It’s not a Fourth of July celebration without the beach, a new man and tons of pals.
Taylor Swiftis keeping up her annual tradition of spending America’s birthday in her Rhode Island home with plenty of celebrity friends. Along with new romantic interest Tom Hiddleston, 26-year-old Swiftsplashed in the waveswith some of Hollywood’s hottest stars.
No T. Swift squad is complete without some of the world’s biggest supermodels.Gigi Hadidjoined the singer for July 4th for the second year in a row. The two have been pals for years, with Swift recently attending Hadid’s 21st birthday festivities in Los Angeles. The model is also one of the many stars who have joined Swift onstage during her 1989 World Tour. She was also part of thestar-studded“Bad Blood” music video.
Longtime squad memberKarlie Klosswore a red high-waisted bikini bottom paired with a bandeau-style top as she smiled in group photos. The model and Swift have been close since 2012 when Swift told aVoguereporter, “I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!” In no time, Klosstweetedat Swift, “Your kitchen or mine?” The rest – including girls’ nights out, sharing the Victoria’s Secret runway and vacations galore – is history.
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, another “Bad Blood” costar and 1989 World Tour guest, sipped from a blue cup during the ocean outing. Swift oncerecalledthe moment she knew the model-turned-actress was a true friend: when Swift tripped and fell, so Delevingne took a spill too.
“I had never met anyone in my life that cared so little about being cool,” Swift says. “What she cared about was making me feel like it wasn’t embarrassing that I fell.”
Uzo Aduba, also ofOITNBfame, also hung out with Swift, but opted to stay out of the water. Last summer, Aduba joined Swift in a surprise duet of the song “White Horse” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Aduba alsojoined many of Swift’s model pals onstageduring the East Rutherford, New Jersey, stop of the 1989 World Tour.
Among the lesser-known faces in the posse were Swift’s childhood palsBritany MaackandAbigail Anderson.
Swift has known Maack since the two were in diapers. Even after the singer moved away from Pennsylvania, the girls remained close friends. Swift even served asMaack’s maid of honorearlier this year.
Anderson has been friends with Swift since they were 15. She’s appeared in several of Swift’s music videos and has even been Swift’s date to the Grammys. Andersongot engagedto photographer Matt Lucier earlier this week.
The beach weekend is just the latest in a string of vacations for Swift and Hiddleston, and the singer’s family and friends seem to approve of the new relationship. The couple recently returned from a romanticRoman holiday, where they were caught smooching at the historic Colosseum.
Earlier this month, Hiddleston and Swift spent time with the 35-year-old Englishman’s mother in Suffolk, England after sheintroduced him to her parentsin Nashville.
source: people.com
