Teresa Giudice recalled meeting Taylor Swift at Coachella during Tuesday’s episode of The conversation – after the duo’s selfie went viral last month.
The RHONJ star, 51, gushed that the singer, 34, was a “total sweetheart,” as she detailed. the chance meeting in the VIP area of the festival.
Teresa said it was her husband Luis Ruelas, 49, who first saw Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 34.
“All of a sudden, Taylor and her boyfriend (Travis) start walking past us, right next to us, and my husband says, ‘Honey, that’s Taylor Swift!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God,'” she recalled. .
Teresa told The Talk co-host Jerry O’Connell that she normally avoids asking celebrities for photos because “I don’t like to bother them.”
Teresa Giudice recalled meeting Taylor Swift at Coachella during Tuesday’s episode of The Talk, after the duo’s selfie went viral last month.
The RHONJ star, 51, gushed that the singer, 34, was a “total sweetheart” while detailing the chance encounter in the festival’s VIP area.
But since Swift is among the most famous people in the world, it was an opportunity Teresa couldn’t pass up.
Swift is also her best friend Jennifer Aydin’s favorite star.
“I was like, ‘I’m going to do this for Jennifer Aydin (because she) loves Taylor Swift,'” he said.
When Teresa finally worked up the courage to approach Swift, she was happy to find out that the multiple Grammy winner knew exactly who she was.
“I asked her, ‘Do you know who I am?’ And she said, ‘Yes,'” Teresa recalled with a smile.
That’s when Teresa asked to take a photo with the Pennsylvania native.
‘I said, “Can I take a photo with you?” And her bodyguard stepped away (moving away) and then we took a photo together.’
After taking the photo, Teresa’s husband Luis uploaded it to Instagram and it instantly went viral as fans marveled at the unlikely duo.
Teresa said she is now a ‘Swiftie’ and that Taylor was a total ‘love’ to her.
‘I have to say Taylor Swift was very sweet. Now I’m a Swiftie. I’m a big fan. She was so lovely. She really was,” she told the show’s co-hosts.
Teresa said it was her husband Luis Ruelas, 49, who first saw Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 34; Swift and Kelce spotted at Coachella on April 13
“All of a sudden, Taylor and her boyfriend (Travis) start walking past us, right next to us, and my husband says, ‘Honey, that’s Taylor Swift!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God,'” she said. .
Teresa told The Talk co-host Jerry O’Connell that she normally avoids asking celebrities for photos because “I don’t like to bother them.” But since Swift is among the most famous people in the world, it was an opportunity Teresa couldn’t pass up.
Swift is also her best friend Jennifer Aydin’s favorite star. “I thought, ‘I’m going to do this for Jennifer Aydin (because she) loves Taylor Swift,'” she declared; Aydin and Giudice in 2022
Also in the VIP area was Teresa’s favorite singer, Justin Bieber.
But the Bravolebrity was too nervous to ask the Baby hitmaker, 30, for a selfie.
“I wanted to ask him (for a photo) and then I didn’t because I didn’t want to bother him,” she explained.
Teresa added that Justin, like Taylor, is a “sweetheart.”
His selfie with Taylor has racked up more than 14,000 likes on Instagram.
Luis, who married the Bravo star in 2022, shared the photo with his fans on April 14.
“Two absolute QUEENS, Taylor Swift and my stunning wife,” he captioned the image before adding the hashtags “#GirlPower,” “#Queens,” “#Blessed,” and “#Coachella.”
Swift wore a dark jacket and a green baseball cap pushed back over her blonde locks, which were styled with face-framing bangs.
Meanwhile, Teresa was dressed in a pink cowboy hat. She added a white knit cardigan with yellow specks all over it.
When Teresa finally worked up the courage to approach Swift, she was happy to learn that the multiple Grammy winner knew exactly who she was; Taylor seen in February
“I asked her, ‘Do you know who I am?’ And she said, ‘Yes,'” Teresa recalled with a smile.
Teresa had nothing but nice things to say about Swift and even said the encounter turned her into a ‘Swiftie’
Teresa and Luis photographed at Coachella in April
Aydin, Teresa’s best friend and Real Housewives co-star, was among the first to comment.
She wrote beneath the post: ‘Ok, (I’m) finally jealous of something!’
Teresa and Taylor attended the first weekend of the festival in Indio, California, where the likes of Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat headlined.
Taylor and Travis, who have been romantically linked since the summer of 2023, made a surprise appearance on the second day of the first weekend when they were seen watching Ice Spice’s Coachella set.
The power couple stayed at the exclusive The Madison Club in La Quinta, California, as a last hurrah before Swift embarked on the European leg of her Eras Tour in May.
Teresa and Luis called their Coachella 2024 experience an “unforgettable experience” while documenting their time in the desert on Instagram.