Lewis Capaldi has dismissed bizarre rumours of a feud with Taylor Swift, branding the rumours ‘hogwash.’
The Someone You Loved singer, 29, sparked theories of tension with the 35-year-old pop megastar when they both appeared on The Graham Norton Show in October.
He said he ‘wasn’t allowed’ to talk about his new EP, prompting fans to suggest the Opalite singer hadn’t wanted Lewis to talk about his music in case it took the spotlight away from her new album The Life of a Showgirl.
But Lewis has now insisted that wasn’t the case and revealed it was actually his record company that didn’t want him discussing the project until it was formally announced.
Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, he said: ‘I’ll use a word here. That’s hogwash.
‘I saw a TikTok about that. And it’s a woman being like, “Taylor did this and she’s evil” and this and that. And I’m going like, “That’s completely made up.”
‘Basically, my EP hadn’t been announced yet. So, I was told by my label, “Don’t tell people before you go on.”
‘Not like a, “You can’t tell people.2 It was like, ‘It’s not been announced yet, so don’t tell people.”‘
He then went on to suggest that fans thought Taylor was to blame after she asked ‘Who said that?’ when he said he wasn’t allowed to speak about the release on The Graham Norton Show.
‘I think she thought that was what [Swift] was thinking. But that was complete bulls**t. I can swear. It was complete f*****g bulls**t.’
Lewis released his EP, Survive, on November 14, featuring the smash hit single of the same name.
The EP release precedes his mammoth 2026 tour, which includes a headline slot at BST Hyde Park.
Taylor, meanwhile, released The Life of a Showgirl one month prior, on October 3, to mixed reviews from fans.
A promotional film titled Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl was also released the same day.
Lewis also joked about being ‘needy’ with Justin Bieber after the pair previously hit it off at a party in Los Angeles, only for the Peaches singer to later ghost him.
He said: ‘Double tapped me. Which is fine. I’m fine with that. I haven’t thought about it every single day since.
‘I became anxiously attached to Justin Bieber. Everyone else I’d avoid. But for Justin, I was needy. I needed that. But, yeah, I haven’t heard from him. I don’t know if he’s seen the thing.
‘Listen, if I’m Justin Bieber and I got a text from Lewis Capaldi, I’m double tapping. I’m not responding.
‘But we’ll always have that magical night together. We’ll always have that moment.’
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