Teresa Giudice Asked Taylor Swift an Uncomfortable Question When They Met at Coachella

Teresa Giudice and Taylor Swift

When Teresa Giudice spotted Taylor Swift entering the VIP area at Coachella last month, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star said she didn’t hesitate long before deciding to approach the pop star with a photo request.

“I don’t like to ask anybody for photos because I don’t like to bother them,” the TV personality said during a Tuesday, May 7 interview with The Talk. However, an in-person Swift sighting was intriguing enough for Giudice, 51, to break from her norm and even pose an uncomfortable question to the “Cruel Summer” songstress.

Giudice, who has starred on RHONJ since the Bravo show’s run began in 2009, described hanging out in the VIP section during the music and arts festival’s first of two weekends in April when “all of a sudden, Taylor and her boyfriend start walking by.”

Though Swift, 34, initially walked past Giudice and her husband, Louie Ruelas, the Bravolebrity explained that she ended up standing nearby. After sharing her initial hesitation to ask for a photo with a fellow celebrity, Giudice said her husband reiterated the name of the star in question to persuade her.

“He’s like, ‘Babe, it’s Taylor Swift!’” she recalled. “And I’m like, ‘All right!’”

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But Giudice said she wasn’t certain that Swift would know who she was. To make sure, Giudice decided to approach the “Shake It Off” singer with a somewhat uncomfortable question.

“When I went up to her, I’m like, ‘Do you know who I am?’ And she said, ‘Yeah,’” Giudice explained.

Swift’s bodyguard then stepped to the side so their photo could be taken. Looking back, Giudice said she was struck by how “sweet” Swift was.

“I’m such a Swiftie now, I’m such a fan,” the Real Housewives star said. "She was such a sweetheart. She really was.”

Giudice’s husband later shared the photo on Instagram. “Two absolute QUEENS, Taylor Swift and my stunning wife,” he wrote to caption the post.

The photo was one of many Swift-related snaps that went viral in the week that followed the first Coachella weekend, which Swift attended with her Kansas City Chiefs boyfriend, Travis Kelce. Several PDA-filled photos and videos showing the power couple dancing together were applauded by fans online as they eagerly awaited the arrival of Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department. Swift ultimately released the project as a surprise double album a few days after her stop by Coachella on April 19.

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