{"id":5270,"date":"2026-07-04T05:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:34:32","slug":"who-is-the-redhead-named-abigail-taylor-swifts-high-school-bff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5270","title":{"rendered":"Who is the &#8216;redhead named Abigail,&#8217; Taylor Swift&#8217;s high school BFF?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-v-5cc57fb3=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3otUogIdqPg\" width=\"800\"><\/iframe><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Taylor Swift&#8217;s childhood best friend, Abigail Anderson Berard, was spotted leaving the Ritz-Carlton in New York City on Friday, likely heading to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5267\">Red, White &amp; Kaboom: Thousands gather in Lakeland for early Independence Day celebration<\/a><\/p> <p>Her appearance sparked curiosity from viewers on social media about the longtime BFF.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>From inspiring one of Swift\u2019s songs to attending her wedding, here\u2019s everything to know about Anderson Berard.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><h2>Who is Abigail Anderson Berard?<\/h2> <!-- --><p>Big picture view:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Anderson Berard is known as one of Swift\u2019s closest childhood friends, having stayed close for over two decades.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>The two have known each other ever since they were teenagers at Hendersonville High School in Tennessee.<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to PEOPLE, Anderson Berard had wanted to swim at the college level. Swift told Oprah Winfrey in 2009 that she and her best friend were both living out their dreams.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5269\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82598f2cbc9f5c2dffb6cda62d9cc66a-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82598f2cbc9f5c2dffb6cda62d9cc66a-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82598f2cbc9f5c2dffb6cda62d9cc66a-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82598f2cbc9f5c2dffb6cda62d9cc66a.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift (R) and Abigail Anderson attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Kevin Mazur\/WireImage)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>&#8220;She wanted to be a swimmer and go off on a college scholarship for swimming and I wanted to be a singer,&#8221; Swift said. &#8220;Now she\u2019s off at Kansas on a swimming scholarship and I\u2019m singing.&#8221;<\/p> <!-- --><p>Over the years, the longtime BFFs have been photographed together at high-profile events, including Swift\u2019s 34th birthday party and the 2015 Grammy Awards.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Last year, Anderson and her husband were\u00a0<u>spotted on a double date<\/u> with Swift and Kelce in Nashville.<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Taylor Swift writes about Anderson Berard in songs<\/h2> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The international pop star also wrote about Anderson Berard on her 2008 coming-of-age song &#8220;Fifteen.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5264\">Tampa historical exhibit explores Florida\u2019s role as 14th colony for holiday weekend<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>The song first appeared on Swift&#8217;s 2008 second studio album &#8220;Fearless,&#8221; and was later re-recorded for 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Fearless (Taylor\u2019s Version).&#8221; Anderson Berard also appears in the song&#8217;s official video.<\/p> <!-- --><p>&#8220;You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail. And soon enough you\u2019re best friends. Laughing at the other girls. Who think they\u2019re so cool. We\u2019ll be out of here as soon as we can,&#8221; Swift sings.<\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><strong>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: A timeline of their relationship through the years<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --><p>Swift also mentioned Anderson Berard again in the 2025 song &#8220;<u>Ruin the Friendship<\/u>.&#8221; In the song, which is from &#8220;The Life of a Showgirl,&#8221; Swift sings about a high school boy whom she had a crush on. However, Anderson calls her to tell her the tragic news that the boy died.<\/p> <!-- --><p>&#8220;When I left school I lost track of you.\u00a0 Abigail called me with the bad news. Goodbye \u2026 and we\u2019ll never know why. It was not an invitation. But I flew home anyway. With so much left to say. It was not convenient, no, but I whispered at the grave, \u2018should\u2019ve kissed you anyway,'&#8221; Swift sings.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>In addition, Anderson Berard appeared in several others of Swift\u2019s music videos, including &#8220;Picture to Burn,&#8221; &#8220;I\u2019m Only Me When I\u2019m with You&#8221; and &#8220;New Romantics.&#8221;<\/p> <!-- --><p>Anderson Berard was also in Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Miss Americana&#8221; documentary.<\/p> <!-- --><h2>Anderson Berard welcomes first child<\/h2> <!-- --><p>Anderson married her first husband, photographer Matt Lucier, in September 2017, and\u00a0<u>Swift was a bridesmaid<\/u>. The couple separated in 2021, according to PEOPLE.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>In 2024, Swift congratulated Anderson Berard on social media, after she and now-husband Charles Berard welcomed their first child.<\/p> <!-- --><p>In the comments of her announcement, Swift wrote, &#8220;When the internet says \u2018MOTHER\u2019 I feel like this pic is actually what they mean.&#8221;<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5260\">BayCare partners with drone company to speed up medical deliveries in Pinellas County<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail Anderson Berard, Swift&#8217;s longtime close friend, was spotted leaving the Ritz-Carlton in New York City, likely heading to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,53],"tags":[118,54],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-u-s","tag-entertainment","tag-u-s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is the &#039;redhead named Abigail,&#039; Taylor Swift&#039;s high school BFF? 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