Did she really swear at Harry Styles or is the Internet overreacting again?

Aug 26, 2013 09:19 GMT  ·  By
Good friends Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were seated together at the VMAs 2013
   Good friends Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were seated together at the VMAs 2013

MTV producers had a thing for zooming in on Taylor Swift at last night’s Video Music Awards 2013, which aired live from Brooklyn, New York and, as expected, they also caught her off guard at least on one occasion.

It also happened to involve One Direction – Harry Styles, in particular, whom Taylor dated a while back and broke up with after a couple of months together.

As the boys took to the stage, a camera quickly zoomed in on Taylor, who was whispering something to her best friend Selena Gomez, seated right next to her.

Then, Taylor was seen mouthing something which looked suspiciously like “shut the [expletive] up” and, while she could have said that in response to anything else, the Internet seems to think she meant it for her ex, Harry.

Below are two GIFs for you, just in case you missed it during the show. Let me know what you make of the whole thing in the comments section.

[Update, August 26, 2013, later]: We now have video here. Yes, it seems like she mouthed the insult in response to One Direction.