James Comey’s weird Taylor Swift confession video goes viral

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Former FBI Director James Comey confessed in an odd video Sunday that Taylor Swift has been his household’s soundtrack — and a supply of life recommendation on handling bullies.

He additionally took swipes at President Donald Trump whereas bragging a few household "Swiftie" group chat and speaking about how he blasts "Tay Tay" whereas mowing the garden.

Comey opened by accusing Trump of humiliating America alongside Vladimir Putin, calling it "a foul dream you may’t get up from."

Comey mentioned he’s been to 2 Swift live shows and even helped family members afford tickets.

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Former FBI Director James Comey opened up in a video on Aug. 17, 2025, about being a "Swiftie," whereas additionally taking digs at President Donald Trump, including that he used the pop star's lyrics to discover ways to cope with bullies. (Getty ; James Comey on Substack)

"I’m in a household’s Switie group chat. I do know all her music and I take heed to it in my headphones once I lower the grass," Comey mentioned.

His favorites? The ten-minute "All Too Effectively" and "Exile" with Bon Iver.

"Taylor Swift has grown up with my household and offered us a soundtrack, actually, as we have grown ourselves and discovered and tailored and handled adversity and celebration," he mentioned, including that hundreds of thousands of households seemingly really feel the identical.

Comey explained that at each stage of Swift’s profession, she has proven a means that resonated with children, which additionally felt proper to him as a dad or mum, and she or he has continued to do this whilst an grownup artist.

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American lawyer and former FBI Director James Comey confessed on social media on Aug. 17, 2025, that he's a "Swiftie." (Mark Reinstein/Corbis through Getty Pictures)

Comey mentioned Swift’s instance helps him resist "bullies" with out turning into like them. He contrasted that with satirical posts mocking Trump, which he known as humorous but in addition troubling.

"However I gotta be sincere, it additionally leaves me with an odd feeling at instances, as a result of I do not need us to grow to be like Trump and his followers," he continued. "There are much more first rate, sincere, type individuals in America than there are imply jerks. And do not get me mistaken, we now have our jerks, hundreds of thousands of them."

He accused the GOP of "gorgeous coarseness," whereas saying it’s a minority view in America.

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Taylor Swift seemed to the viewers in her black "Status Period" jumpsuit, following her announcement the Eras Tour will finish in December 2024. (Photograph by Shirlaine Forrest/TAS24/Getty Pictures for TAS Rights Administration)

"I'm not an advocate for weak point. After all, we have to stand as much as jerks and defend what issues, however I believe we now have to attempt to do this with out turning into like them, which is what makes me take into consideration Taylor Swift," he mentioned. "She's made clear that she sees Donald Trump for what he's. Final 12 months, she urged People to not make the intense mistake of electing him.

"After all, we're now dwelling with the implications of that mistake. However whereas our aged makeup-covered president is posting about whether or not Taylor Swift continues to be sizzling and declaring that he cannot stand her, what's she doing? Dwelling her finest life, producing nice music and, as she urged all of us to do throughout the podcast, not giving the jerks energy over her thoughts," Comey continued.

He cited Swift’s recommendation to deal with private power "like a luxurious merchandise" and linked it to analysis displaying rudeness makes individuals much less completely satisfied.

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Taylor Swift performs as a part of the "Eras Tour" on the Tokyo Dome, on Feb. 7, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photograph/Toru Hanai)

"We won't cease individuals from being jerks. What we will do is cease it from hurting us, from altering us," he added.

He then talked concerning the second time he noticed Swift in live performance, 14 years in the past in Hartford, Connecticut.

In the course of the live performance, he mentioned, Swift sang a tune, asking nasty individuals, "why you gotta be so imply."

"I guess you bought pushed round. Any individual made you chilly. However the cycle ends proper now, as a result of you may’t go away me down that highway," Comey mentioned, reciting Swift’s lyrics for ‘Imply.’ "You’ll be glad I didn’t sing that. That’s proper, as a result of down that highway of unhappiness, no person ought to have that energy over us."

The video went viral, with one person calling it "the creepiest video within the historical past of social media" and one other writing, "It’s actually mind-blowing this man served as FBI director."

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Comey has a historical past of provocative posts, together with an "86 47" seashell picture that drew backlash and a "Vote Harris" shell he shared final 12 months.