Was Taylor Swift thick as thieves with Scooter Braun’s ex-wife?

Braun addressed the speculation head-on. “No, ’cause I talk to Yael every day,” he said bluntly. “My ex-wife is one of my best friends. So, me and my ex-wife laugh about that stuff. We don’t even call each other ‘ex.’ That’s, like, my partner. [She’s] the mother of my children [and] that is my family for life.”

He continued, “I have a tattoo on my finger that says ‘same team’ after my divorce because she and I are [on the] same team for life. It’s what we say to each other. So, no, I never thought that it was about us, [and] she never thought it was about us.”

agreed to joint custody and a division of assets, with Braun ordered to pay child support.

While Braun shut down the rumors, he was able to acknowledge the marketing genius behind Swiftie speculation, joking, “It’s a great strategy move.”

The single appears on Swift’s Grammy-winning Midnights album and includes pointed lyrics many fans interpreted as a direct shot at Braun.