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Swift jokes about 19-year "estrangement" with Paisley
Paisley inducted Swift as the youngest-ever member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, where George Strait also got the Career Maker Award; the feud was only a bit.
At a glance
- First reported by E! News: “Taylor Swift Jokes Why She, Brad Paisley Were "Estranged" for 19 Years”, with reporting from Rolling Stone and World Today Journal.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 5:20 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Taylor Swift.
- BBN covered this story before: NASA's Swift observatory ends 22-year mission, will crash to Earth (October 27).
The real story
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- E! NewsTaylor Swift Jokes Why She, Brad Paisley Were "Estranged" for 19 Years
- Rolling StoneTaylor Swift Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: 'Not Lost on Me How Crazy This Is” October 26, 2026 · facts used on air
- World Today JournalTaylor Swift inducted as youngest-ever member of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - World Today Journal October 26, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTaylor Swift joked about a nineteen-year estrangement from Brad Paisley while he inducted her into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, E! News reports.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNineteen years. That's a long time to not speak to someone you shared a tour with in two thousand seven.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt was a faux estrangement. She called back to her appearance on his tour.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFaux, says the person with the better lawyers. I want the tour bus logbook, and I want it notarized.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThere's no logbook, Dale. It's a joke at a gala.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm not saying the peace is fake. I'm saying nobody has seen the bus.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've made my own arrangements. Also, Rolling Stone says she's now the youngest-ever member of that Hall of Fame, which was founded in nineteen seventy.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPaisley said she wrote Speak Now by herself, as a teenager. Fair. Most of us couldn't finish a group project.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe feud is settled. It lasted nineteen years, and the only casualty was a bus.
The story so far
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- Prince William on the selfie, Kim in China, a 476,000-year-old log… · BGNES
- Taylor Swift inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame · Variety
- NASA's Swift observatory ends 22-year mission, will crash to Earth · Live Science
- Swift jokes about 19-year "estrangement" with Paisley (this story)
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