{"id":345814,"date":"2025-08-15T06:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345814\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:07:18","slug":"elizabeth-taylors-son-reveals-how-he-really-feels-about-taylor-swift-name-dropping-his-mother-on-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345814\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Taylor&#8217;s son reveals how he REALLY feels about Taylor Swift name-dropping his mother on new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Christopher Wilding, the youngest son of Dame <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-13885721\/Elizabeth-Taylor-wanted-housewife-look-family-despite-worlds-highest-paid-actress-granddaughter-reveals.html\" id=\"mol-6f0eda60-7959-11f0-9a6d-03a9f6a210bc\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Taylor<\/a>, just revealed how he really feels about <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15000519\/taylor-swift-copy-britney-spears-life-showgirl-album.html\" id=\"mol-6f35c350-7959-11f0-9a6d-03a9f6a210bc\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> naming the second song off her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl after his late mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 70-year-old retired sound editor told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/14\/taylor-swift-elizabeth-taylor-song-new-album\/\">TMZ <\/a>on Thursday that the 35-year-old billionaire pop star is a &#8216;rare, positive role model for young girls&#8217; and he &#8216;admired her philanthropy and courage to stand up for what she believes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Christopher believes that Taylor would&#8217;ve gotten along with the former child star who died, age 79, in 2011 from congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wilding is excited and intrigued to listen to to the song, and hopes it introduces a whole new generation of fans to Elizabeth&#8217;s amfAR legacy and acting career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Taylor welcomed Christopher and her 72-year-old son Michael during her four-year marriage to her Conspirator co-star turned second ex-husband Michael Wilding, which ended in 1957.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Keeping with the showgirl theme, the two-time Oscar winner once portrayed aging <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/las-vegas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-6f3ffc80-7959-11f0-9a6d-03a9f6a210bc\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Vegas<\/a> chorus girl Fran Walker, who has an affair with a compulsive gambler (Warren Beatty), in George Stevens&#8217; 1970 dramedy The Only Game in Town.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-8aeb9c1f299ea39a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236201-15001833-image-a-13_1755207263639.jpg\" height=\"744\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Christopher Wilding, the youngest son of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, just revealed how he really feels about Taylor Swift naming the second song off her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl after his late mother\u00a0(pictured in 2002)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Christopher Wilding, the youngest son of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, just revealed how he really feels about Taylor Swift naming the second song off her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl after his late mother\u00a0(pictured in 2002)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4706f7d09e3c8ccc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101221923-15001833-Taylor_s_12_track_record_includes_two_songs_Ruin_the_Friendship_-a-88_17552063756.jpeg\" height=\"638\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 70-year-old retired sound editor told TMZ on Thursday that the 35-year-old billionaire pop star is a 'rare, positive role model for young girls' and he 'admired her philanthropy and courage to stand up for what she believes'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 70-year-old retired sound editor told TMZ on Thursday that the 35-year-old billionaire pop star is a &#8216;rare, positive role model for young girls&#8217; and he &#8216;admired her philanthropy and courage to stand up for what she believes&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swift previously sang about Elizabeth&#8217;s scandalous on\/off marriage to her Cleopatra leading man Richard Burton in her 2017 hit song, &#8230;Ready for It: &#8216;And he can be jailor \/ Burton to this Taylor.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 14-time Grammy winner announced Wednesday on her boyfriend Travis Kelce&#8217;s podcast <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M2lX9XESvDE?si=g5WRg6UHg7qyqsfj\">New Heights<\/a> that she will release The Life of a Showgirl on October 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Every single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons. It is just right,&#8217; Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This album isn&#8217;t really about what happened to me onstage [during my 149-date Eras Tour]. It&#8217;s about what I was going through offstage. This, to me, tells more of what the actual contents lyrically of the album are.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Life of a Showgirl reunited Swift with producers Max Martin and Shellback, who helped mastermind her albums Red (2012), 1989 (2014), and Reputation (2017).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Pennsylvania-born belter&#8217;s 12-track record includes two songs &#8211; Ruin the Friendship and CANCELLED! &#8211; which many predict to be about the deterioration of her friendship with Blake Lively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The canceled 37-year-old allegedly blackmailed Taylor in February by threatening to release a decade of private text messages if she didn&#8217;t issue a statement of support amid her Justin Baldoni legal war.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-39ada78b8bc540c8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101235219-15001833-image-m-9_1755207225223.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Christopher believes that Taylor would've gotten along with the former child star\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6baeca72b36f155c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236241-15001833-image-a-10_1755207233224.jpg\" height=\"499\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Elizabeth died, age 79, in 2011 from congestive heart failure (pictured in\u00a01963)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Christopher believes that Taylor would&#8217;ve gotten along with the former child star who died, age 79, in 2011 from congestive heart failure<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-895cb6b86401f4b4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236477-15001833-image-a-25_1755207593589.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Wilding is excited and intrigued to listen to to the song, and hopes it introduces a whole new generation of fans to Elizabeth's amfAR legacy and acting career (pictured in 1950)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Wilding is excited and intrigued to listen to to the song, and hopes it introduces a whole new generation of fans to Elizabeth&#8217;s amfAR legacy and acting career (pictured in 1950)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5ca50625fa9907b7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236207-15001833-Taylor_welcomed_Christopher_and_her_72_year_old_son_Michael_2_L_-a-31_17552089870.jpeg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Taylor welcomed Christopher and her 72-year-old son Michael (2-L, pictured in 1955) during her four-year marriage to her Conspirator co-star turned second ex-husband Michael Wilding (L), which ended in 1957\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Taylor welcomed Christopher and her 72-year-old son Michael (2-L, pictured in 1955) during her four-year marriage to her Conspirator co-star turned second ex-husband Michael Wilding (L), which ended in 1957<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-40c595ab5ae8695a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236243-15001833-image-a-28_1755207723973.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Keeping with the showgirl theme, the two-time Oscar winner once portrayed aging Las Vegas chorus girl Fran Walker, who has an affair with a compulsive gambler (Warren Beatty), in George Stevens' 1970 dramedy The Only Game in Town\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Keeping with the showgirl theme, the two-time Oscar winner once portrayed aging Las Vegas chorus girl Fran Walker, who has an affair with a compulsive gambler (Warren Beatty), in George Stevens&#8217; 1970 dramedy The Only Game in Town<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a802f07102fc7b64\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101236239-15001833-image-a-30_1755207744001.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Swift previously sang about Elizabeth's scandalous on\/off marriage to her Cleopatra leading man Richard Burton in her 2017 hit song, ...Ready for It: 'And he can be jailor \/ Burton to this Taylor'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Swift previously sang about Elizabeth&#8217;s scandalous on\/off marriage to her Cleopatra leading man Richard Burton in her 2017 hit song, &#8230;Ready for It: &#8216;And he can be jailor \/ Burton to this Taylor&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4a957d0cc744f1b3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101221265-15001833-The_14_time_Grammy_winner_announced_Wednesday_on_her_boyfriend_T-a-89_17552063824.jpeg\" height=\"360\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 14-time Grammy winner announced Wednesday on her boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast New Heights that she will release The Life of a Showgirl on October 3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 14-time Grammy winner announced Wednesday on her boyfriend Travis Kelce&#8217;s podcast New Heights that she will release The Life of a Showgirl on October 3\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-22691ba9fa7867b2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/101237003-15001833-image-a-33_1755209059379.jpg\" height=\"340\" width=\"634\" alt=\"'Every single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons. It is just right,' Taylor said\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">&#8216;Every single song is on this album for hundreds of reasons. It is just right,&#8217; Taylor said<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On May 30, Swift regained the masters to her first six studio albums &#8211; Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/taylor-swift-regains-control-master-recordings-shamrock\/\">Billboard <\/a>reported that the How Does It End singer spent around $360M to buy back her music catalog from Shamrock Capital after<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/taylorswift\/185958366550\/for-years-i-asked-pleaded-for-a-chance-to-own-my\"> &#8216;bully&#8217;<\/a> Scooter Braun sold her masters to the private equity firm in 2020 (a year after buying them from Big Machine).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;[My mother Andrea and brother Austin] sat down with Shamrock Capital and they told them what this meant for me. They told them the whole story of all the times we&#8217;ve tried to buy it, all the times it&#8217;s fallen through,&#8217; Taylor recalled, tearing up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I get a call from my mom and she&#8217;s like, &#8220;You got your music.&#8221; It&#8217;s literally been so long since this happened, and it&#8217;s every time I talk about it&#8230;I just like very dramatically hit the floor for real. Honestly, just started like bawling my eyes out, and I&#8217;m just like weeping.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christopher Wilding, the youngest son of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, just revealed how he really feels about Taylor Swift&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92,105243,77,4937,8733,14304,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-345814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-elizabeth-taylor","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-nepo-babies","13":"tag-taylor-swift","14":"tag-travis-kelce","15":"tag-tvshowbiz","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115031287346345929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}