- Taylor Swift and Sophie Turner were photographed getting dinner together on Tuesday.
- The two starlets share an ex, Joe Jonas, but they've been friendly for a while.
Taylor Swift and Sophie Turner sent fans into a tizzy on Tuesday night when they were photographed getting dinner together in New York City.
This was no ordinary girls' night out: Turner is in the midst of a divorce from Joe Jonas, whom Swift famously dated as a teenager.
After their whirlwind romance ended in 2008, Swift criticized Jonas during an appearance on "The Ellen Show" for dumping her in a 27-second phone call. He allegedly became the subject of several breakup songs, including "Forever & Always," "Mr. Perfectly Fine," "Better Than Revenge," and "Last Kiss."
However, Swift and Jonas have long since buried the hatchet. More than a decade after their split, she joked about putting Jonas "on blast" and said they "laugh about it now." He has also changed lyrics about Swift during his own concerts, singing, "Now I'm cool with superstars" (instead of "Now I'm done with superstars").
Indeed, their truce apparently allowed Swift to forge a new connection with Turner, who began dating Jonas in 2016.
Swift and Turner first appeared together on 'The Graham Norton Show'
Jonas and Turner tied the knot in 2019 — twice, actually.
Less than one month after their first wedding in Las Vegas, Turner was a guest on the BBC's "The Graham Norton Show" alongside her costars from "Dark Phoenix." Swift was booked on the same episode to perform her then-new single "Me!"
Afterward, Swift joined the X-Men cast on the sofa — but not before giving Turner a big hug. During the show, Turner praised Swift's career, while Swift complimented Turner's "secret circus skills."
The pop star also shared an Instagram post about the experience, encouraging fans to see Turner's new film.
"Feeling pretty lucky that I got to be a guest on the same night as @sophiet, Michael Fassbender, @Jessicachastain and @Jamesmcavoyrealdeal," she wrote. "They were all so sweet, now I want to just walk around yelling GO SEE DARK PHOENIX."
Swift is also a self-described superfan of "Game of Thrones," which features Turner in her breakout role as Sansa Stark. Swift gushed about the series during a 2019 interview with Entertainment Weekly, and even revealed that her song "I Did Something Bad" was partially inspired by one of Sansa's most pivotal scenes.
The following year, Swift seemed to confirm their friendship on 'Folklore'
Jonas and Turner welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Willa, in July 2020.
Around the same time that Turner gave birth, Swift released her eighth album "Folklore." The 11th track, "Invisible String," includes a shout-out to her ex's new family.
"Cold was the steel of my ax to grind for the boys who broke my heart / Now I send their babies presents," Swift sings. (At the time, Jonas was the only one of Swift's known exes to have a kid.)
When Swift released another Jonas-era breakup song, Turner gave her stamp of approval
Swift released "Fearless (Taylor's Version)," her first rerecorded album, in 2021.
The updated tracklist includes six songs "from the vault," which means they were written during the original "Fearless" era, but left on the cutting-room floor.
One of those songs is "Mr. Perfectly Fine," a scathing breakup bop about a man who changed his mind and left Swift in the cold.
Upon its release, fans were immediately reminded of "Forever & Always," a last-minute addition to "Fearless" that was almost certainly inspired by her split from Jonas, which occurred just before the album was completed.
Amid a frenzy of speculation about "Mr. Perfectly Fine," Turner herself seemed to confirm the theories by sharing the song on her Instagram story.
"It's not NOT a bop," she quipped.
Swift then reposted Turner's reaction on her own Instagram story, writing, "forever bending the knee for the of the north."
In fact, Turner has proven her Swiftie credentials several times since then.
When the singer released "Red (Taylor's Version)" in 2021, Turner shared a photo of herself wearing a red scarf and a ring from Swift's merch collection.
The following year, she also described Swift's "1989" as "literally one of my favorite albums of all time" during a livestream with Jonas.
Earlier this month, in the wake of numberous tabloid reports, Turner released a statement that confirmed their divorce.
"After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage," the post reads.
"There are many speculative narratives as to why but, truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children," the statement continued.