Gigi Hadid referenced one of her best friends, music superstar Taylor Swift, on Tuesday night’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Accordingly, fans are curious about the supermodel’s reference. Did she give Swift a shout-out? Did she perform a move the pop megastar once performed on stage?
Here is everything you need to know about Gigi Hadid’s Taylor Swift reference at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show.
Gigi Hadid made a Taylor Swift reference at Victoria Secret show
Upon entering the runway, Gigi Hadid referenced Taylor Swift by waving to the audience like the latter’s iconic greeting move in the Eras Tour.
Hadid actually teased she would be referencing Swift while on the runway when speaking to Entertainment Tonight in the dressing room before the show’s commencement. Here, the 29-year-old model revealed that Swift herself taught her the aforementioned move she used and that it was “new” and “challenging” for her.
You can check out the side-by-side comparison of Hadid’s and Swift’s moves in this X (formerly Twitter) post from the fan page Taylor Swift Updates.
Gigi Hadid was the first model to walk the runway, sporting a pink-colored silk top and pink fluffy wings.
Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid have been friends for a long time, since at least 2014, when they were reportedly photographed together at the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Since then, they have often expressed their friendship and closeness with one another via various social media posts. These included Hadid celebrating Swift’s 30th birthday on Instagram or Swift praising Hadid in a 2017 People Magazine interview, where she claimed Hadid was one of the people she would go to for advice and that the model was an “innately kind and inclusive person.”
Moreover, Hadid also made an appearance in Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood music video, playing the character Slay-Z. Furthermore, Swift and ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn once sent Gigi Hadid flowers for her 25th birthday.
