Taylor Swift's dad, 73, undergoes major heart surgery with devoted daughter at his side
Taylor Swift's dad has undergone major heart surgery after going to the doctor for a check-up. Scott Swift, 73, who played a significant role in his daughter's music career, had quintuple bypass surgery last month after his GP "saw something" in worrying news for the family.
Quintuple bypass surgery is a complex procedure done to treat people with five severely blocked major arteries that feed the heart. Blood vessels are removed from another part of the body and transplanted onto each affected heart vessel to reroute blood flow around the blockages. The surgery improves blood supply to the heart, reducing pain, shortness of breath, and possibly the risk of cardiac-related death.
Thankfully, Scott, is said to be "doing great" after the operation, according to TMZ, after being supported by Taylor, her mum, Andrea, and brother, Austin, throughout the surgery and during the recovery process. Taylor's rep also told the outlet that the procedure was not the result of a heart attack, but because Scott's doctor "saw something" while confirming that the dad-of-two is now "feeling just great".
Scott played a significant role in Taylor's early life, raising her and her brother, Austin, on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, US, before moving to Nashville to support the singer's music career.
Long before she was a Grammy-winning superstar and billionaire, the Bad Blood star's parents said they were listening to her sing karaoke and driving her to local gigs near her hometown.
"She was always singing music when she was 3, 5, 6, 7, years old," Scott told UDaily, adding: "It's Taylor doing what she likes to do."
Meanwhile, mum, Andrea, said she always gave her daughter the option of Plan B, but conceded there was only ever path for Taylor.
"There would always be an escape hatch into normal life if she decided this wasn't something she had to pursue," she told Entertainment Weekly in 2008. "And of course that's like saying to her, 'If you want to stop breathing, that's cool.' "
Fast forward 17 years, and Taylor is officially one of the most successful singers on the planet. She is also bigger than the recent Oasis mania despite the Gallagher brothers selling out shows across the UK and the rest of the world for their current reunion tour.
While excitement is still fever pitch for the band, after Oasis' gigs in Cardiff and Manchester, data has found that the American songstress still has the bigger pulling power. According to stats, Taylor's 2024 Eras Tour proved to be more popular than the upcoming Oasis gigs.
Fans' total searches for Taylor Swift were one and a half times the number of views compared to Oasis. The findings were compiled by comparing ticket sales from the week of each respective act's general on-sale date.
And according to viagogo, they found that the Shake It Off songstress could have filled Wembley Stadium nine times more than Oasis based on global page views alone.
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