Taylor Lautner Appeared in Taylor Swift Video Because of ‘Metaphor of Her Reclaiming Her Art’

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Taylor Lautner has nothing but praise for Taylor Swift after collaborating with her.During the Wednesday, July 19, episode of Lautner, 31, and wife Taylor Dome‘s “The Squeeze” podcast, the actor thanked Swift, 33, for including him in her “I Can See You” music video.“Another cool part of the idea that made me even more super-duper sold was the meaning behind the video,” Lautner, who dated Swift for four months until December 2009, shared. “Being a fan of hers and being someone that roots for, it is an honor to be a part of something that is a metaphor of her reclaiming her art.”Dome, 26, for her part, clarified that Lautner has been in Swift’s corner both privately and publicly over the years.“When we taped our first two episodes, the [‘I Can See You’ music] video hadn’t come to fruition yet,” Dome noted. “So, you genuinely saying you would go back and like handle the Kanye [West] thing differently, you weren’t just saying that because you had done this video.

You genuinely felt that. I think it’s really cool that you’re not just saying, ‘I support her, because I did this video.’ You genuinely have been rooting for her and support her.”In the music video, Lautner helped rescue Swift from being trapped in a vault.

He fought off five men with various martial arts moves, which was a reference to his 2013 SNL monologue about how he regretted not standing up for Swift when West interrupted her.Earlier this year, Lautner addressed the infamous 2009 Video Music Awards incident when West, 46, overshadowed Swift’s win for Best Female Video.

The rapper raised eyebrows when he interrupted Swift’s speech to issue a shout-out to Beyoncé.“Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish.