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A source told Us Weekly why Taylor Swift isn’t concerned about ex Harry Styles and friend Zoe Kravitz dating. Kravitz and Styles first became romantically involved in August. Styles and Swift dated back to 2012, in 1989, and Swift later spoke about how poignant and “meaningful” it was to have a “fragile” relationship at the time.
Taylor Swift’s on-and-off relationship with ex Harry Styles inspired much of 1989, but now, more than a decade later, the two musicians are in a good place. A source told Us Weekly that Swift, who is currently engaged to Travis Kelsey, has “no problem” with Styles dating her best friend Zoe Kravitz.
“Their relationship goes back a long way,” the source said. “Harry has moved on, and so has Taylor. They’re friendly when they see each other, which isn’t often, but it happens from time to time. That’s in the past now.”
Styles and Swift were last photographed talking at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
He started dating Kravitz in August. “They’re very similar and free-spirited people, so they hit it off and have great chemistry,” a source told Us Weekly on August 26.
Styles and Swift publicly dated in late 2012 and early 2013. Swift allowed a source to speak to Vanity Fair about their dynamic in March 2013. A source said Styles had been “chasing” her for a year and “wearing her out.”
“He was like, ‘You’re amazing, I want to be with you, I want to do this,'” the source said. However, the relationship soured after he sent a message warning Swift about a photo of him kissing a friend goodbye. An official explained about the photo, “(They) were making out, as if they were running their hands through each other’s hair.”
While Swift ended it, Styles continued to pursue her and eventually they reconciled. However, she reportedly had trouble trusting him. “It feels like he’s looking at all the girls the whole time she’s talking,” the source said.
Eventually, things ended for good, and Swift spoke out in March 2015 about how her 1989 song “Out of the Woods” captured how she was feeling during this time.
“The No. 1 emotion I felt throughout the whole relationship was anxiety,” she said, without giving Styles’ name. “I felt like I was so hesitant because it felt so fragile. And I was always like, ‘Okay, what’s the next obstacle? What’s going to stop this next? How long is it going to take before this just becomes a big mess and we break up?”
She added, “I think a lot of relationships can be very strong, and you want them to be strong and healthy, but they don’t always get that. And just having a relationship that’s fragile and has some meaning in that fragility doesn’t mean there’s nothing special or abnormal about it.”
In March 2021, a source spoke to Entertainment Tonight about how Styles and Swift’s relationship has evolved, saying, “[They]have been friendly and active for a while.[Taylor and Harry]have both really grown since they started dating and respect each other’s careers.”
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