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Laura Jane Williams’ ‘Taylor Blake is a Legend’ is a hilarious and loving tale of a year 9 girl unabashedly chasing her sacred first kiss. She doesn’t want it to be with just anybody – it has to be special. To celebrate the release of the book, we’ve delved into the world of celebrity first kisses – and you’ll be pleased to know that their stories are just as awkward as all of ours growing up.
Taylor Swift
Speaking to Tiger Beat, Taylor said, “I was 15. I was one of the last of my friends to ever kiss a guy. I ended up dating him for a year. It wasn’t bad, I think it was cute.”
Nick Jonas
In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Nick revealed: “The first person I kissed was Miley Cyrus and I kissed her outside of California Pizza Kitchen in Hollywood – very romantic. I’d just had a pizza that had onions all over it, I’m sure that my breath smelt terrible.”
Zayn Malik
Zayn spilled the interesting set up of his first kiss when he spoke to Seventeen. “Mine was when I was 13. I was really short and she was really tall, so I had to put a brick against the wall and stand on it to reach her face.”
Billie Eilish
In an interview with Cosmopolitan Billie said, “Right after we kissed, he says, ‘Wow, that was really not as magical at all as I thought it was going to be.”
Ed Sheeran
“My first kiss with tongues was probably like everyone’s first kiss with tongue. I think if you watched a lot of One Tree Hill or The O.C., your first kiss with tongue would probably be on point because you’d studied it, but I hadn’t seen any of those programs. I think the first kiss I saw on TV was in a James Bond movie, where Pierce Brosnan just goes in with tongue, so yeah, it was one of them! Very awkward and wet.”
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Madison Beer
The ‘Make You Mine’ singer revealed to Young Hollywood: “It’s a random kid from Long Island. We’re at our friend’s bat mitzvah, we’re in sixth grade, 13 years old I think? I had braces, he had braces. He was chewing Bubble Yum bubble gum, I remember because I’ll never forget the taste. We were really nervous and our friends were like, ‘You should kiss.’ … I remember feeling so scared because I thought he was so cute. We went into this closet together and literally when I say kissed … he tried to stick his tongue in my mouth. I freaked out, and it also tasted so much like Bubble Yum … It was really awkward.”
Do you relate to any of these scenarios? If you’d like to get lost in a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age story ‘Taylor Blake is a Legend’ is available to buy now here.