Here's Every Single Celebrity Cameo in Taylor Swift's 'You Need to Calm Down' Music Video

More than 20 celebrities appeared in Taylor Swift's new LGBTQ-empowering music video for "You Need to Calm Down." Here's every cameo from the video
By Justin Curto
June 17, 2019 02:00 PM

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Dexter Mayfield

Dexter Mayfield, an outspoken queer and plus-size model, previously made a cameo in Katy Perry’s basketball-themed video for “Swish Swish.”

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Hannah Hart

Hannah Hart, the lesbian chef behind YouTube series My Drunk Kitchen, is a noted Swiftie. "#PrideLive vision board = one day having Taylor Swift," she tweeted last year before hosting the star-studded GLAAD event on YouTube.

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Laverne Cox

The first openly trans person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy for acting, Laverne Cox previously presented Swift with the Billboard Music Award for top Billboard 200 artist in 2015.

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Todrick Hall

Previously seen dancing in Swift’s video for “Look What You Made Me Do,” Todrick Hall posted pink-and-blue pastel portraits featuring a caption about Swift to Instagram in April that fans now believe hinted at his video appearance.

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Chester Lockhart

Chester Lockhart, the pop singer and actor who has been in over 300 of fellow cameo Todrick Hall’s videos, met Swift on her 1989 tour in 2015.

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Hayley Kiyoko

Swift defended lesbian pop star Hayley Kiyoko last year after Kiyoko said it’s a double standard that Swift can sing about men all the time but she gets criticized for singing about women.

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ciara and Justin Mikita

Pop star Ciara marries real-life couple Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita in the video. Modern Family actor Ferguson sang “Shake It Off” with Swift at a surprise performance the Stonewall Inn on Friday, while Ciara danced with Swift in the crowd during her performance of "Thinkin Bout You" at the Billboard Music Awards earlier this year.

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Tan France

Queer Eye fashion expert Tan France serves Swift and his costars tea at a party in the video.

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Bobby Berk

Queer Eye's star interior designer Bobby Berk joins his costars in the video.

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Karamo Brown

Self-help guru Karamo Brown of Queer Eye posted a Twitter video of him and his son singing and dancing to Swift's "Shake It Off" last year.

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Antoni Porowski

Queer Eye's food specialist eats cookies at the tea party alongside his costars.

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Jonathan Van Ness

Queer Eye grooming guide and internet star Jonathan Van Ness, who recently came out as nonbinary, joins the rest of the Fab Five.

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Adam Rippon

Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, who became the first out gay American athlete to medal at the Winter Olympics in 2018, fittingly serves snowcones.

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Adam Lambert and Ellen DeGeneres

Adam Lambert gives Ellen DeGeneres a tattoo that reads "Cruel Summer" (which fans guess is a song on the album). When Swift appeared on Ellen last month, the host joked about appearing in her next video.

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Billy Porter

The iconic star of Pose, a series based on New York's queer ballroom scene, Billy Porter serves face while appearing in drag.

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Tatianna, Trinity Taylor, Delta Work, Trinity K. Bonet, Jade Jolie, Riley Knoxx, Adore Delano and A'keria Chanel Davenport

Many alumni of RuPaul's Drag Race stand with Swift on a stage, including Tatianna, All Stars 4 winner Trinity Taylor, Delta Work, Trinity K. Bonet, Jade Jolie (who impersonated Swift on the show's "Snatch Game" challenge) Adore Delano and A'keria Chanel Davenport. Beyoncé impersonator Riley Knoxx, a trans woman, also stands next to Jolie in the lineup.

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RuPaul

Drag Race host RuPaul appears, carrying a crown, as Swift sings "We all got crowns, you need to calm down."

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Katy Perry

Dressed in a hamburger costume (similar to her Met Gala afterparty outfit), Katy Perry hugs Swift in her french fry outfit to end their beef. Perry recently posted a photo on Instagram of a plate of cookies frosted to say "Peace at last" and tagged Swift.

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Ryan Reynolds

Actor Ryan Reynolds appears away from the drama, painting a picture of The Stonewall Inn with a pride flag. His daughter with wife (and Swift squad member) Blake Lively, James, is featured at the beginning of the song "Gorgeous."

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