he wasn't there.
Second, he was photographed getting into Taylor's private jet on Thursday morning. Those pics looked like genuine non tipped off pap photos, so I guess Taylor could not control when they were published. I imagine they were taken and released on Thursday to take advantage of the story.
That doesn't mean the rock pics weren't taken a few days ago and deliberately released on Wednesday night. Just that the sightings of TH in London on Wednesday look to be wrong.
>>586 Even that video though - whichever paper published it (was it the Sun? I can't keep track) could have received it, say, last week, and then sat on it until the time was right for the narrative they were selling.
It would explain why Tom's been wearing that wrinkled Ralph Lauren jacket everywhere - nothing can be dated by his clothing!
>>588 It was first published by Radar. The Sun stole it after (!).
>>587 Perhaps he avoided the red carpet. In and out the back door of the theatre. He's done it before.
>>590 Maybe. But then how does he get back to RI to be seen climbing into Taylor's private jet on Thursday morning?
Don't get me wrong, I am not at all dissing the possibility that the pap stroll pics were taken days ago and deliberately released Wednesday night. It's just that since then he has probably been hanging out at Taylor's mansion not being spotted, and that the Aladdin sighting was an error.
>>591 Were those definitely Thursday?
Here is a Tweet from the London vigil on Monday evening. Andrew Garfield is facing the camera in the bottom right corner, but the man on the left side of the photo is almost certainly Tom:
https://twitter. com/misszing/status/742423884247490560
For comparison:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/97/e8/74/97e87469b7b83865fb56f022fa0a233b.jpg
Of course he could have been in New York, gone back to London for 24 hours, and then flown back for a rendezvous with Taylor.
>>592 He's never been afraid of putting in the mileage. It must be a breeze in first class.
In light of recent staged pictures I would suggest that Tay Tay filmed his UNICEF video from her tacky mansion and they photoshopped his library into the background
>>593 Or maybe she flew out to London and picked him up in her private jet. ;P
>>592 Plane pics are from Splash and TMZ published them on Thursday. I would speculate that as soon as the story broke some pap went to RI to see what they could get. With the story huge all over the world there would be no benefit in hanging on to the plane pics for a few days so my guess is they were taken on Thursday.
Not sure what I make of the back of head vigil pic. Looks like him but really it could be anyone - and he is wearing a black t shirt which I have never seen (not the RL coat!!). Also the vigil was packed - but nobody got a face shot, and he is usually ok with posing for pics with fans.
>>594 I can categorically say the plane pics aren't London - left hand drive car in the foreground!
>>598 Laughs I think.
Please let this be fake, it's just soooo corny and gushing and OTT and unnecessary and does this mean he's about to do a whole spate of interviews on his new love milking it for all it's worth?
I'm calling BS if that's the case. In fact I may even swing to the double bearding camp.
