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Brace Yourself For All The Celeb Cameos

All the Swifties rejoice as Taylor Swift just released a new video for her song “You Need To Calm Down” and everyone is talking about it. From the big shout out to the LGBTQ community for Pride Month to the public makeup with Katy Perry, everyone is buzzing about the new video.

Swift’s new video features a lot of celebrity cameos including huge icons of the LGBTQ community and supporters of LGBTQ rights. In the usual fashion of Taylor Swift videos, there’s also a ton of Easter eggs you might have missed.

The Cast Of “Queer Eye”

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The entire cast of “Queer Eye” sipped some tea with Taylor for their cameo featuring – Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Tan France, and Bobby Berk. These guys are better known as the glam squad, but also for their impact within the LGBTQ community.

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Taylor’s Watch

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During the video, Taylor checks what time it is on her wristwatch that actually features the face of her newest cat Benjamin Button. But this is the second cameo for her new cat as Benjamin was featured in her prior music video “ME!”

Adam Rippon

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Adam Rippon is figure skater on the US Olympic team and won a bronze medal in the Olympic Winter Game PyeongChang 2018. They decided to have Rippon serve some serious moves on the ice as a sassy sno-cone server. Rippon supports Swift’s new video as he is a proud gay man and is an advocate for the LGBTQ community.

Quoting LGBTQ Icon Cher

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Swift pays homage to Cher with a quote from an interview she had in 1996 when she recalls her mother telling her growing up saying “One day you should settle down and marry a richman,” in which Cher responded, “Mom, I am a rich man.”

Billy Porter

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Billy Porter is the star of the popular FX series about the drag and trans community “Pose,” dresses in drag for the new Swift video. In the video, Porter sashays in-front of a group of protesters against LGBTQ rights and shows that everyone should be free to be who they want to be. Porter supports the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS which is an organization that raises money for research funding through the American Theatre community.

Ironic Protesters

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In a scene where a group of protesters are in front of a group of sunbathers with a sign saying “Get A Brain Morans” the word morons is deliberately misspelled for a moment of ironic and moronic humor.

Celebrating San Diego Gay Pride

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Next to the group of protesters in this shot is a trailer with the word “Hillcrest” and this year the San Diego Pride Parade will be taking place at the starting location of Hillcrest Pride Flag.

Todrick Hall

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Todrick Hall made his claim to fame through singing, dancing, and acting. Now he’s taking on the new hat of executive producer as he co-produced the new video alongside Taylor Swift and he even was featured in a cameo appearance at the end of the video. In celebration of Pride Month, Hall is busy touring and performing for LGBTQ Pride events.

Chester Lockhart

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The singer/songwriter Chester Lockhart might look familiar to Todrick Hall fans, as he appeared in over 300 YouTube projects with Todrick Hall. Lockhart also appeared on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and is starting to write music about struggling with mental health.

Dexter Mayfield

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Dexter Mayfield is one of the biggest names in fashion, making a name for himself through plus-sized modeling. He is also known in the entertainment world as a dancer and choreographer.

No Hate, Only Love

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In the scene featuring Mayfield, there is a mailbox to the left that says “Love Letters ONLY” spreading the message of love that is the theme of the music video.

Ellen DeGeneres

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The comedian that made a name for herself through a sitcom in the 90s and was one of the first celebrities to come out as gay in the midst of fame. Now she is known for being one of the biggest names in entertainment through her daytime talk-show “The Ellen Show” and is a huge advocate for the LGBTQ community. DeGeneres supports the It Gets Better Project that helps to show young people the potential of reaching happiness and positivity in live.

Ellen’s Tattoo Has A Double Meaning?

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In the new video, Ellen gets the words “Cruel Summer” tattooed on her forearm and people are guessing that this may be a new Swift song title coming soon.

Hayley Kiyoko

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The blonde beauty is known for her early days starring on shows for the Disney Channel and “Scooby Doo” movies but is now a music artist. Through her music career, she wanted to create music to empower and support the LGBTQ community. Kiyoko says that she wanted to use her celebrity status to bring attention to the importance of celebrating the LGBTQ community.

Commemorating 50 Year Anniversary Of Stonewall Riots

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Hayley Kiyoko is seen shooting an arrow at a target with the number 5 in the middle.

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The next shot features a cake with the number 0 on it and when combined the 5 and 0 represent the 50 year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising that occurred in 1969.

Another Low-key Stonewall Reference

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The first shot of the music video features a stack of dice that all have the showing faces adding up to 50, which is another nod to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Justin Mikita, and Ciara

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Celebrating gay marriage in the new music video is an actual couple, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita. You may recognize Ferguson (on the left) as the character Mitchell from the hit comedy series “Modern Family” and he plays a gay lawyer ironically as his husband is an actual lawyer. The couple also announced their official endorsement for The Equality Act that would add LGBTQ protections to existing civil rights laws.

The women in orange acting as minister for the wedding is none other than pop princess Ciara. Ciara is a supporter of the LGBTQ community through supporting anti-bullying and mental health causes.

Katy Perry

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One of the biggest cameos is Katy Perry, which is an interesting addition to the cast if you follow celebrity feuds. In the past, there was some ‘bad blood’ between the two pop artists and now they want to put that feud to rest. Perry is a supporter of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, AIDS LIFE, and STOMP Out Bullying. From water and oil to burger and fries.

Laverne Cox

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The biggest trans star in Hollywood, Laverne Cox, ditched her orange jumpsuit from “Orange Is The New Black” and slipped into a pink sequin dress for the new music video. Cox supports the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

RuPaul And The Cast Of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”

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RuPaul made a name for himself in the drag community and in Hollywood, being one of the first people to bring drag into the homes of America through the hit competition show, “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” RuPaul is a frontier in the LGBTQ community, bringing awareness and acceptance for the drag community. RuPaul also partnered with MAC cosmetics to help raise money for AIDS awareness, raising over $400 million for the cause.

Ryan Reynolds

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The Canadian comedy actor is better known as his Marvel superhero persona ‘Deadpool,’ Ryan Reynolds is a supporter of the LGBTQ community. “Deadpool 2” made LGBTQ history as the first major superhero movie featuring an LGBTQ relationship between two female characters, Teenage Negasonic Warhead and Yukio. Reynolds has also stated in the past that he supports same-sex marriage because he’s “not a monster.”

Stonewall Inn Reference

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In the scene with Ryan Reynolds, you can see him painting a picture of the iconic Stonewall Inn, where one of the most historic protests in LGBTQ history. This month is the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in 1969.

Change.org

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At the end of the music video, Taylor Swift encourages fans to go to Change.org to sign her petition for Senate support of the Equality Act, that supports civil rights for members of the LGBTQ community.