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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bobby Burke

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

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Karamo Brown

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

Antoni Porowski

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

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Jonathan Van Ness

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

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

Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" video

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

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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

Taylor Swift

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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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

Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" video

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

Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" video

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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    5 of 19 Chester Lockhart
    6 of 19 Hayley Kiyoko
    7 of 19 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ciara and Justin Mikita
    8 of 19 Tan France
    9 of 19 Bobby Berk
    10 of 19 Karamo Brown
    11 of 19 Antoni Porowski
    12 of 19 Jonathan Van Ness
    13 of 19 Adam Rippon
    14 of 19 Adam Lambert and Ellen DeGeneres
    15 of 19 Billy Porter
    16 of 19 Tatianna, Trinity Taylor, Delta Work, Trinity K. Bonet, Jade Jolie, Riley Knoxx, Adore Delano and A'keria Chanel Davenport
    17 of 19 RuPaul
    18 of 19 Katy Perry
    19 of 19 Ryan Reynolds

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