Zooey Deschanel's Taylor Swift video takes internet by storm Billie Schwab Dunn, 11/21/2024 Zooey Deschanel's viral video from Taylor Swift's Eras Tour features a nostalgic nod to her New Girl character, expressing her dedication as a Swiftie. Joined by fiancé Jonathan Scott, they celebrated a memorable evening, reminiscing about Swift's cameo in the show and praising her down-to-earth nature. The actor attended Swift's sold-out Eras Tour show at Toronto's Rogers Centre on Saturday with her fiance, Jonathan Scott from Property Brothers. Law and Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay and her husband, fellow actor Peter Hermann, were also in attendance.
Deschanel filmed herself in the audience at Swift's record-breaking tour. At the beginning of the video, the camera was on Deschanel's face while she played a snippet of her New Girl character Jess saying, "I just wanted to listen to Taylor Swift alone." Then, Deschanel panned across to the audience before showing Swift on stage singing her song "Lover."
This audio clip is from Season 2 of the hit sitcom after Jess broke up with her boyfriend Sam. This then resulted in her crying and listening to sad songs, including tracks from Swift.
"Me 🤝 Taylor Swift," Deschanel captioned the post. At the time of writing, it had more than 3.8 million plays. Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for Swift and Deschanel for comment on Thursday.
Scott also posted a video to Instagram from the night, writing in the caption: "What a once in a lifetime experience. I think we got serious parent points for this. Thank you to the amazing #Swifties who gave our daughter bracelets! It made her first concert experience so special."
This isn't the first time that Deschanel and Swift have had a crossover, as the two women previously worked together when the singer made a cameo on New Girl. Swift appears in the episode "Elaine's Big Day," which aired as the Season 2 finale in May 2013.
Deschanel discussed her experience working with the pop superstar during an appearance on an episode of The Mess Around. This is a New Girl rewatch podcast hosted by Deschanel's former costars Hannah Simone and Lamorne Morris, and the episode aired on October 1. The actor said that, while Swift "wasn't on set very long," the two of them shared a hair and makeup trailer.
"If anyone ever says anything mean about her, I'm so mad because she is such a nice person," Deschanel said. "I've never seen her be anything but absolutely so lovely and down to earth."
Deschanel also said that she, like her New Girl character, is a dedicated Swiftie.
"Let's set the record straight that Taylor is awesome," Deschanel said. "Everything that you imagine her to be that you hope she is, she is."
Toronto marks the second-to-last Canadian city on Taylor's schedule, with Vancouver next before the tour wraps up its epic run on December 8.
