Body language really is everything. Just ask Taylor Swift’s best friend, Todrick Hall. The former “Kinky Boots” star discussed his friendship with the Reputation singer on the Kid Kraddick Morning Show, and revealed how he could just tell one of her ex’s was bad for her based on her hunching posture whenever she talked about him. Even without meeting the unnamed ex-lover, it seems like Hall knew he was trouble.
“There was a time last year — I don’t know if I’m supposed to say anything — she was dating someone,” Hall explained. “I’d actually never met this person, but I could I could just tell every time I would talk to her, she would hunch over.”
The pair met after Hall made a YouTube video combining her hit songs, and have been close ever since. He even got an invite to the Swifts’ family Thanksgiving late year. This tight-knit friendship means Hall’s not only looking out for Taylor, but he also isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at the singer. To illustrate his point, he employed a Disney cartoon for reference.
“I sent her this picture of her as Quasimodo that I edited…because I was like, ‘You cannot turn into Quasimodo for this guy. Every time you say his name, you hunch over,'” he said.
But, like most of the world, Hall agrees she’s now at the top of her game with a new album that just went double platinum, and a new boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.
“She’s so happy,” Hall confirmed. “Standing up completely straight and so tall and so confident. I just love it.”
Hall explains their friendship further, and just how genuine Swift really is in the rest of the interview. Here’s to friends who sometimes really do know us better than we know ourselves and can spot a bad relationship when we can’t.