These are Taylor Swift’s cats! Remember that time Meredith was SO not feeling the gym? Or when Olivia went claws out and destroyed some lithographs just because she could? Or when Olivia gave the whole morning a big nope? Or when Liv helped sleeping reach a whole new stage of adorable? Me neither. But MTV.com writer Amanda Bell saw all these Instagram photos and wrote those things about it.
Meredith Grey is one of Taylor's pets, a Scottish Fold cat, named after the character Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) from Taylor's favorite show Grey's Anatomy. Taylor bought Meredith on October 31, 2011. She is included in a lot of Taylor's social media posts. Meredith is the older "sister" of Olivia Benson, and her little brother is Benjamin Button. Taylor has been reported saying that 'Meredith is one of the best cats. She doesn't leave fur or fur balls and she is never aggressive or afraid of being around people.' Meredith Grey Swift is also known to be very good as a traveling companion.
Taylor has a YouTube home movie of her petting the cat, which would make a noise to get her to start again whenever she stopped. "Are you training me" she asks amused and perhaps a bit concerned. An additional YouTube video has been upload by Taylor of her having a discussion with Meredith about online voting for an award she wants to win. In addition to being the most adorable cat ever, Meredith has the ability to speak. Subtitles are provided in the video, for those who don't speak the cat language yet. She appeared on an episode of The Ellen Show showing a video clip of her cat. She appeared in a vine video which Taylor posted on twitter where Taylor is watching the Titanic movie. Taylor Swift often post photos of Meredith in Taylor's twitter account. Meredith and Olivia have several social media accounts set up by Taylor and her brother, Austin. The two sisters were even featured in an Instagram picture taken by Taylor's boyfriend at the time, Calvin Harris, which he captioned "Moment". He also posted a video of Meredith drinking water from a faucet. Meredith is seen at the beginning of the music video for Taylor's 2019 single, "ME!", alongside Olivia on a couch. In April 2021, Taylor addressed a "pressing issue" as to why Meredith had not appeared for over a year. According to her Facebook post (https://fb.watch/4YetkZrT11/), "The truth is, Meredith just HATES having her picture taken."
In June of 2014, Taylor got a new cat she named Olivia Benson after the character portrayed by Mariska Hargitay on Law & Order: SVU, one of Taylor's favorite television shows. She is the younger "sister" to Meredith Grey, and older "sister" to Benjamin Button. Like Meredith, Olivia Benson is a Scottish fold cat.
Olivia was featured in one of Taylor's Diet Coke commercials, and has also appeared in many of her Instagram videos/photos. She was a feature in Taylor's music video for "Blank Space", featured in the scenes with Taylor sitting on the bed of her mansion. She and Meredith even appeared in an Instagram photo taken by Taylor's then-boyfriend, Calvin Harris, which he captioned "Moment". On Taylor Swift's now unavailable mobile app The Swift Life, there was a collection of Taymojis featuring Olivia. Olivia is seen at the beginning of the music video for Taylor's 2019 single, "ME!", alongside Olivia Benson on a couch.
Olivia has been nominated for 3 awards.