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By now, it seems like just about everyone is a fan of pop superstar Taylor Swift.
But few people would have guessed that one of those people is WWE legend Mick Foley.
The hardcore legend took to Facebook on Thursday and shared a heartwarming story that explained how and why he became a Swiftie over a 15 years ago.
“In 2007, my longtime friend Jeff Jarrett lost his wife, his high school sweetheart Jill to cancer,” Foley says in the post.
How does that have anything to do with Swift? Well, we’re getting there.
“Well, my thoughts of Jeff Jarrett and Taylor Swift are indelibly linked, as it was at this incredibly difficult time in Jeff’s life, just after the passing of his wife, that I heard Jeff say something that has obviously stuck with me to this day,” he continued. “I’m not even sure who was involved in the conversation with Jeff that I overheard. I believe it was Jeremy Borash…I’m paraphrasing here, but the words were to the effect of ‘Taylor took the girls out for the day’ and how important that time with her was to them. I was literally stunned to find out that the Taylor he had mentioned was Taylor Swift, who in 2007 was already well on her way to being a global superstar…”
Taylor Swift Shows Her Tremendous Kindness
As it turns out, this wasn’t a one-time interaction. Instead, Swift, who was neighbors with Jarrett, routinely looked after his young daughters after their mother’s passing.
“As touched as I was by this story, I thought it was a random act of kindness done on a one-time basis,” Foley wrote. “But I came to understand that Taylor, who had become a neighbor of Jeff’s in Hendersonville, Tennessee and was a regular part of the girls lives as they grew up. She did not just take them out for that one day; she was there for them during the most difficult part of their lives. She baked cookies, she sang in their living room, she babysat while Jeff was at his wife’s bedside; she was a true friend and a shining example of kindness when kindness was needed most.”
Swift even put Jarrett’s daughter in the video Jeff’s daughter Jaclyn in the 2010 video for her song “Mine.”
“I do not own a Taylor Swift CD, I have never seen her perform live, and honestly – even given how ubiquitous her music is in our lives – might not be able to give you the name of 10 Taylor Swift songs of my life depended on it. But I love Taylor Swift – and in my own way, am a Swiftie for life,” Foley finished the post.