The current controversy between Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes comes after the latter took a lie detector test on camera with Vanity Fair. In the video, which can be found on Vanity Fair's YouTube page, Mendes is first asked about his relationship with Swift and then whether he approves of her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. Mendes discusses touring with Swift in 2015 and answers that he and Swift are still friends, with Mendes often texting the "Cardigan" singer to ask for advice about music.
However, the test reveals that Mendes lied when he said that Alwyn "looks like a sweet guy." He clarified while holding a photo of Alwyn, saying, "He's kind of got a little bit of a villain look about him."
The video was uploaded on Monday, September 20, and Twitter is already crazy about it. One Twitter user wrote, "[S]hawn Mendes saying Joe Alwyn looks like a villain is the best thing I've seen all day," while another simply tweeted, "Shawn Mendes is scared of Joe Alwyn ???" Others questioned the question itself. "I need to understand the thought process behind Vanity pulling out a whole photograph of Joe Alwyn when interviewing Shawn Mendes. Like???," a user said.
Mendes ultimately reasoned that Alwyn's eyes are too blue and that he handles brown eyes better. While this reason doesn't make the most sense, it can't be easy to be put in such a position.
