Taylor Swift Asks Fans To Be Kind To Anyone They Think She Might Have Dated

LOADING ERROR LOADING Before performing “Dear John,” at her Minneapolis concert Saturday night, Taylor Swift asked her fans to show “kindness and gentleness” to anyone they think she might have written a song about. On that album is the song “Dear John,” which fans believe is about Swift’s brief relationship with singer John Mayer. After Swift released “Red ” and fans flooded Jake Gyllenhaal’s Instagram with comments because they believed the breakup song “All Too Well” was about him, Swift is asking her fans to be kind on the internet. “So what I’m trying to tell you,” Swift continued Saturday, “is that I’m not putting this album out so that you can go and should feel the need to defend me on the internet against someone you think I might have written a song about 14 million years ago.” She then announced she would sing “Dear John” but only because she’s “proud of it as a song.” Mayer told Rolling Stone in 2012 that “Dear John” “humiliated” him and made him feel “terrible.” He called the song “cheap songwriting.” When asked about his response during an appearance that year on Katie Couric’s talk show, Swift simply said, “Oh, come on.” Enjoy HuffPost Entertainment — Ad Free We're bringing you the exclusives, scoops and hot takes on the news all your friends are talking about.