Taylor Swift Was "Annoying" In High School

Here we go! Yet another celebrity who had a really terrible childhood. While Taylor Swift isn't claiming she was the ugly duckling, she IS admitting that her classmates thought she was "annoying".
Growing up on a Christmas tree farm] was basically a shunning – and that’s never a good thing, you know? A lot of girls thought I was weird. Actually, the word they liked to use was annoying.
"I'd sit at their lunch table and they'd move to a different one."
But making it in the industry surely must have changed her status right? Not exactly...
"It's funny - I thought my contact list in my phone would grow if I was in the music industry. But I had more people in my phone book when I was in high school!"
Well, at least she is being honest. You can't ask for more than that.
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510 points
she has one of those faces where i cant tell if she is pretty or not....she looks a bit rat-like, but kind of attractive at the same time...weird.
i am so very tired of these celebs having to tell us how ugly or unpopular they were in h.s. its like oh please, am i supposed to sympathize or feel better about myself or think you are more interesting or deep or what? i have no idea what reaction they are going for...well, you are super rich & popular now, so why do they even need to tell us that?
omg, i feel the exact same way about her looks but i just could never put it into words. i mwan, it's like she is ugly but she is not. but she really needs to stop going on and on about one of those jonas brothers. she is trying so hard to make him look like a jerk that she is making herself look whiny and bitter. she is sooooooo young and this is not the last time she will have to deal with something like this, so somebody should school her on how to deal with boys. also, in my mind boy bands are so over. i just can't get behind them to save my life. probably because this will end like all the rest of the boy bands: the mimute they get a little bit of success they want to break up and do solo careers. it never fails.
15955 points
i think celebs say these things because 1.) they're probably asked about it in the interview these quotes come from and 2.) they're normal people like everyone else, and want to show people that. a large portion of her fan base are high school aged girls who can relate to what she's saying.
I totally agree with you, I always feel better when i find out a celebrity can have a problem like everyone else can. And they definitely do take quotes from anything they can find. My problem with this is that everyone is annoyed with her being whiney about the jonas brothers, i haven't heard anything about her and the Jonas brothers and that tells me you had to be looking for it to be found!!!! just my opinion.
god whats up ass cant people talk about what has happend in there life ,god if u were eva 1 people would ask and ofcorse u would say
and now go get a life u biatch because thats so rude the say that!!!!!!!!
yep, she's ugly. She has those weird rat eyes and her face is slightly weird.
33280 points
Her hair is sooo gorgeous. If only I could have that just for a day.
You will never have hair like mine!!!! in fact stop looking at my hair!!!! u r crazy i hate u freak!!!!!!! leave me alone and stop trying to be me
It's her eye makeup that makes her eyes look odd. All that black liner and the way its winged are too much. She's prettier wihout all that.
She doesnt look rat-faced, she looks like she is permanently constipated with those squinty eyes and pruned up mouth.
For the life of me, I cannot get the appeal of this girl! Her weird, slanted eyes remind me of Renee Zellwegger (who also can barely open her eyes) and her voice is extremely average. How she made it in country music is beyond me!! She IS annoying and very immature. Every time she is on the radio I turn the channel ... At a recent award show when the bucket of water poured over her during her performance (which was planned - but why??) it was embarrassing to watch. Please go away now, Taylor.
she is such a turn off because she is so full of herself! The only thing she has going for herself is to sing about people, like Tim McGraw, Jonas Bros...who cares!
Haters! Taylor Swift is awesome. So REAL compared to other artists. She's the only music artist to have written or co written every song on her CD and have it go (double) platinum. and talking about her looks? shes gorgous. and you know it.
THANK YOU. Taylor truly is amazing. She seems like an extremely down to earth person. Idk what you guys mean when you're saying she's full of herself. If you do think that, I think she's just getting used to being so famous. She's only eighteen, cut her a break. She's better than most singers her age. Wait, scratch that. Better than most singers in general. AND SHE IS GORGEOUS. You guys are all crazy. She doesn't look like a rat. Wtf.? Crazy.
Let's see. Ugly as hell, horrible voice, ugly inside... Wow, you gotta love this country where a cunt-ry girl like her succeeds and others fail. Seriously, I hope her and that little faggot Jonas boy die from aids. Get a life
Yeah, and what kind of country it is when people wish death upon someone out of obvious jealousy, and even if not, just because they think they're ugly.
Really. Get a life, please. I'm not defending her, I don't hate her but I'm not a fan, but honestly I'm getting so sick of people who just go around saying people should die because they're not pretty, or they're not talented enough. That's pathetic.
Yep, she is ugly, hands down. Likening her face to a rat is an insult to rats.
A-HOLE. you're probably a 50 year old creeper currently watching porn.
your point?
um...well i only found this cuz i can't go to sleep and i have school tomorrow :( but i mean she's pretty and ugly sometimes i can't explain it. at first i thought wow she's gorgeous but her eyes are squintier than mine and i'm asian. now that people compared her to a rat i can see that haha. and i usually just don't like mainstream artists like her but i feel like she got more obnoxious w/ all that make up after she got famous, but that's how it usually is. BUT you've got to admit her hair is gorgeous
Guys stop being so mean she is beautiful, you all are jealous. admit it.
you are so right! these people know nothing.
Why would i be jealous of a rat?? She looks just like one. But she is a great singer/songwriter i will admit, and i like her songs. But that does not mean i am gonna say she is gorgeous, cause Taylor Swift clearly is NOT. Barbra Streisand is a great singer, but one can hardly say she was/is good looking, when i think of "gorgeous"women, i think of Grace Kelly, you my dear need to grow the hell up and realize everyone is not going to share your opinion of T.Swift. Just because they don't hold her "looks" in such high esteem as you does not make them "jealous haters," it is just an opinion that people have. and i hate to tell you this, but you are in the minority, because i do not know anyone that thinks Taylor Swift is good looking. You probably think Miley Cyrus is "gorgeous" too, when she clearly is not. Now run along you little snot nosed twerp, Hannah Montana is on.
i think shes the coolest.. maybe a tad immature but that makes her fun and normal.. who isnt immature sometimes? shes down to earth... shes gorgeous.. stop tearing her apart
I SO AGREE. everyone is immature! she's only eighteen. cut her a break. and yes she is gorgeous :D<3.
Apparently you're not taking into consideration the things that people at her high school know about how she really is.
If you did know those things, then her attitude would come as a big shock to you. She was a loser in school. None of us liked her. And you know why? Because she WAS annoying. She did things to make us like her less. She would do weird things and shut people out that tried to talk to her.
This image that she has going now is nothing but fake. And Joe was right in dumping her. The REAL Taylor showed then.
Wow... I think most of U are losers.. Anyone knows this girl is at least very cute if not even gorgeous! Have you ever thought that Taylor just did not want to fit in with your group of high school friends? Nothing is wrong with that! Plus, that girl probably knew she had real goals in lifek and so where positive has your life gone since high school? Just a Thought you know!
You are so right :)
OMFG. PEOPLE who like her. STOP CALLING PEOPLE WHO DON'T....JEALOUS! its bloddy annoying and jus cos u dont like someone is by no means that their jelous. gosh
her songs are awesome in my opinion but she wears much too much makeup. WAY TO MUCH. its gross and her eyes are tiny and it looks ugly. without maleup she is DISGUSTING and with, the ugliness is harder to see buh stuiill there . EWWWW
You no, i kinda agree she has one of those weird faces but she still is a good singer. but i also agree that she is pretty average, and i've heard girls better than her. the reasonshes a singer is because she went to a recording studio, and actually recorded songs probably and people heard her and started thinking "wow shes pretty good" oh well idk im not her i dont hate her i love her hair and (hair) and most importantly her music cause its clean and comes from the heart. stop hating her, gosh.
I dont get you Haters....I mean if you dont like her then fine. but whining about it makes you look like a 3 year old that dropped your Ice cream.
LOL I so agree <3:D !
I agree with less make-up, but I can't believe all these 'rat-face' comments. I used to not like Hannah-Miley but I realized it was just jealousy! Yeah, she's pretty, a teen celebrity, artist, has her own show! Who wouldn't like to live that life?
I didn't pay much attention to Taylor Swift until I saw her on CSI. She's not that bad at acting. Sure she can work on things, but thumbs up for taylor!
She doesn't look like a rat @ all, idk what people are saying. Blind much ?! I hate Hannah/Miley lol. But I LOVELOVELOVE Taylor! If you go on youtube and type in 'taylor and miley fifteen' and hear them doing the duet at the grammys, you'll hear how much better Taylor is. THEY DON'T COMPARE AT ALL. Miley is screaming and trying too hard, while Taylor is singing beautifully.
Taylor Swift is just a fad. Remember Hilary Duff? She doesn't have a career anymore. Hopefully Talor won't either. She ruined country music.
Her song about teardrops on her guitar sickens me. Here she is talking about how nobody loves her and that jerk Drew is going after a "pretty" girl when you know that every teenage boy in America would do her in a second. Her songs are shallow, unoriginal, and uncreative. The fact that she's so popular drives me insane! What ever happened to popular musicians with some actual talent? The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday-- what ever happened to those types of musicians?
LOL @ all the rat-eyes comment.
I totally agree haha. She looks ok sometimes, attractive in a weird way I guess. But at other times she looks really odd to me. Kinda remind me of Renee Zelwenger whom I think looks weird too lol.
Her looks and her voice are both blah to me. But she's got great songwriting skills though. I wish someone else could sing them! Some of her live performances are downright painful IMO (like the recent "You're Not Sorry" at the ACM.....) Seems that she always have elaborate performance sets and costumes to distract attention from her voice....
My name is Taylor but I'm NOT Taylor Swift! So don't be like "Omg, don't pretend you're Taylor Swift." Because I know I'm not!
ANYWAYS.
Taylor Swift is gorgeous in her own way. She doesn't look like anybody else and I don't think anyone can ever look even slightly similar to her (Face). She's so different and I think she is gorgeous. I'm not fond of country music but I must say that hers actually appeals to me. She's a very talented singer. So she may be a little immature, so what? She's still only 18, and at least she's not a slut and whore like almost 90% of the "hit" singers these days. She's so real. She likes to have fun, and she's really not a bitch. I like that about her :) She's awesome.
uhhh, no. taylor swift was NOT bullied! my big sister went to school with her and used to be her friend in hendersonville, but then she was the biggest you know what when she recorded her 1st album and got attention. at a commandos game, she went up to my sister (my sissy has good taste) and said that she liked her bracelet style (my sister wore a tone of bangels and bracelets) and that she was gonna use that style on a photo shoot and promised she would comment that it was my sister's style. but NO! NO COMMENT! taylor was deffinitely annoying. everyone at hawkins adores her now claiming they know her even though they have no relations and they didnt have any siblings or friends who know her. finally, this world has the TRUE story, from a schoolmate's point of view.
She damn sure CAN`T sing
Have you mixed up between yourself and Taylor??? Im damn sure bout' that.
okay so i like her writing (yeah ill give her that) as for her looks... sometimes she looks good but others.. not so much. lol to all the rat comments. the people that say we have no life on here must not have one either since obviously they're on this same page. and to the people that say we're jealous.. its not jealousy if you dont like someone or want to voice your opinion. you guys just need to get over your groupie wanna be star struck a**es lol
okay so i like her writing (yeah ill give her that) as for her looks... sometimes she looks good but others.. not so much. lol to all the rat comments. the people that say we have no life on here must not have one either since obviously they're on this same page. and to the people that say we're jealous.. its not jealousy if you dont like someone or want to voice your opinion. you guys just need to get over your groupie wanna be star struck a**es lol
okay so i like her writing (yeah ill give her that) as for her looks... sometimes she looks good but others.. not so much. lol to all the rat comments. the people that say we have no life on here must not have one either since obviously they're on this same page. and to the people that say we're jealous.. its not jealousy if you dont like someone or want to voice your opinion. you guys just need to get over your groupie wanna be star struck a**es lol
ok, so the haters saying she looks like a rat and should die are pathetic. but the people slagging the haters off and acting like the personally know her are also pathetic. peopel need to get over it. shes a singer, she famous. some people like her, some dont. deal with it.
Please. Taylor Swift is really cool. And nice. And those people out there who "thinks they're so cool" really is undescribable. She sings well and she's GOREGEOUS! Sometimes she looks a little weird in photos,but? All of us have times when we dont look good in pictures.I bet Taylor Swift looks better than those who say TY 's not nice in a million more phtos.
Who's you to say she's not nice when YOU cant even sing as well as her.
So.
Her songwriting skills are great
Her songwriting skills are great
Cover your ears. Close your eyes. Squeeze tissues into your ears. To all taylor swift fans out there,to those who are beginning to really like her, dont listen to all those immature,rat-like, whatever kind of comments. Because Taylor Swift's really a rocking girl and you ought to like her. Im glad you do. Cheer her on.
she is a slut , i would not even f*** her, she needs to grow up and stop singing about high school, really was it that bad taylor
Why do people always tell others to get a life? It's one of the weakest insults I've ever heard.
Anyways, Taylor's ok. She's pretty but her face does seem a bit scrunched up. Her music's not bad, even if all she sings about are boys. As for who she is as a person, I can't say, because I could care less.
To those who think Taylor is ugly, i doubt if you've watched her love story or teardrops on my guitar videos. You know all my guy friends are drooling over her. And she is a great singer and song writer, no doubt about that and it is proved not only by me but also her performance and awards.
Taylor is the opposite of pretty. people who think otherwise have been so inundated with her image that it has become commonplace/acceptable. if you need that much makeup at 17...you are pretty fugly. I would NOT want to see her hair undone and without makeup. but to be honest i didnt even know she existed until she got pwned at the VMA's.
She's 19.
Taylor Swift is the most over rated singer in the music industry. BTW, she was not bullied. She was the richest girl in Hendersonville and drove a lexus. If any of you go down to Henndersonville, Tenn, you will hear all kinds of stories about this girl. I live in Henndersonville and trust me, not everyone likes her because she's so stuck up. And no she is not pretty. She's like 9 feet tall and 3 inches wide.
I am absolutely horrified by the amount of jealousy people have for this girl. She is truly a remarkable singer/song writer and I feel like people just tend to try their hardest to bring successful people down. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but it shows the amount of shallowness that is in many people who strictly comment on her appearance. Does that make a person? looks? b/c from what she shows fans from her music and her interviews shes a girl who's in touch with her feelings, and the people who hate her for that are afraid of their own.
As far as who she was in high school, DOES THAT MATTER?! People should not care who she was THEN they should focus on who she is NOW. I'm sure there are plenty of people claiming to love her who were probably those same girls getting up and walking away from her at lunch. People are just cruel.
Taylor is wonderful and people should not be so damn critical because she sings about things that are real and isn't afraid to do so.
ANNOYING! TALENTLESS! U-G-L-Y! NEVER KEEPS HER MOUTH SHUT ABOUT JOE JONAS OR ANYONE ELSE! ARROGANT - "IF YOU BREAK MY HEART I'LL JUST WRITE A SONG ABOUT YOU" WHO THE HELL DOES SHE THINK SHE IS??!!
WHO THE HELL CARES THAT SHE GOT DUMPED??!! IT HAPPENS GET OVER IT AND GROW UP!!
AND IF SHE ACTED LIKE THIS IN SCHOOL I HOPE NOBODY LIKED HER!!
SHE'S OVER-RATED! OVER PLAYED!! LIAR! ANNOYING (USING IT AGAIN BECAUSE SHE IS) PATHETIC! IMMATURE! ARROGANT! STUCK-UP! THE LIST COULD GO ON FOREVER!
DID ANYONE EVEN KNOW WHO TAYLOR SWIFT WAS BEFORE SHE DATED JOE JONAS?? I DON'T THINK SO.
OH AND SHE DOES LOOK LIKE A RAT :) SO SHE SHOULD JUST CRAWL INTO THE SEWER WHERE SHE BELONGS ALONG WITH THE THING SHE CALLS "MUSIC"
Taylor Swift is a fantastic songwriter. She's true, kind and smart. To the person who wrote the comment above me, i truly think you have depression to have written such a hateful letter. Taylor Swift's photo could make me happy for a whole day.She's a role model to everyone. How do you think she got to where she is now? Her songs are sweet and full of emotion.She's great and we all just love her.
F#$@ Talor Swift! why does every girl i know likes her stupid music?!
I just know Taylor Swift cannot sing and needs to distract the audience from realizing it. She ought to stand their like George Strait does and just sing...no gimmick...live.
More and more pics Taylor seems to be imitating the Paris Hilton pose with her belly pushed out ...watch for it. What's next? She's a little narcissistic if you ask me, attention seeking. If she acted like that in high school, imagine the games that will be played as an adult. Getting all you ever wanted so young and fast, where does she go from there? down, down, down.
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