{"id":6781,"date":"2024-10-03T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6781"},"modified":"2024-10-03T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:56:14","slug":"taylor-swift-and-kris-kristoffersons-friendship-pop-icon-dubbed-him-best-role-model-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=6781","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift and Kris Kristofferson’s friendship: Pop icon dubbed him ‘best role model’ before his death.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Pop icon\u00a0Taylor Swift\u00a0and\u00a0Kris Kristofferson\u00a0shared a special friendship for years before the legendary singer’s untimely demise last month. Swift also once dubbed him as the ‘best role model’, per the\u00a0Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

Kristofferson died at his home in Maui over the weekend at age 88. His family said in a statement, “We\u2019re all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he\u2019s smiling down at us all.”<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift once dubbed Kris Kristofferson ‘best role model’<\/h2>\n

Swift and Kristofferson’s friendship started in 2009 when the late singer presented Swift with one of the many awards she won at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards, per\u00a0Page Six.<\/p>\n

In 2010, their friendship grew stronger as they attended and performed at a benefit concert for Nashville\u2019s Country Music Hall of Fame in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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In 2010, Swift (Left) and Kristofferson’s friendship grew stronger as they attended and performed at a benefit concert for Nashville\u2019s Country Music Hall of Fame in Los Angeles (Photo by Rick Diamond\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The then 20-year-old Swift showed her admiration for Kristofferson and told the audience, including Kristofferson, Lionel Richie, and Vince Gill, “These are the best role models I could have”, per a 2010\u00a0Los Angeles Times\u00a0story.<\/p>\n

She later had an even more in-depth conversation with Kristofferson backstage where they talked about their songwriting. Kristofferson told her, per a 2010\u00a0New York Magazine\u00a0story, “I just know you are going to have the most wonderful career and most wonderful life.”<\/p>\n

Swift replied, “I could not ask for a better role model” and Kristofferson said, “Now, who\u2019s the silver-tongued devil?”<\/p>\n

Kris Kristofferson said Taylor Swift already in ‘Hall of Fame’<\/h2>\n

The New York Magazine story’s author questioned Kristofferson if he felt that Swift could make it into the Nashville Country Music Hall of Fame. The legendary country singer laughed and replied, “She\u2019s already in the Hall of Fame!”<\/p>\n

Swift was quite happy with her conversation with Kris and told her mother, “I felt like I was going to pass out! He said so many nice things about my songwriting \u2026 I can\u2019t even remember everything he said; I blacked out a little bit.”<\/p>\n

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Kristofferson and Swift were really good friends and the country singer’s first-ever Instagram post was with her (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their friendship just doesn’t end here. Kris’ first ever Instagram post back in 2022 was with Swift. It was a picture that was clicked by a Los Angeles Times photographer during the concert in 2010.<\/p>\n

The caption read, “No better way to kick off Kris\u2019 official @instagram account than with this picture of him and @taylorswift at the @officialcmhof \u201cAll For The Hall\u201d concert benefit in 2010! #HappyValentinesDay \/\/ @alschaben \/ @latimes #taylorswift #kriskristofferson.”<\/p>\n