Taylor Swift's Shocking Weight Gain!
Star|December 25, 2017

They weren’t ready for it! Taylor Swift fans around the world have been waiting anxiously for their idol’s return to the stage after a nearly yearlong break, but on Dec. 2 concertgoers at the 99.7 Now! Poptopia show in San Jose, Calif., couldn’t believe their eyes when the pop princess finally made her debut.

Taylor Swift's Shocking Weight Gain!

“Taylor looked so different,” gasped one audience member. “She sounded great and was full of energy, but she was definitely bigger.” Indeed, the perennially bony singer seems to be sporting a much fuller figure, and it’s all thanks to her sanity-saving hiatus! “She spent the past few months holed up in Nashville with her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, focusing on him and her album — not all of the stressors she used to fixate on,” spills an insider.

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