Taylor Swift Gives Ex Harry Styles a Standing Ovation

Exhibiting her help! Taylor Swift stood up and clapped for ex-boyfriend Harry Types as he gained a trophy for Finest Pop Vocal Album on the 2023 Grammys on Sunday, February 5.

“Thanks a lot,” the previous One Course member, 29, stated throughout his acceptance speech. “This album, from begin to end, has been the best expertise of my life. From making it with two of my greatest mates to enjoying it for folks has been the best pleasure I might have requested for.”

The Don’t Fear Darling star went on to thank “everybody who impressed this album” and all the mates who “supported” him throughout the recording course of. “I wouldn’t be right here with out you,” he added. “Thanks a lot.”

When Types’ title was known as because the winner — he beat ABBA, Adele, Coldplay and Lizzo — the “Anti-Hero” singer, 33, jumped to her ft and applauded the “Watermelon Sugar” crooner, carrying a giant smile on her face.

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The U.Ok. native and the “Maroon” artist first sparked romance rumors in December 2012 after they have been noticed strolling via New York Metropolis’s Central Park. The duo known as it quits only one month later, however their relationship remained a topic of fan hypothesis for years. When Swift launched her album 1989 in 2014, some listeners theorized that tracks together with “Out of the Woods” and “Model” have been about her fling with the previous boy bander.

Types, for his half, has stated that he doesn’t blame his ex-girlfriend for writing about her relationships, even when meaning he’s typically a topic of her lyrics. “We at all times say that we write from private expertise, and I feel everybody does,” he defined throughout a 2014 Google Hangout. “So, it might be hypocritical to say ‘Oh, you may’t write songs.’ And he or she’s actually good, so, they’re good songs. I’m actually fortunate in that sense.”

Three years later, he famous that he was proud to be a small piece of Swift’s success, although he admitted he didn’t actually know if any of her songs are about him. “I’m fortunate if all the things [we went through] helped create these songs,” he informed Rolling Stone in April 2017. “That’s what hits your coronary heart. That’s the stuff that’s hardest to say, and it’s the stuff I discuss least about. That’s the half that’s concerning the two folks.”

The “As It Was” singer’s Finest Pop Vocal Album win is his second Grammy award. He gained his first — Finest Pop Vocal Efficiency for “Watermelon Sugar” — in 2021.