--- title: Uzo Aduba Addresses Taylor Swift Kim Kardashian Feud description: Uzo Aduba, actress and core member of the Taylor Swift squad, is defending the actress in the wake of the Taylor Swift-Kimye feud. canonical: https://time.com/4415482/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-20T20:06:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:36.552Z og:title: Uzo Aduba Defends Taylor Swift in the T. 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(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 20, 2016 8:06 PM UTC In the never-ending saga that is the [Taylor Swift-Kanye West-Kim Kardashian West feud](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/), yet another [famous person has stepped forward to show their alliance in this highly divisive beef](http://time.com/4410615/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-celebrities/). While the Kardashian fam has (obviously) openly thrown their support behind Kim and kompany, Taylor Swift’s squad has somewhat assembled in support of their once high-and-mighty leader, with some squad members defending Swift emphatically (ahem, Selena Gomez) and others a little more covertly ([we see you, Ruby Rose](http://time.com/4414858/ruby-rose-khloe-kardashian-feud/)). That being said, Team Taylor got some forthright support from [core squad member](http://time.com/4394014/taylor-swift-4th-of-july-instagram-2016/) Uzo Aduba, who was queried whether or not she believes that Taylor Swift will get past this nasty battle with Kimye by [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/07/uzo-aduba-weighs-in-on-taylor-swift-and-kim-kardashian-wests-feud) on Tuesday. “She will,” responded the _Orange Is The New Black_ actress. “She’s a beautiful person and strong.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4415482/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4415482/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift/"},"headline":"Why Squad Member Uzo Aduba Believes Taylor Swift Will Overcome the Feud With Kimye","datePublished":"2016-07-20T20:06:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:36.552Z","description":"What are friends for?","url":"https://time.com/4415482/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Kanye West","Taylor Swift","Kim Kardashian","kim kardashian west"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf1a9b9ec5319fc/69889cca0a4a22e5289ca874/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf1a9b9ec5319fc/69889cca0a4a22e5289ca874/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Netflix Hosts A Special Screening Of \"Tallulah\"- Arrivals","caption":"Netflix Hosts A Special Screening Of \"Tallulah\"- Arrivals","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4415482/uzo-aduba-defends-taylor-swift/","name":"Why Squad Member Uzo Aduba Believes Taylor Swift Will Overcome the Feud With Kimye"}}]}] ```