Taylor Swift has criticized Kim Kardashian for 'psychologically putting her down' and forcing her into hiding during their long-running feud.
The singer, 33, who has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, about the dispute that started when Kim's then-husband Kanye West wrote a 2016 song with vulgar lyrics about the rising star.
He claimed Taylor had agreed to the referral, but after denying it, Kim also weighed in on a released “illegally recorded phone call” between the pair, which she claimed proved otherwise.
Taylor has now said that the public said it felt like “a career death”, adding: “Make no mistake, my career was taken away from me.”
Taylor Swift has criticized Kim Kardashian for 'psychologically putting her down' and forcing her to go into hiding during their long-running feud
The 33-year-old singer, who was named TIME Magazine's Person of the Year, opened up about the dispute that began when Kim's then-husband Kanye West recorded vulgar lyrics about her in 2016.
Discussing the aftermath, Taylor told the outlet, “You have a completely fabricated frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, that Kim Kardashian edited and then broadcast to everyone to say I was a liar.
“That took me psychologically to a place I've never been before. I have moved abroad. I haven't left a rental house for a year. I was afraid to call.
'I pushed away most of the people in my life because I didn't trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.”
Most of the pop icon's next album Reputation, released in 2017, focused on her experiences during the ordeal.
But the abundance of snake imagery used in veiled references to mother-of-four Kim, now 43, only reignited the fury.
“I thought that moment of adversity would negatively define me for the rest of my life,” she explained.
Still, Taylor's career has only gone from strength to strength in the years that followed, as many of her opponents suffered major setbacks, including Kanye.
The 46-year-old rapper recently lost a slew of endorsement deals after a series of anti-Semitic comments.
Taylor's feud with Kim and Kanye surfaced way back in 2009, seemingly out of nowhere, when 19-year-old Taylor was at the MTV Video Music Awards and accepted the award for Best Female Video for You Belong with Me.
Most of the pop icon's next album Reputation, released in 2017, focused on her experiences during the ordeal
Taylor explained how life in the spotlight can be delicate, adding: “Nothing is permanent. So I'm very careful to be grateful every second that I get to do this at this level, because it's been taken away from me before.
'There's one thing I've learned: my response to everything that happens, good or bad, is to keep making things. Keep making art.'
However, she lashed out again, prompting Kardashian, West and anyone else she thinks tried to stifle her success, noting, “Trash takes himself out every time.”
“But I've also learned that there's no point in actively trying to quote and unquote your enemies,” she said. 'The waste takes itself out every time.'
Taylor's feud with Kim and Kanye surfaced way back in 2009, seemingly out of nowhere, when 19-year-old Taylor was at the MTV Video Music Awards and accepted the award for Best Female Video for You Belong with Me.
Suddenly, in the middle of her acceptance speech, Kanye jumped on stage, grabbed the microphone from her hands and bellowed, “Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you and I'll let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.” One of the best videos of all time!'
In an effort to defuse the tension, Beyonce later called Taylor on stage when she won Video of the Year for Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), giving the country music star a moment in the spotlight.
But the tension only continued when the father-of-four humiliated the star again at the 2015 VMAs.
It seemed like the pair were getting along well, with Kanye joking, “Do you know how many times they announced that Taylor was going to give me the award because it got them more ratings?”
Kanye claimed Taylor had agreed to it, but after denying it, Kim also weighed in on a released “illegally recorded phone call” between the pair, which she claimed proved otherwise.
However, Taylor later revealed that his statement really annoyed her, as he publicly made it about ratings but privately asked her to be on stage with him because it would “mean so much.”
Taylor later told Rolling Stone, “I'm standing in the audience with my arm around his wife, and the cold ran through my body. I realized that he is so two-faced.
'That he wants to be nice to me behind the scenes, but then also want to look cool, stand up in front of everyone and talk nonsense. And I was so upset.”
In February 2016, tensions reached an explosive boiling point after Kanye referenced Taylor in the lyrics of his hit Famous.
Taylor took offense to the rapper's lyrics: “For all my South Side n****s that know me best / I feel like Taylor and I might still have sex / Why?” I made that son of a bitch famous.”
The accompanying music video also showed a naked Taylor lying next to him in bed – along with a slew of other celebrities – with naked Kim on the other side.
Kanye defended the line, claiming he had a conversation with Taylor beforehand about the lyrics in question, which she denied.
Taylor continued to accuse Kanye of lying about asking her permission to reference her in his lyrics, prompting Kim to release a partial recording of the conversation in question.
“I'm really glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me about the song as a friend. It's just a really cool thing to do, and a really good sign of friendship,” Taylor is quoted as saying.
Taylor hit back by claiming that while Kanye addressed certain aspects of the lyrics, she did not agree to her being referred to as a “b***h.”
Since then, the feud has continued, with veiled jokes being made on both sides of the divide.
