The moment happened after the Knicks' historic comeback in Game 4
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- Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner shared a friendly hug at the Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals Game 4 on Wednesday evening
- The pair were seen beaming and seemingly chatting about the Knicks’ impressive comeback win after the game
- The interaction shocked fans due to Swift’s long-standing feud with Jenner’s sister Kim Kardashian, which dates back more than a decade
The New York Knicks' impressive comeback is bringing everyone together, including Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner!
The A-listers attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, June 10, at Madison Square Garden.
It was one of the most intense games in NBA Finals history, with the Knicks winning 107-106 in the last few seconds, causing the crowd to go wild.
In a clip cut by Sportsish on TikTok, Jenner, 28, is seen turning around, where she spotted Swift, 36. Once the pair recognized each other, they both beamed and went in for a hug.
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They exchanged a couple of friendly words as they both went in support of the Knicks and appeared thrilled they had won.
"Ah! That was so crazy," Jenner exclaimed as Swift agreed.
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Swift then got distracted by a fan who wanted to take a selfie, as Jenner, who was at the game with her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, turned around and continued speaking to her friends.
Many fans were surprised by this interaction between the pair, as things haven't always been smooth sailing between the Swift and the Kardashian-Jenner household.
One commenter wrote on TikTok: “This might be more shocking than the Knicks win,” while another said: “This is more important to me than the win.” A third added that they were “Team Taylor and Kylie.”
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The feud started over 15 years ago, when Kanye West ambushed Swift's acceptance speech for Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV VMAs — for which he later apologized.
Then, in 2016, West released the track "Famous" with the controversial lyrics, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that bitch famous."
Swifties were shocked when West's then-wife, Kim Kardashian, came to his defense by sharing a phone call between West and Swift that seemingly proved the rapper and pop star had discussed the track ahead of its release.
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Swift quickly defended herself online, noting how the phone call never showed West telling Swift he was going to call her “that bitch.” A year later, she appeared to reference Kardashian and West in her music video “Look What You Made Me Do” from her album Reputation, according to Pop Sugar.
In 2023, during an interview with TIME, Swift reflected on the tumultuous feud between her and West and Kardashian, calling it a "career death" of sorts.
"Make no mistake — my career was taken away from me," she told the outlet. “You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar."
Swift said it “took me down psychologically to a place I've never been before,” adding that she “went down really, really hard.”
A year later, a source told PEOPLE that Kardashian is "over" the feud with Swift, following the release of her album The Tortured Poets Department.
On the track “thanK you aIMee," Swift sang about facing bullying, and the lyrics, coupled with the capitalization of the three letters in the title (KIM), led fans to believe the song was a dig at the SKIMS founder.
A source told PEOPLE about Kardashian's response to the track: “She's over it and thinks Taylor should move on.”
Kardashian “doesn't get why [Swift] keeps harping on it,” the source said. “It's been literally years.”
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