--- title: Tom Hiddleston: Robert Downey Jr. Makes Fun of Co-Star Again description: Robert Downey Jr. posts hilarious photo of himself in character wearing an "I [Heart] Loki" tank top. canonical: https://time.com/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T16:34:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:22.203Z og:title: Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He Loves Tom Hiddleston og:description: Just as much as Taylor Swift og:url: https://time.com/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He Loves Tom Hiddleston twitter:description: Just as much as Taylor Swift twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He Loves Tom Hiddleston Just as Much as Taylor Swift by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 11, 2016 4:34 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 11, 2016 4:34 PM UTC Robert Downey Jr. is having even more [Taylor Swift romance-themed](http://time.com/4384106/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-photos-beach/) fun with Tom Hiddleston who plays Tony Stark’s mortal enemy, Loki in the Marvel universe. [Hiddleston](http://time.com/4446378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-instagram/) was recently burned at the hands of his hilarious Marvel co-star [Downey Jr.](http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748%5F1733752%5F1734629,00.html) when he welcomed the actor to Instagram by ribbing him for his widely reported summer frolicking with Swift. (He shared a picture of [Hiddleston](http://time.com/4394014/taylor-swift-4th-of-july-instagram-2016/) in an “I heart T.S.” tank) and set the record straight — T.S. actually stands for his Marvel character, Tony Stark, not Taylor Swift. The _Iron Man_ actor’s post inspired so much laughter that he has done it again, posting a selfie in his own black tank top with the sweet message “I \[heart\] Loki” on it late Wednesday night. To the media’s knowledge, Swift has never professed her love for Hiddleston in t-shirt form, so if graphic muscle tees are proof of true love, then Downey’s devotion to Hiddleston is clearly stronger. It just doesn’t get better than Downey’s Instagram art. Hiddleston has yet to respond to either post. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/"},"headline":"Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He Loves Tom Hiddleston Just as Much as Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2016-08-11T16:34:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:22.203Z","description":"Stark is at it again","url":"https://time.com/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Taylor Swift","Robert Downey Jr.","Tom Hiddleston"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4448378/robert-downey-jr-tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift/","name":"Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He Loves Tom Hiddleston Just as Much as Taylor Swift"}}]}] ```