Taylor Swift’s High School Best Friend Abigail Berard Is Pregnant

Taylor SwiftThe best friend of long time, Abigail Anderson Berardgoing to be a mom!

Anderson Berard, 34, revealed her pregnancy via Instagram on Wednesday, July 24, with a photo of her showing off her baby bump while munching on Cheez-It crackers.I’m going to have his baby… 💙” she captioned the post, referencing a lyric from Swift’s song, “But Daddy I Love Him,” from her latest album, The Department of Tortured Poets.

“I have never been happier to be tagged in a post,” said Anderson Berard’s husband, Charles Berardresponded in the comments section, where Lily Aldridge, Keleigh Teller and an avalanche of Swifties congratulated the mom-to-be.

Last April, Swift — currently on tour in Europe — toasted his childhood friend’s birthday at Barney’s Beanery in Los Angeles. Swift, 34, has been close with Anderson Berard since high school, when they met in English class on the first day of their freshman year.

“We were the ones in the back of the class saying negative things about Romeo and Juliet because we were very bitter about that emotion at the time,” Anderson Berard recalled during a 2008 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show“We really connected and have been inseparable ever since.”

Swift later included this moment in her song “Fifteen” written about the origins of their friendship.

“You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail / And pretty soon you’re best friends / Making fun of the other girls / Who think they’re so cool,” Swift sings in the track, which was re-recorded in 2021. Fearless (Taylor’s version)“We’ll get out of here as soon as we can / And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy who changed his mind / And we both cried.”

Over the years, Swift and Anderson Berard have remained friends through their professional successes, breakups, and new romances. Anderson Berard has often praised their bond and Swift’s music on social media.

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“After 15 years of knowing you and watching you grow, both as a human being and as an artist, I can honestly say that I have never been more proud to call you my friend,” Anderson Berard wrote on Instagram in August 2019 after the release of Swift’s film Lover“I am completely inspired by everything you represent, @taylorswift 💕Congratulations, my friend.

Anderson Berard also supported Swift’s romance with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis KelceIn November 2023, she left a like on Instagram on footage of Swift swapping the lyrics of “Karma” to mention Kelce’s football team. Swift has also supported Anderson Berard during his relationships, once serve as bridesmaid for her wedding in 2017 with her ex Matt LucierAnderson Berard separated from Lucier in 2021 and later married Berard in October 2022.