Hollywood’s legend Ian McKellen, famous for playing the role of the wizard Gandalf, apparently had a tough time with Taylor Swift. Staying at the apartment owned by Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, McKellen’s living situation was made slightly more difficult than it needed to be by Swift.
Speaking with Gay Star News, Ian McKellen mentioned how he was almost starting to get comfortable at Peter Jackson’s property. However, his difficult times began after he was evicted by Taylor Swift when she bought Jackson’s apartment. Well, Swift turned out to be a brutal landlord for McKellen.
Ian McKellen Was Evicted By Taylor Swift
Working in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies and playing the role of the wizard Gandalf, Ian McKellen developed a strong bond with the filmmaker. Later on, the veteran actor even mentioned living in Jackson’s New York apartment for a while. However, his stay unfortunately didn’t end well.
Living for a while in Peter Jackson‘s New York apartment, Ian McKellen mentioned how he was apparently unceremoniously booted out by Taylor Swift. Well, apparently, Swift purchased the New York property from the Lord of the Rings filmmaker for a lucrative deal. Thus, upon purchasing the apartment, she obviously evicted McKellen, who was living for free.
Sharing the incident with Gay Star News via The Guardian, Ian McKellen joked how he went homeless after Taylor Swift bought the apartment.
“When I was living in Peter Jackson’s apartment in New York, Taylor Swift bought it while I was there and I was thrown out before I wanted to leave. That hardly puts me in Taylor Swift’s team, does it?”
Ian McKellen Didn’t Have a Bad Blood With The Singer
Although he was suddenly kicked out of the place where he was almost starting to get comfortable, Ian McKellen didn’t have any hard feelings for Taylor Swift. Harboring no ill will towards the singer, the veteran actor understood the situation quite well. Despite joking about how he went homeless because of Swift, McKellen later declared his honest opinion.
“She bought [the apartment], she had every right to – I was just lodging there for free!”
Well, kicking out Ian McKellen wasn’t in Taylor Swift‘s plan. Thus, the singer felt bad after she realized that she evicted the actor who was at that time living on Peter Jackson’s property. Feeling bad about it, Swift later invited the actor to her concert, but McKellen had different plans.
“She did ask me to appear with Patrick Stewart at her show in LA, but I had something else to do that night.”
Realizing that Taylor Swift felt bad for evicting him, Ian McKellen first showed his love for Swift in an interview with Yahoo where he recited lyrics from Bad Blood. No pun intended – the actor rocked the song, and currently, they seem to have overcome the awkwardness between them.
