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“Totally Delusional”: Taylor Swift’s Gift To Selena Gomez Sparks Backlash
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift with a dog, sharing a surprised moment amid a backlash over Taylor Swift's gift.

“Totally Delusional”: Taylor Swift’s Gift To Selena Gomez Sparks Backlash

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Taylor Swift’s homemade gift to Selena Gomez was branded as an “extremely offensive” and “totally delusional” offering by some netizens.

The pop star, 36, baked an artisanal loaf of blueberry lemon sourdough for her longtime bestie Selena and her husband, Benny Blanco.

But there was one particular detail about her gesture that quickly sparked backlash online.

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    • Taylor Swift’s is officially in her sourdough era.
    • But her homemade gift to Selena Gomez was branded as an “extremely offensive” and “totally delusional” offering by some netizens.
    • “This is cringey 1000%,” one commented online.

    Taylor Swift’s homemade gift to Selena Gomez was branded as an “extremely offensive” and “totally delusional” offering by some netizens

    Taylor Swift posing indoors with hand near face, casual outfit, natural makeup sparking backlash over gift to Selena Gomez.

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    Taylor Swift is officially in her sourdough era. The Love Story singer, who has been vocal about her passion for baking, said her hobbies around the house have been in full swing since she wrapped up her Eras Tour in December, 2024.

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    “I’d say all my hobbies could be categorized as, like, hobbies you could have had in the 1700s, you know? Like, I get all my granny s***,” she said on her fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights last year.

    “We’re very deep in a sourdough obsession that has taken over my life,” she added.

    Selena Gomez with natural makeup and long hair in a casual indoor setting, related to Taylor Swift gift backlash.

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    “The sourdough’s taken over my life in a huge way. I’m really talking about bread 60 percent of the time now,” she went on to say.

    “I’m just, like, always baking bread and texting my friends and being like, ‘Can I send you some bread? I need some feedback,” she continued. “Do you like this one better than you liked the other one? Like, I did the rise a little differently.’”

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    “We’re very deep in a sourdough obsession that has taken over my life,” the Love Story singer said on her fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights

    Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift posing together outdoors, lighting decorations visible, capturing a candid moment.

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    Last month, the star gave each of her friends a carefully wrapped loaf of sourdough bread during a night out with Este Haim, Danielle Haim, Alana Haim, and Sombr.

    The celebs were seen walking away from a West Hollywood restaurant with the baked goods in their hands.

    Additionally, Taylor also earmarked one loaf of blueberry lemon sourdough for Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco.

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    Blueberry lemon sourdough bread gift wrapped on a wooden cutting board, linked to Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez backlash.

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    Screenshot of a social media post showing backlash over Taylor Swift's gift to Selena Gomez described as totally delusional.

    Comment about sourdough baking discussing over-fermented or over-proofed dough from user OrvilleReddenbWright.

    The loaf had stickers on them, including one that said, “Baking because m**der is wrong.”

    The main sticker that had netizens eye-rolling said: “Thank you for supporting my small business.”

    Netizens eye-rolled the most at one sticker that said: “Thank you for supporting my small business”

    Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez smiling together outdoors near water, highlighting Taylor Swift's gift backlash.

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    Some Reddit users were downright furious, with one sharing a picture of the loaf and saying: “Taylor just gifted another sourdough to Selena and Benny Blanco.”

    “I’ve found it curious the sticker ‘Thank you for supporting my small business,’” they continued. “If this is a joke, it is a terrible one. As someone who is a small business owner, I also find this extremely offensive. Totally delusional.”

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    Couple embracing near poolside, highlighting Taylor Swift's gift to Selena Gomez and the resulting backlash in public discussions.

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    Others joined the discussion, saying: “This is cringey 1000%.”

    “A billionaire cosplaying (cosbaking?) as poor. Groundbreaking(ly grotesque),” one said.

    “You know she just bought a bunch of generic stickers off Temu,” another chimed in.

    “A billionaire cosplaying (cosbaking?) as poor. Groundbreaking(ly grotesque),” one commented

    Wicker basket with a loaf of bread, a box of Le Labo incense, and two wine bottles as a Taylor Swift gift to Selena Gomez.

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    Screenshot of a social media comment discussing Taylor Swift’s upcoming bakeries amid backlash related to Selena Gomez gift.

    Taylor Swift’s gift to Selena Gomez causing backlash amid totally delusional fan reactions online.

    One said, “The small business thing comes off in such poor taste especially when she’s known to be the most wealthy woman in the world.”

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    “A literal billionaire calling their PR quirky hobby a ‘small business’ is wild work,” another wrote.

    “Unpopular opinion but I don’t find anything wrong with that phrase, I just don’t think Taylor is entitled to use it,” one said. “It should be used by people who are NOT billionaires who can’t just snap their fingers and make their problems go away, thus they bake as stress relief.”

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    Taylor’s friendship with Selena has gone on for years, ever since they met in 2008 while respectively dating Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas.

    “We actually dated the Jonas Brothers together! It was hysterical,” the Only Murders in the Building during a 2017 interview with KIIS FM UK.

    “It was amazing, because she was the girl with the big curly hair and all the bracelets and the cowboy boots. And I was definitely up-and-coming, and we just clicked,” she continued.

    The Come & Get It singer said her friendship with Taylor was “the best thing” they “got out of those relationships.”

    Selena said her friendship with Taylor was “the best thing” they “got out of” their relationship with Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas

    Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift posing indoors with a cat, capturing a moment amid gift backlash rumors.

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    Taylor’s baked goods are famous among the celebrity circle, with even Katy Perry once raving about them and calling them “incredible.”

    “They were soft. I couldn’t believe they weren’t store-bought.” she said in an interview.

    “It gives Marie Antoinette playing peasant,” one commented online

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    Lisa
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is such a crazy thing to get mad about lol, like the other commenter said, they just hate her.

    Otto Katz
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Once you hate someone, everything they do is offensive. "look at this bïtch eating those fücking crackers like she owns the place" " That's how every one of those cûnts sound like going off on Taylor Swift sound. Jealous, every one of them.

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    Big Mike (BigMike7302)
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baking homemade Soudough bread is a time tedious project, not difficult, but it does take time and it is a nice gesture and they are friends for decades, so they have inside jokes with one another and any judgeMENTAL douches out there throwing hate like dagers can STFU

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    Lisa
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is such a crazy thing to get mad about lol, like the other commenter said, they just hate her.

    Otto Katz
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Once you hate someone, everything they do is offensive. "look at this bïtch eating those fücking crackers like she owns the place" " That's how every one of those cûnts sound like going off on Taylor Swift sound. Jealous, every one of them.

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    Big Mike (BigMike7302)
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baking homemade Soudough bread is a time tedious project, not difficult, but it does take time and it is a nice gesture and they are friends for decades, so they have inside jokes with one another and any judgeMENTAL douches out there throwing hate like dagers can STFU

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