Speak about “Fifteen” minutes of fame! It seems one of many contestants on the brand new season of ABC’s The Bachelor has a shocking connection to Taylor Swift.
Eagle-eyed viewers realized through the season 27 premiere that Christina Mandrell as soon as starred within the celebrity’s music video for 2008 Fearless single “Fifteen,” precisely 15 years earlier than she was vying for Bachelor Zach Shallcross’ coronary heart. Within the clip, Swift recounts her freshman yr of highschool with longtime finest buddy Abigail Anderson, and on the very finish, she stands exterior within the rain as a younger Mandrell glances over at her whereas chatting along with her personal bestie.
For her half, Mandrell poked enjoyable at each her music-video previous and dating-show current on social media, writing, “Apparently I have a look at Zach the identical means I have a look at Taylor Swift. New Conspiracy concept, first I stared at Taylor, then stared at Zach, which inevitably results in me crying on the STAIRs.”
After all, within the decade-plus since Swift tapped the Bachelor contestant for her “Fifteen” video, she’s launched Fearless (Taylor’s Model) because the very first album in her grand plan to re-record her again catalog. The 2021 model of “Fifteen” turned an immediate fan favourite, with many Swifties remarking that the bittersweet nostalgia of the monitor has solely grown stronger since Swift first recorded it at 18.
Time will inform how far Christina Mandrell — niece of Scorching Nation Songs chart-topper Barbara Mandrell — will get on The Bachelor.
Swift’s latest conflict with Ticketmaster over ticketing for The Eras Tour has already launched a listening to by the Senate Judiciary Committee over the debacle, full with baked-in lyrical references to “All Too Nicely” and “Anti-Hero” from Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal throughout questioning.
Relive Mandrell staring down Taylor in “Fifteen” beneath.
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