Taylor Swift fans cringe as Jack Antonoff's wife Margaret Qualley asked awkward question
An "awkward" moment in which Margaret Qualley was asked about Taylor Swift 's new album has attracted attention this week. It comes following the news that her husband Jack Antonoff isn't among the producers on the record.
Earlier this week, Taylor, 35, announced her next album, the Life of a Showgirl, ahead of its release in October. She's revealed that she reunited with producers Max Martin, 54, and Karl Schuster, 40, known as Shellback, for the album.
It's understood to be Taylor's first studio album in more than a decade to not feature Jack, 41, as a producer. He's co-produced her last seven albums, and her four re-recorded albums, and has also worked with her as a songwriter.
Margaret, 30, who has been married to Jack since 2023, was asked about the upcoming album whilst promoting her new film Honey Don't (2025) yesterday. The interview with the actor has since prompted attention. It comes after Taylor sparked engagement rumours when fans saw Travis Kelce's lock screen.
Margaret's husband was brought up whilst she was on the Today show. After he was briefly mentioned earlier in the interview, host Craig Melvin, 46, later asked: "You mentioned your husband Jack of course has produced for ... with Taylor for years. Perhaps you heard that she's got a new album that's coming out. Can you tell us anything about it?"
Addressing the question, Margaret answered: "I don't know anything. But ... we'll all be excited to listen to the music." She was then seen laughing as the presenter responded: "Okay." Amid her giggling, Margaret added: "Okay."
The interaction has been described as "awkward" by some viewers, including on social media. One person wrote on X: "This is so awkward lmao." Sharing their thoughts, someone reacted to the scene: "Jesus this is so embarrassing."
Many fans came to Margaret's defence, with several saying that it had been a " weird question" to ask her. One person wrote in their response: "Why put her on the spot on something that is not her business? This is a weird question."
Another said: "Unnecessary question created an awkward moment, she doesn't care, omg they don't get it." Someone else wrote on the platform after the interview: "Even if she knew anything.. why would she say something about it?"
Jack and Taylor have been long time collaborators. He's credited with being a co-producer on her albums 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights and last year's the Tortured Poets Department. He also co-wrote songs like Look What You Made Me Do, Anti-Hero and Cruel Summer.
Max and Shellback, who have worked with Taylor on her latest album, are credited with previously co-producing Red, 1989, Reputation. They co-wrote Shake It Off, ...Ready For It? and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, among other songs.
Taylor revealed that she had reunited with Max and Shellback for the Life of a Showgirl whilst speaking about the album on the New Heights podcast. She said they hadn't worked together for around eight years prior to the project.
On an episode of the podcast released earlier this week, Taylor shared: "It's a record I made with my mentor, Max Martin, and Shellback. The three of us have made some of my favourite songs that I've ever done before."
She added: "We've never actually made an album before where it's just the three of us. There's no other collaborators. It's just the three of us making a focused album where ... I mean it felt like catching lightning in a bottle, honestly."
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