--- title: Taylor Swift, Tom Hiddleston Breakup: Internet Reactions description: Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston have called it quits after 3 months of dating and predictably, the Internet lost its collective minds. canonical: https://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T22:33:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:13.785Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over the Taylor Swift-Tom Hiddleston Split og:description: "Hiddleswift was my house at Hogwarts" og:url: https://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta48b31f2df39d2b7/6988a508cf40a84579c44b82/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-break-up-internet-responds.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tom Hiddleston And Taylor Swift Sighting At Sydney Airport og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over the Taylor Swift-Tom Hiddleston Split twitter:description: "Hiddleswift was my house at Hogwarts" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta48b31f2df39d2b7/6988a508cf40a84579c44b82/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-break-up-internet-responds.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over the Taylor Swift-Tom Hiddleston Split  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2016 10:33 PM UTC  Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, New South Wales. The couple are then believed to have got a connecting flight to the Gold Coast. (Photo by Cameron Richardson/Newspix/Getty Images) Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, New South Wales. The couple are then believed to have got a connecting flight to the Gold Coast. (Photo by Cameron Richardson/Newspix/Getty Images)Newspix—Newspix via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2016 10:33 PM UTC Celebrity couple and [beach walk enthusiasts](http://time.com/4384106/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-photos-beach/) Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston [have split amicably](http://time.com/4481115/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up/), [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-split) reports. This news, coming after three months of [very public dating](http://time.com/4407101/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-not-publicity-stunt/), caused the Internet to lose its collective mind. With the dissolution of [Hiddleswift](http://time.com/4371279/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-spotted/), conspiracy theories, breakup lyrics from T. Swift’s discography and many different kinds of feelings have emerged from people across the web. See the best of what the Internet had to say about the Hiddleswift split below. As expected, some fans think that this breakup will be the catalyst for Swift’s notorious breakups songs. > [](https://twitter.com/ellaceron/status/773259469853777920) > [](https://twitter.com/Jillie%5FAlexis/status/773268569547116544) > [](https://twitter.com/prasejeebus/status/773255534015283200) > [](https://twitter.com/SheaSerrano/status/773265662869250048) Some found the humor in the situation. > [](https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/773258126783029248) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeBeauvais/status/773263420388941824) Others were skeptical of the union. > [](https://twitter.com/tylercoates/status/773255285162938368) > [](https://twitter.com/KTHeaney/status/773256993645690884) Some saw the positives of breaking up. > [](https://twitter.com/nedostup/status/773267432723087360) It appears it hit others hard. > [](https://twitter.com/erinruberry/status/773256943511203840) > [](https://twitter.com/robdelaney/status/773258781908168704) And one very prominent celebrity commentator still maintains hope. > [](https://twitter.com/spencerpratt/status/773252115305148417) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over the Taylor Swift-Tom Hiddleston Split","datePublished":"2016-09-06T22:33:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:13.785Z","description":"\"Hiddleswift was my house at Hogwarts\"","url":"https://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music","Taylor Swift","Tom Hiddleston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta48b31f2df39d2b7/6988a508cf40a84579c44b82/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-break-up-internet-responds.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/blta48b31f2df39d2b7/6988a508cf40a84579c44b82/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-break-up-internet-responds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Hiddleston And Taylor Swift Sighting At Sydney Airport","caption":"Tom Hiddleston And Taylor Swift Sighting At Sydney Airport","creditText":"Newspix—Newspix via 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/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/","name":"The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over the Taylor Swift-Tom Hiddleston Split"}}]}] ```