--- title: Taylor Swift: Karlie Kloss: Kim Kardashian a Lovely Person description: In the never-ending saga of Taylor Swift vs. Kimye, Swift's BFF Karlie Kloss has offered up the following: Kim K is a "lovely person." canonical: https://time.com/4452476/karlie-kloss-kim-kardashian-west/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T17:31:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:08:25.000Z og:title: Taylor Swift's BFF Karlie Kloss Thinks Kim K. Is A "Lovely Person" og:description: The T. Swift-Kimye feud plot thickens og:url: https://time.com/4452476/karlie-kloss-kim-kardashian-west/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4a2d5a2ef87ac4/6988a2608e0601405b467253/karlie-kloss-kim-kardashian-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2356 og:image:height: 1325 og:image:alt: 2014 American Music Awards - Roaming Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Taylor Swift's BFF Karlie Kloss Thinks Kim K. Is A "Lovely Person" twitter:description: The T. Swift-Kimye feud plot thickens twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c4a2d5a2ef87ac4/6988a2608e0601405b467253/karlie-kloss-kim-kardashian-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Even Though Taylor Swift's BFF Karlie Kloss Thinks Kim Kardashian West Is a 'Lovely Person', She's Definitely Team Taylor > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/AMA2014/WireImage) Kevin Mazur/AMA2014—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:08 AM UTCPublished: Aug 15, 2016 5:31 PM UTC **Updated Aug 8, 2016**: Ms. Kloss would like the record to show that she is, in fact, Team Taylor. The supermodel took to her Twitter to dispel any rumors that she might be not be squad member #1. > [](https://twitter.com/karliekloss/status/765391284005695488) > [](https://twitter.com/karliekloss/status/765410661342019584) Duly noted, Karlie. In case you thought the drama of [Taylor Swift and Kimye’s feud](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/) was cooling down, think again. In an interview with the UK’s [_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/style/how-do-you-get-to-look-like-karlie-kloss-2mw8s87w8), supermodel and T. Swift BFF [Karlie Kloss](http://motto.time.com/4300164/karlie-kloss-time-100-video/) revealed that she thinks Swift’s [arch-nemesis Kim Kardashian West](http://time.com/4410084/kanye-kim-kardashian-taylor-famous-call/) is a “lovely person.” Kloss attempted to broker for neutrality with her seemingly innocuous statement —”I think she’s been a lovely person to me in the past” — but in the [beef of our generation, there is no neutrality](http://time.com/4418983/fergie-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/). As the many [celebrity friends and foes who have weighed in](http://time.com/4410615/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-celebrities/) on this very important cultural issue have indicated, there are only two teams: Team Swift or Team Kimye. This puts Kloss, a key member of the Taylor Swift Friendship Industrial Complex (otherwise known as the “Squad”) firmly into enemy territory. 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