This is one of the dumbest controversies about Taylor Swift this week. Like, I could understand the conversation about her “Wildest Dreams” video, I could even understand the conversation about “what did Tay-Tay really think about Kanye/Miley/Ariana Grande”? But someone was trolling MTV’s backstage live-feed of the VMAs and they caught Taylor and her people acting slightly odd, and they jumped to the conclusion of “Maybe Taylor Swift Snorted Cocaine Backstage at the VMAs?” You can see the video here at Gawker. Seriously, go and watch it!

It’s pretty clear that Taylor was blowing her nose. I would even suggest that the real conspiracy is that she had a crunchy boog and she really need to dig for it. But even beyond that, the REAL STORY is that Taylor is literally so image-conscious that she was hyper-aware of the fact that she was being recorded backstage and she had her people form a protective circle around her so that she wouldn’t be seen blowing her nose on camera. That’s some next-level image control. THAT says more about her than what she does recreationally. For the record, I doubt she’s doing coke in general. I think she enjoys some wine or some cocktails, but even then, she probably doesn’t partake all that much because alcohol = empty calories. She’s seriously so slender these days.

Now, if you told me Cara Delevingne was getting into something, yeah, I’d believe you.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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