Despite reports suggesting that Taylor Swift’s busy schedule may have been to blame for her parents’ separation, it appears that marital problems have long existed between Andrea and Scott Swift. In 2015, Ronnie Cremer — a computer technician from Pennsylvania who claims to be Taylor’s first guitar teacher — said in an interview with The New York Daily News, “They didn’t have a good relationship, the mother and the father. [Scott] used to tell me … ‘I got a wife that doesn’t love me. I’m trying to help my daughter out, and do all the right things, and my wife could care less.’ So it was a weird dynamic.” In 2014, a source who spoke to Page Six dished that Andrea and Scott were no longer living in the same home. “They are not on the same page and don’t even like to be in the same room,” they said, adding, “Andrea requests that her husband not be present at meetings [involving Taylor’s career].”

Nevertheless, amid reports of their rift, Mr. and Mrs. Swift have put up a united front over the years, having been photographed together on numerous occasions supporting their daughter. Women’s Health confirmed that as of 2023, Scott and Andrea are still, in fact, legally married — although it’s unclear whether they have reconciled (or if they’ve even separated at all). The pair were last seen together hanging out with Taylor and Travis Kelce’s parents during a Kansas City Chiefs game as recently as December 2023.