Taylor Alert – The truth about Taylor Swift’s Handmaid’s Tale cameo: Show star addresses wild rumors

Earlier this week following the penultimate season six episode of Handmaid’s Tale, Taylor Swift fans concocted a theory that the pop star made a cameo appearance.

The episode featured a scene in which an unidentified member of the Mayday rebellion got out of a vehicle, prompting Swifties to speculate that the silhouette belonged to the 35-year-old singer. 

Days later, the star of the Hulu series has put the rumor to rest.

In an interview with TVLine, Elisabeth Moss was asked about the wild notion, to which she replied about Taylor’s die-hard fanbase: ‘God, I love them.’

She added, ‘That’s amazing! Of course it’s not [Swift]. Of course it’s not her. Oh my God, that’s hilarious. I love that idea, though.’

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Earlier this week following the penultimate season six episode of Handmaid’s Tale, Taylor Swift, 35, fans were convinced that the star made a cameo appearance; pictured in February

The episode featured a scene in which an unidentified member of the Mayday rebellion got out of a vehicle, prompting Swifties to speculate that the silhouette belonged to the singer 

Adding to the hype, Taylor’s song Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version) was soundtracked in the opening scene.

The devoted fans also pointed to the fact that Moss and co-star Bradley Whitford had attended a Swift concert in Toronto last year, where the series was filmed.

But Moss emphasized, ‘I’m afraid that’s not Taylor. She’s pretty busy. I feel like if she was going to come do our show, we would’ve made sure we saw her face.’

The Mad Men alum said the Eras Tour show she attended in Canada last November ‘is partially why Taylor was very top of mind for me.’

And she noted that the music artist’s Reputation album had been released while the cast was working on season four, and they were ‘obsessed’ with it.

Elisabeth continued, ‘It’s been a long, mutual love affair between her and a lot of our cast.

‘I mean, Josh Charles was in her music video… [Using her music] was something that, as you probably know, I’ve wanted to do, well, from the beginning,’ she explained to the outlet with a laugh.

‘I was going to say, “Since I’ve been a director,” but from the beginning! I’m so glad that we didn’t do it before and waited until now. Now that we have it, I’m so glad it happened the way that it did,’ the actress shared.

In an interview with TVLine, Elisabeth Moss was asked about the wild notion, to which she replied about Taylor’s die-hard fanbase: ‘God, I love them.’ She added, ‘That’s amazing! Of course it’s not [Swift]. Of course it’s not her. Oh my God, that’s hilarious’

Moss emphasized, ‘I’m afraid that’s not Taylor. She’s pretty busy. I feel like if she was going to come do our show, we would’ve made sure we saw her face’; pictured May 7

Adding to the hype, Taylor’s song Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version) was soundtracked in the opening scene; still from season 3

In reaction to the Taylor song appearing in the episode, titled Execution, her fans went wild online.

One fan wrote on X: ‘Taylor: Reclaims music rights. Also Taylor: Soundtracks a rebellion. Us: Standing, clapping, crying.’

‘OMG WE ARE EXCITED FINALLY,’ another chimed in.

‘Taylor in The Handmaid’s Tale?? I did not have that on my 2025 bingo card, but I’m so here for it,’ someone else weighed in.

Elisabeth revealed how the moment came about, telling Billboard, ‘I’ve been wanting to use a Taylor song for many years on the show and we finally found the perfect spot for a track from her, and I’m so glad we waited because there could not be a more perfect song for a more perfect moment.’

She continued, ‘Taylor has been such an inspiration to me personally. As a Swiftie myself — and I think I can speak for [co-star] Yvonne [Strahovski] and our entire cast as well, who are all Swifties — it’s such an honor to be able to use her music in the final episodes of our show.’