Singer tells freeskier ‘thanks for listening to my music while you practice’ in good-luck video message to all the winter athletes before Sochi Olympics
Olympic freestyle skier Torin Yater-Wallace, 18, made it known long ago that he has a crush on singer Taylor Swift and that he listens to her music while practicing. So when Us Weekly surprised him with an “Entertainment Tonight” video message from Swift before the Winter Olympics, the teen blushed:
During Swift’s message, Us Weekly cut away to show Yater-Wallace getting video of the video being played on the laptop (see bottom photo).
As you can see, Swift offered a message of “good luck to everybody going to Sochi” and then singled out Yater-Wallace.
“And Torin, thanks for listening to my music while you practice, that’s amazing,” Swift said.
Yater-Wallace beamed, saying, “Whoa, she said my name.”
Asked by Us Weekly reporter Jen Peros what kind of date he would take Swift on, the Colorado native replied, “We’d go to the Hickory House in Aspen and get some barbecue ribs and maybe go hot-tubbing at the Ritz Carlton, and then she can come over and we can see what happens after that.”
Soon after this video report was released by Us Weekly on Wednesday, Yater-Wallace posted it on Twitter with this message: “What up, @taylorswift13. Thanks for the shout out.”
Unfortunately, it didn’t help him in Sochi. Yater-Wallace fell twice in halfpipe ski qualifications, failed to reach the finals, and finished 26th.
But, hey, Taylor Swift knows his name! It’s a nice consolation prize for the teen.
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