The other day, we brought you news of Ellie Goulding and Lorde both posting – then deleting - a photo of themselves on a night out with Katy Perry in amongst their crowd. While the focus of the image was Lorde dressed up as the red dress dancing lady emoji, it was clear to fans that the pair – who are both with Taylor Swift – were hanging out with Taylor’s sworn enemy.
It was believed that Lorde and Ellie realised it was a bad look to hang around so publicly with someone Taylor’s literally just released a song called Bad Blood about. Ellie especially, seeing as she appeared in the video for the song. But, when pressed about the deletion, Ellie self-deprecatingly responded that it was deleted because: ‘I deleted that [photo] because I looked bad in it. And I think I was a bit drunk. And I thought it wasn't a very good example of myself.’
Commenting on speculation that the photo of her with Taylor’s enemy would create some sort of schism between them, she said, reports Vulture: ‘That's so funny that um, that's even a thing,’ before adding that she ‘deletes things all the time’
As well as explaining that ‘I'm great friends with Katy, I'm great friends with Taylor. That's very silly,’ she added, ‘I zoomed in on my actual photo, and I was like, no.’
Yes, the explanation’s pretty breathless, but the idea of being mates with both Katy Perry and Taylor Swift is pretty mind boggling, not because it’s impossible to be mates with people who don’t like each other, but because they’re always all over the world, touring and promoting and eventing, how often do they really all get to see each other?
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.