{"id":67413,"date":"2025-07-16T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67413\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:18:10","slug":"taylor-swifts-dad-scott-recovering-from-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67413\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift&#8217;s dad, Scott, recovering from heart surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s dad, Scott Swift, is recovering from major heart surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 73, underwent quintuple bypass surgery over a month ago, a rep for the pop superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/16\/taylor-swift-dad-scott-heart-surgery-quintuple-bypass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told TMZ<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, 35, her brother, Austin Swift, 33, and Scott\u2019s wife of 37 years, Andrea Swift, 67, were by his side from the operation through the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s dad, Scott Swift, is recovering from major heart surgery. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 73, underwent quintuple bypass surgery over a month ago, a rep for the pop superstar said Wednesday. Getty Images for ACM<\/p>\n<p>Scott is doing well and feeling fantastic, according to his daughter\u2019s rep, who made sure to note that the procedure was not the result of a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>During a quintuple bypass surgery, a surgeon uses healthy blood vessels from other part\u2019s of the patient\u2019s body to create five new pathways (bypasses) for blood flow around blocked coronary arteries in the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, who has stayed out of the spotlight for most of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/inside-taylor-swift-travis-kelces-wonderful-lunch-date-near-his-hometown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was last seen out<\/a> earlier this month with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, her brother, Austin Swift and Scott\u2019s wife of 37 years, Andrea Swift, were by the patriarch\u2019s side from the operation through the recovery process. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Scott is doing well and feeling fantastic, according to his daughter\u2019s rep, who made sure to note that the procedure was not the result of a heart attack. Getty Images for CMT<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While the singer-songwriter has not yet commented on the situation, she has spoken about Scott\u2019s past battle with an unspecified type of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of my parents have had cancer, and my mom is now fighting her battle with it again,\u201d the Grammy winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a26628467\/taylor-swift-30th-birthday-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">revealed in a March 2019 essay for Elle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s taught me that there are real problems and then there\u2019s everything else. My mom\u2019s cancer is a real problem. I used to be so anxious about daily ups and downs. I give all of my worry, stress and prayers to real problems now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor has spoken about Scott\u2019s past battle with an unspecified type of cancer. Larry Busacca\/ACM2015<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner, who has stayed out of the spotlight for most of this year, was last seen out earlier this month with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. casandrahipkins\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Taylor told Variety the following January that doctors <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/01\/21\/taylor-swift-reveals-mom-andrea-has-been-diagnosed-with-brain-tumor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cfound a brain tumor\u201d<\/a> while Andrea \u201cwas going through treatment\u201d for her breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just been a really hard time for us as a family,\u201d she lamented at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/04\/09\/taylor-swifts-mother-diagnosed-with-cancer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was first diagnosed with breast cancer<\/a> in 2015, her daughter announced in a Tumblr post in April of that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s dad, Scott Swift, is recovering from major heart surgery. 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