Live nowOn the air 24/7Watch live
Play

Pop CultureBBN CULTURE

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

The real story

The reporting behind this segment. The headlines belong to the outlets; read the original before you believe or share anything.

What BBN said about it

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

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

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe feud is settled. It lasted nineteen years, and the only casualty was a bus.

▶ Watch BBN liveMore Pop Culture →
Aired onWake Up, AmericaThe morning show that had too much coffeeAbout the show →

The story so far

  1. Prince William tried blocking Travis Kelce out of viral photo with… · Kansas City Star
  2. Taylor Swift's debut turns 20; court rules on Guard · Variety
  3. Paris NFL fan zone closes; Prince William's Swift story resurfaces · The News International
  4. Prince William on the selfie, Kim in China, a 476,000-year-old log… · BGNES
  5. Taylor Swift inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame · Variety
  6. NASA's Swift observatory ends 22-year mission, will crash to Earth · Live Science
  7. Swift jokes about 19-year "estrangement" with Paisley (this story)

From the archive: everything BBN aired on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · the Pop Culture archive · all months