For those of us who didn’t have Sophie Turner and Taylor Swift’s friendship on our 2023 bingo card…we should have. These two have been tight for years (like, Sophie showed up to support Tay at SNL back in 2021!), so obviously Taylor came through when Sophie split from their mutual ex Joe Jonas. And “came through” is an understatement—Tay straight-up loaned Sophie her house in NYC. That said, if this friendship’s 2023 era has left you wanting more, here’s a timeline—starting with Sophie being a Taylor fan years before they met.
December 6, 2017
Sophie defends Taylor from people questioning her inclusion in TIME‘s 2017 Silence Breakers, writing “yes” to someone who tweeted, “Did we really need Taylor Swift in here though?” (The tweet was then deleted.)
February 21, 2018
Sophie turns 22 and lip-syncs to—what else?—”22.”
May 23, 2019
Taylor and Sophie meet IRL on The Graham Norton Show and compliment each other’s accidentally-matching haircuts:
Oh, and Taylor shouts Sophie out in her Instagram caption about the show:
June 5, 2019
Sophie chats with Extra about seeing Taylor on Graham Norton, saying, “She’s a really sweet girl. We’ve met a couple of times before. We’re friends. She definitely wasn’t fan-girling over me. I fangirl over her.”
July 24, 2020
Fans become convinced that Taylor sent Joe and Sophie and baby gift thanks to some very specific lyrics in “Invisible String,” ahem:
April 7, 2021
Sophie has the perfect reaction to Taylor Swift writing a song about Joe:
Casual reminder that lyrics to this song include: “Hello, Mr. ‘Casually cruel’ / Mr. ‘Everything revolves around you.'” 👀
November 12, 2021
Sophie gets a Red package in the mail from Taylor!
And posts her support for the song:
November 13, 2021
Joe and Sophie are spotted walking into Saturday Night Live to support Taylor:
Oh, and here’s Sophie at the after-party:
August 11, 2022
Sophie and Joe share their fave Taylor albums:
August 14, 2023
Sophie wears a “Mr. Perfectly Fine” friendship bracelet to the Jonas Brother’s first show on their tour.
September 20, 2023
Taylor and Sophie are spotted leaving dinner at Via Carota in New York City—their first hang since Joe and Sophie’s breakup a few weeks earlier on September 6. The joint appearance obviously causes the internet to completely meltdown. (Reminder: Taylor dated Joe from July to October 2008, and Joe infamously ended things over the phone.)
Pics this way:
September 21, 2023
Sophie and Taylor keep their hangs going and are seen leaving dinner at Barrière Fouquet Hotel—just hours after TMZ reported that Sophie had filed legal docs in federal court over location issues.
Pics of their outing below!
September 27, 2023
Page Six reports Sophie is living in Taylor’s New York City home while she and Joe deal with their custody logistics. Per the outlet, Taylor specifically offered Sophie a Tribeca apartment she keeps as an investment property.
Meanwhile, a source tells Entertainment Tonight that Sophie and Taylor “have always liked and respected each other” and “They are fans of each other and have been friends for a while. Sophie doesn’t care that Taylor dated Joe. It was so long ago and in the past. Taylor has a good time when she’s with Sophie and they enjoyed some fun girl time together last night.”
September 30, 2023
Sophie and Taylor are once again spotted at dinner—this time with Taylor’s longtime bestie Blake Lively:
October 1, 2023
Sophie joins Taylor and a fleet of other celebs to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play at MetLife Stadium:
November 4, 2023
Taylor Swift casually assembles three of Joe Jonas’ exes in one place: herself, Sophie Turner, and Gigi Hadid. I mean. Incredible.
Annnnd that brings us up to date. But we’ll be updating this with the latest installment of Taylor and Sophie and a little bit Joe.
Mehera Bonner is a celebrity and entertainment news writer who enjoys Bravo and Antiques Roadshow with equal enthusiasm, She was previously entertainment editor at Marie Claire and has covered pop culture for over a decade.
