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Zayn Malik, who is friends with Taylor Swift, appears to have confirmed the urban legend that Swift hid in a suitcase in 2017 to avoid the paparazzi.
You remember that story, right? There was about a year or so where Taylor Swift was pretty much invisible to the public, beginning in the fall of 2016 right around the time she and Tom Hiddleston broke up – something I wish never would have happened.
And since no one had seen nor heard from Swift in months, when photos of two of Taylor Swift’s bodyguards lugging a heavy suitcase from her building, and Splash News captioned the photos saying she was inside the piece of luggage, people lost their minds.
https://twitter.com/spin1038/status/886958783670386688
Of course, Swift being Swift, she made Splash News take down the caption and apologize, because that’s what she does, but the urban legend never went away.
Fast forward 16 months and now the bizarre theory appears to actually be true…?!
At least if you believe One Directioner Zayn Malik, who in a new interview with Vogue revealed…
He seems more like an undergrad than an internationally swooned-over famous person. Though his small talk is a giveaway. “She was travelling around in a suitcase,” he says, eyes agog, of his pal Taylor Swift’s ability to avoid the paparazzi.
Wait. Did Zayn Malik just let slip that Taylor Swift really was hiding from paparazzi in this suitcase after all? 😱>>> https://t.co/2TgT8fusYz pic.twitter.com/gvm9IeH54Q
— MTV UK (@MTVUK) November 15, 2018
Needless to say, this quote raised more than a few eyebrows and led to some very solid questions and comments…
I’m trying to figure how miss 5’10 Taylor Swift fits into that suitcase
— charlie 🐙 (@lovedrunkswift) November 14, 2018
remember when Taylor Swift stuffed herself inside of a suitcase to avoid paparazzi? now that’s a mood pic.twitter.com/s35aadlzn0
— natalia (@natitherati) November 14, 2018
"That's how I roll now, I don't know if you've seen. You haven't. Because I'm a ninja [in a suitcase]." – @taylorswift13 pic.twitter.com/qYLRChev3V
— Eric 🏴🇮🇪 (@WattsND) November 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/marjo197/status/1063143310494261253
whoever gets rep room on night one in Tokyo needs to ask @taylorswift13 how she fit in that suitcase bc WE NEED ANSWERS LOL pic.twitter.com/ubjZUUBgw9
— fareeha 🇵🇸 (@fofolovestaylor) November 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Yasminh449/status/1062674431171010561
If Taylor Swift travels in a suitcase, then I'm traveling in a suitcase now.
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) November 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/repudrama/status/1062557773932695552
https://twitter.com/jenregui/status/1062754993537568768
https://twitter.com/kellytheprice/status/1062547679081783297
https://twitter.com/kellytheprice/status/1062545091993198592
Our apologies, Charles.
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