Taylor Swift reveals her mother has a brain tumor
The singer, the star of a documentary that Sundance opens this Thursday, is going through a "difficult family moment", which is why she has limited the concerts of her 'Lover' tour
In an emotional interview with 'Variety' magazine, Taylor Swift has revealed that her mother has a brain tumor. Andrea Swift was already receiving chemotherapy to treat her breast cancer and now, in addition, the doctors have just detected a tumor on her head.
While filming a documentary about her life, 'Miss Americana', the diagnosis got worse. "I was in treatment when they found a brain tumor. And the symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor are nothing like what we've been through with their cancer before. So it's been a really difficult time for us as family ", has revealed the singer, recently declared" artist of the decade ".
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Andrea Finlay (62), Taylor's mother, began her fight against cancer in 2015, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After having overcome a first battle, Andrea faced the disease again about a year ago when she received the news that her breast cancer had returned.
Her father too
Taylor herself recounted it in 'Elle' magazine last March: "I had to learn to manage serious illnesses in my family. Both of my parents have had cancer, and my mother is now fighting her battle again." An experience that has marked her deeply: "It taught me that there are real problems and then there is everything else. My mother's cancer is a real problem. She used to be very anxious with the daily ups and downs. Now I dedicate all my attention, stress and prayers to the real problems. "
Her mother's illness has been precisely one of the main reasons why Swift has limited the concerts of her next tour, 'Lover'; for example, in the United States it has only scheduled four performances before arriving in Europe at the end of the summer. "We don't know what's going to happen. We don't know which treatment we're going to choose. We're just doing it as we go, for now this is what's happening at home. I want to find a way to do both."
"Everyone loves their mother; they all have an important mother," says the 30-year-old artist, an icon of a whole generation. "But for me she is really the guiding force. Almost every decision I make, I talk to her first. It was obviously a big problem talking about her illness."
Your documentary will open Sundance
In the same report, 'Variety' explains that Andrea Swift's cancer treatment is documented in 'Taylor Swift: Miss Americana', a film produced by Netflix, which will premiere this Thursday, January 23, at the opening of the Sundance Film Festival (The streaming platform will arrive on the 31st).
It is not the first time that Taylor Swift's mother has a place in her artistic career. In 2009, she dedicated the song 'The Best Day' to her. On her new album 'Lover' she also addresses the uncertainty of her mother's health problems on 'Soon I'll Get Better'.
In the documentary that Sundance will open, other topics are also addressed, such as her enmity with Kanye West. However, from her recent dispute with Scooter Braun over the rights to her songs, not a single frame appears. Aside from portraying how Swift has achieved global stardom, Lana Wilson's documentary, how gradually, and sometimes reluctantly, the singer has awakened politically and has become an activist against the Republicans and President Trump and, at his time, in defender and feminist banner and of the LGBTQ community.
The documentary borrows the title of a song from Swift's latest album, 'Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince', which is a subject of protest. The entire lyrics are a metaphor for how the star grew up as a patriot without question and has had to abandon her naivety to meet Trump.
