Taylor Swift on the cover ofTimeas the 2023 Person of the Year, with her cat Benjamin Button (L); Taylor Swift and Benjamin Button.Photo:Inez and Vinoodh for TIME; Taylor Swift/Instagram
Inez and Vinoodh for TIME; Taylor Swift/Instagram
ForTaylor Swift, being namedTime’s 2023 Person of the Yearpresented a purr-fect opportunity.
In one of three cover photos for the magazine, released Wednesday, the singer poses in a long-sleeved black bodysuit and black tights with an accessory that might be mistaken for a fluffy boa at first glance but, in reality, isher Ragdoll cat Benjamin Button.
She went on to share a few more stunning images from the photo shoot, writing in part, “The biggest, loudest, most aggressively over-excited thank you to@timefor naming me Person of the Year.”
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Taylor Swift on the cover ofTimeas the 2023 Person of the Year.Inez and Vinoodh for TIME
Inez and Vinoodh for TIME
Swift is “mom” to three cats: Scottish FoldMeredith Grey, whom she adopted in 2011;Olivia Benson, who is also a Scottish Fold and joined the family in 2014; and Benjamin, whom she got in 2019.
Benjamin’s sweet adoption story started when Swift met him as a kitten onthe set of the music videofor “ME!” Benjamin starred in the video alongside Meredith and Olivia, though Swift wasn’t his cat mom just yet.
When the handler asked the 12-timeGrammywinner if she wanted to hold the cat before their scene, she said she knew then he would be coming home with her. “She handed me this tiny cat and he just starts purring and … he looks at me like, ‘You’re my mom, and we’re going to live together.’ I fell in love,” Swift said. “I looked at Brendon and he’s like, ‘You’re going to get the cat, aren’t you?’ "
A few days later, Swift introduced him to the world on Instagram with acute photo of the twoof them, writing, “And then there were three … "
In her wide-ranging interview forTime, the"Lavender Haze"singer also broke her silence on her romance withTravis Kelceandclarified the timeline of their relationship.
“We actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I’m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other,” Swift said.
“I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date,” Swift added.
As for her appreciation for her beau’s sport,“Football is awesome, it turns out,”she quipped. “I’ve been missing out my whole life.”
For more on Taylor Swift and her amazing year, pick upPEOPLE’s 2023Most Intriguing People of the Yearissue, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
