--- title: Tom Hiddleston Opens Up About Taylor Swift and the Tank Top description: Tom Hiddleston revealed the truth about his relationship with Taylor Swift and the meaning behind the famous tank top he wore on July 4. canonical: https://time.com/4663739/tom-hiddleston-on-taylor-swift-interview/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-08T16:48:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:36.172Z og:title: Tom Hiddleston Explains the Meaning of His Taylor Swift Shirt og:description: There's more than meets the eye og:url: https://time.com/4663739/tom-hiddleston-on-taylor-swift-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc8963d105091cd/6988b93dcf40a8c6a4c46642/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-truth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4490 og:image:height: 2526 og:image:alt: AMC Networks' 68th Primetime Emmy Awards After-Party Celebration - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hiddleston Explains the Meaning of His Taylor Swift Shirt twitter:description: There's more than meets the eye twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dc8963d105091cd/6988b93dcf40a8c6a4c46642/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-truth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hiddleston Breaks Silence on His Shirt at Taylor Swift's Fourth of July Party At Last > Sponsored content. 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Actor Tom Hiddleston arrives at the AMC Networks' 68th Primetime Emmy Awards After-Party Celebration at BOA Steakhouse on September 18, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. Amanda Edwards—WireImage/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 8, 2017 4:48 PM UTC [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4628539/tim-hiddleston-golden-globes-speech-criticism/) award-winning actor and Taylor Swift’s ex, [Tom Hiddleston](http://time.com/4450589/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-instagram/) finally broke his silence about his epic “I ‘heart’ T.S.” tank top that defined [July 4, 2016](http://time.com/4394697/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-july-4th/) in GQ’s [March cover story](http://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profile). Hiddleston told _GQ_ that the shirt, which launched a thousand memes, was “a joke among friends.” He explained: --- > “” --- So there’s the story. He continued, “I was just surprised that it got so much attention. The tank top became an emblem of this thing.” By “this thing,” Hiddleston refers to his relationship with [Swift](http://time.com/4648633/taylor-swift-zayn-50-shades-video/) that lived under perpetual scrutiny and [rumors](http://time.com/4407101/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-not-publicity-stunt/). The couple [split](http://time.com/4481255/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-break-up-reaction/) in September after three months of dating. While hinting at the speculation and criticism without addressing the Hiddleswift drama by name, he said, “If you’re under attack, if your values are under attack, if you’re being shamed, if you’re being humiliated, the animal response is to hide in the bush…And the lesson of 2016 is we have to love more, we have to risk more, we have to be braver, we have to be more outspoken.” Hiddleston stressed that it was just a shirt, people. “Nobody had the context for that story,” he said. “And I’m still trying to work out a way of having a personal life and protecting it, but also without hiding.” Read the full GQ article [here](http://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-cover-profile). ## Transcript [00:00] The summer's hottest couple, Taylor Swift and Tom [00:02] Hiddleston, are sadly no more. Say it ain't so. No. And [00:04] while a source tells People it was an amicable split [00:07] many on social media are still having trouble coping. [00:10] The Late Late Show tweeted this GIF of James Cordon. [00:13] Crying and said, we're going to need a minute. hashtag [00:16] Hiddlesplit. I like the hashtag. It's really brilliant .>> [00:18] [ LAUGH ] Comedian Rob Delaney tweeted, my wife [00:20] just asked me to take the garbage out as if this Taylor [00:23] Swift, Tom Hiddleston news didn't just tear my world [00:25] apart .>> [ LAUGH ] Twitter user, Holly Lanier tweeted [00:28] this hashtag [00:33] people, hashtag livaudais. @ keeyjay is predicting that [00:34] this will lead to new music from T- Swift. She tweeted, [00:37] waiting for a song titled " lowkey missing Loki ," I see [00:41] what she did there. Stephanie on Twitter posted this [00:43] shock gif of Hillary Clinton in reaction to the news. I [00:46] think that was me when I heard the news. And that [00:49] [ INAUDIBLE ] summed up what we're all thinking. She [00:51] tweeted, " The most depressing realization that [00:54] summer is over, comes in the form of the # Hiddlesplit [00:57] rest in peace, # Hiddleswift ." 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