AEW Star Jeff Jarrett Says Taylor Swift Performed a Private Three-Hour Concert For His Family Shortly Before His Wife Died of Breast Cancer: ‘An Amazing Experience’

In a recent interview with TMZ Sports (via People), WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Jeff Jarrett said he’s known Taylor Swift since she “was a little girl,” and before his wife died from breast cancer, the 14-time Grammy winner performed a three-hour private concert for his family and friends.

Jarrett said it was around Christmas of 2006 when Swift, who moved to Jarrett’s town of Hendersonville, Tenn. at a young age, put on the show. Jarrett explained his wife was “really ill” at the time and “passed away about five months after” the private performance.

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The AEW star said a friend of Swift’s suggested she stop by Jarrett’s home after his wife’s diagnosis. She initially arrived without her guitar, but “actually ran back home” to grab it because his daughters “wanted her to sing and play.”

What started as a small family gathering quickly grew to a party of about 45 people after Swift began to play, according to Jarrett. He called the day “an amazing experience.”

“By the end of the afternoon, Taylor played about three hours,” Jarrett recalled.

Jarrett said Swift, who used to babysit his daughters, has maintained contact with his family, which has meant the world to his little ones.

“But what a very cool relationship that developed,” he said. “When my wife passed away, Taylor would come around, and was really good with the girls.”

Swift, one of the music world’s most beloved pop stars, recently made headlines with her buzzy engagement to Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce. She also has a new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” which debuts Oct. 3.

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