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Taylor Swift Skipped the Grammys 2020 to Be With Mom & Family (Report)

Taylor Swift Skipped the Grammys 2020 to Be With Mom & Family (Report)

Taylor Swift didn’t perform at, or even attend, the 2020 Grammys this year – and the reason was to be with her family, according to a new report.

The Lover singer-songwriter was spending time with her mother and family members, according to Us Weekly on Friday (January 31).

Taylor was at Sundance [Film Festival in Utah] a few days before the Grammys for the premiere of her documentary. She was never confirmed to perform at the Grammys. She was not going to be in attendance at the Grammys because she was spending time with her family and her mother, who has a brain tumor and whose cancer has returned,” a source claims of her absence from the awards ceremony.

A second source told the publication that she decided not to go after Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan was “fired for bringing up issues regarding unlawful gender discrimination, sexual harassment, unlawful retaliation and unequal pay.”

Rumors swirled earlier in the week that she didn’t attend because she wanted to make sure she’d win first, which her reps quickly shut down.

“These statements made by anonymous, unidentified ‘sources’ are absolutely, 100 percent false and laughable. She just didn’t go to the Grammys. You guys need to calm down,” they said in a statement to Us.

Taylor got candid about her mother’s health ahead of the release of her documentary, Miss Americana. Here’s what she said…

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