Tree Paine, the longstanding publicist for Taylor Swift, responded vehemently to allegations made by Instagram gossip account Deuxmoi. The claim suggested that Swift and her former partner, Joe Alwyn, engaged in a non-legal marriage or commitment ceremony several years ago.
Paine took to Twitter to counter the rumors, stating, “Enough is enough with these fabricated lies about Taylor from Deuxmoi. There was NEVER a marriage or ceremony of ANY kind. This is an insane thing to post. It’s time for you to be held accountable for the pain and trauma you cause with posts like these.”
According to Deadline, the forceful reaction from Paine came on the heels of Deuxmoi’s assertion that Swift and Alwyn, who recently concluded their romantic relationship, had a purported “ceremony in either 2020 or 2021 in the U.K. and it was described to me as a ‘marriage’ by more than one person. It was NEVER made legal.”
Enough is enough with these fabricated lies about Taylor from Deuxmoi. There was NEVER a marriage or ceremony of ANY kind. This is an insane thing to post. It’s time for you to be held accountable for the pain and trauma you cause with posts like these. pic.twitter.com/cFi0wQc9cp
— Tree Paine (@treepaine) December 1, 2023
Responding to Paine’s statement, Deuxmoi, an anonymously-run Instagram account with a substantial following of 2 million, addressed the publicist in an Instagram Story post. “Well, I make zero dollars from lying… can publicists say the same. Also, to relate something that is in reference to something that happened years ago to ‘pain & trauma’ after what just happened seems like a poor choice of words. Either way, I apologize to Taylor.”
Although Deuxmoi did not explicitly clarify the reference to “what just happened,” it is likely alluding to the tragic death of 23-year-old concertgoer Ana Clara Benevides Machado in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 17. Benevides Machado collapsed during a Swift concert at the Nilton Santos Stadium amid the city’s extreme heat wave.
