Taylor Swift sends special shout out to Olympian Torin Yater-Wallace
Taylor Swift had Olympic skier Torin Yater-Wallace smiling from ear to ear recently after recording a good luck message for the sports team and sending a special shout out to the teen, who is a big fan.
The 18-year-old sportsman had declared his love for superstar Swift before heading to Sochi, Russia to take part in the Winter Olympics earlier this month (Feb14), revealing he frequently listens to her music to help get him in the right mind frame before big competitions.
Bosses at news show Entertainment Tonight took the information to
the Love Story hitmaker and she agreed to record a message for the
Olympians, making sure she thanked Yater-Wallace for his
support.
In the video, she said, "Hey, it's Taylor, I just wanted to good
luck to everybody going to Sochi. I wanted to wish all the Winter
athletes luck and Torin, thanks for listening to my music while you
practise. That's amazing!"
The skier was shown the footage in Sochi last week (ends14Feb14)
and he broke into a huge smile as he watched his pop idol onscreen,
exclaiming, "Whoa! She knows my name."
He added, "I'd like to thank you,Taylor Swift, for telling me good
luck, and tell her she's one of the most beautiful people to walk
on this planet."
The Colorado resident then shared his ideal date night if he was
ever given the chance to romance Swift: "We'll go to the Hickory
House in Aspen and get barbecue ribs and maybe go to the hot tub at
the Ritz Carlton. And she can come over and we can see what happens
after that."
Unfortunately, the good luck message did little to help
Yater-Wallace - he fell in both of his runs during the men's ski
halfpipe event on Tuesday (18Feb14).
Swift isn't the only famous sweetheart back home offering fans at
the Olympics her support - The Amazing Spider-Man star Emma Stone
recorded a special message for skier Nick Goepper after learning he
had a crush on her.
She said, "Hi, it's Emma. I just wanted to say hi to Nick and good
luck to all of the Winter Olympians."
The thrilled 19 year old said, "I'm a total fan of... Easy A...
gorgeous, gorgeous performance."
He added, "Emma, if we ever meet up, if we ever cross paths, I'd
like to hang out for five minutes, that's all I ask."