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Meet Taylor Swift's oldest fan - a 90-year-old grandmother

2024-07-01 18 Dailymotion

Meet Taylor Swift's 'oldest fan' who has flown across the world to see the superstar twice - at the age of 90.<br /><br />Nancy Strong started following the popstar after seeing Kayne West ambush her at the MTV VMAs in 2009.<br /><br />Her granddaughters, Jenn Strong, 30, and Brianne Pattison, 36, are also Swifties and managed to bag three tickets to Taylor's Paris show for $98 each.<br /><br />When Nancy was in the UK for business and noticed Taylor's show in Wembley overlapped she knew she had to try and go again.<br /><br />Nancy and Jenn, who works at a non-profit children's cancer fund, bagged $800 tickets through a third party vendor and the OAP stayed on her feet for the full three-and-a-half hour set to dance.<br /><br />She hopes to see her for a third time when her tour returns to the US.<br /><br />Nancy, who owns a travel company, from Dallas, Texas, US, said: "Taylor is a phenomenon. <br /><br />"She's incredible and universal. I stand in awe of it.<br /><br />"I never sit down. I love to stand up and move. <br /><br />"You gather energy from the crowd.<br /><br />"People say 'what are you doing being a fan at 90?'.<br /><br />"Even at 90 your heart is still a 20 year olds."<br /><br />Superfan Nancy flew 5,000 miles to see Taylor Swift in Paris, France, for the first time and loved it.<br /><br />She said: "I have been a semi-fan since 2009 when Kayne did a number on her.<br /><br />"She speaks to everybody with her lyrics.<br /><br />"My favourite song is 'The man'. As a woman who started out in business in the 70s and 80s I can relate."<br /><br />When Nancy realised she would be in London when Taylor was performing she scrambled to get a ticket - spending $1,600 for her a Jenn to see her.<br /><br />Jenn said: "Money comes and goes but memories last forever."<br /><br />The pair spent the day trying to find an outfit for Nancy - finding a pink one-of-a-kind Taylor Swift jacket and top in Camden.<br /><br />Nancy said: "I thought 'I'm 90, why I am trying to get into this little jacket?'.<br /><br />"But it turned out I was the only one with that pink Taylor Swift jacket.<br /><br />"It was great fun.<br /><br />"Everybody said I looked a lot younger."<br /><br />Nancy managed to collect 20 friendship bracelets from fellow Swifties on the night and now wears her t-shirts into the office.<br /><br />She said: "I loved 'Shake it off'. Everything you can go through I think in life that's all you can do - just shake it off."<br /><br />Jenn added: "I think she was most enthralled by the 1989 and Reputation set."<br /><br />The family are also backing Taylor Swift's most recent relationship with American footballer Travis Kelce.<br /><br />Nancy said: "We want this romance to gel.<br /><br />"We believe in love."<br /><br />Nancy has just celebrated 70 years married to her husband, Ace, 94, but says Taylor Swift "doesn't mean much to him".<br /><br />She said: "Every time she showed up at a game he would say 'Nancy, come quick'."<br /><br />Nancy hopes to meet Taylor Swift one day and is planning to go and see her again when she comes back to the US.<br /><br />The grandmother says she loves receiving the compliment that she is an inspiration.<br /><br />She said: "It's just me. I do what I do.<br /><br />"I enjoy life."

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