Over the weekend, Taylor Lautner and his wife Taylor Lautner (who goes by Tay — and will further be called Tay in this post for clarity) attended Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, and it was truly a wonderful gathering of Taylors.
Taylor and Tay — who is a registered nurse professionally — originally met through Taylor's sister Makena while he was on a break from acting and went public with their relationship in 2018.
And if you haven't been following the Taylors Lautner, you might not know that they actually host a podcast together called The Squeeze.
Last month, they had an episode that was just the two of them talking about their relationship, and it was actually a fascinating look at what it's really like when a "normal person" dates a celebrity.
First, Taylor responded to the question of whether he was scared to date a normal person. "If anything, I didn’t know you well enough at that point to know how you would interact when we’re over at a friend’s house and one of the people at a party is Justin Bieber...and now, we know that you’re cooler around Justin Bieber than I am."
But then, he continued to say he wasn't worried at all about dating a normal person, and actually said he admires what she does so much more. "You do a lot more important cool work than I do," he said. "You literally save lives, so that’s much cooler to me than being in the industry."
Later in the conversation, Tay talked about how she was treated by people in the industry once she started dating Taylor — and that the first negative thing she dealt with was people treating her like she wasn't important enough to talk to.
"There would be times where you would be talking to a person and then you’d be like, this is my girlfriend Tay, and they’d be like, 'Hi' and then almost blocked me out of the conversation," she said. "You would try to involve me in the conversation, and people would literally give two flying craps — they just didn’t care to have a conversation with me at all. It happened multiple times. Even before we went public with our relationship. In our own home sometimes."
And Taylor said that really wouldn't fly with him. “The number one way that I judge a person’s character is how they treat the people that I’m with — not me," he said. "So, if we’re at an event or anywhere and somebody wants to talk to us... If they are only interested in talking or looking at me…when somebody takes the time to talk with [my friends] just as much as me, I go, 'Okay, this is a solid person.'"
And toward the end of the conversation, Tay was asked if she had any preconceptions about Taylor going into the relationship, and she explained that she really compartmentalizes. "In my brain, you and the guy who played Jacob in Twilight are two different people," she said.
You can watch the Taylors' full discussion here:
