--- title: Robert Downey Jr. Teases Tom Hiddleston About Taylor Swift description: Robert Downey Jr. welcomed Marvel rival Tom Hiddleston to Instagram with some good ol' fashioned ribbing about the ubiquitous Hiddleswift. canonical: https://time.com/4446378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-10T15:40:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:18.635Z og:title: Robert Downey Jr. Is Not Here For Hiddleswift Shenanigans og:description: Here's what Tony Stark really thinks of Loki's new love og:url: https://time.com/4446378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb220db99f6be024b/6988a1d1656a3f2cb3bccb05/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Downey Jr. Is Not Here For Hiddleswift Shenanigans twitter:description: Here's what Tony Stark really thinks of Loki's new love twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb220db99f6be024b/6988a1d1656a3f2cb3bccb05/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robert Downey Jr. Just Burned Tom Hiddleston With the Perfect Taylor Swift Joke  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 10, 2016 3:40 PM UTC  Robert Downey Jr. on May 5, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Robert Downey Jr. on May 5, 2016 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 10, 2016 3:40 PM UTC While it’s no big secret that [Tony Stark and Loki are enemies](http://time.com/4420782/thor-ragnarok-hulk-battle/) in the Marvel universe, their real-life counterparts [Robert Downey Jr.](http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748%5F1733752%5F1734629,00.html) and Tom Hiddleston have a friendship that encourages camaraderie and even jest. Case in point? Downey Jr.’s good ol’ fashioned ribbing of [Hiddleston’s very public romance with Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4384106/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-photos-beach/). [Hiddleston joined Instagram on Tuesday](http://time.com/4445102/tom-hiddleston-instagram-thor-loki/), giving [Hiddleswift countless opportunities to do it for the ‘Gram](http://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/), and like any good friend, Downey Jr. welcomed him with an Instagram post of his own, slyly poking fun at the ubiquitous Hiddleswift headlines in a manner that would make Tony Stark proud. The image that the _Iron Man_ actor used was of Hiddleston wearing the infamous “I \[heart\] T.S.” shirt from [Swift’s much-publicized 4th of July festivities](http://time.com/4394014/taylor-swift-4th-of-july-instagram-2016/), which Downey Jr. wryly captioned, “Join me in welcoming the biggest T. Stark fan of them all to Instagram! @twhiddleston” See the post in all its glory below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4446378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4446378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram/"},"headline":"Robert Downey Jr. Just Burned Tom Hiddleston With the Perfect Taylor Swift Joke","datePublished":"2016-08-10T15:40:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:18.635Z","description":"T. 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