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Scooter Braun<\/a> is talking about Taylor Swift on a podcast<\/a> again. On Thursday, the former music manager appeared on Danielle Robay\u2019s Question Everything, where he followed the titular instructions and questioned whether Swift\u2019s \u201cVigilante Shit\u201d<\/a> was really about him and his ex-wife, Yael Cohen.<\/p>\n The song, which came out in 2022, describes Swift giving an enemy\u2019s wife all the fodder necessary for her to get everything in a divorce. Given Swift\u2019s habit of writing plainly autobiographical lyrics, people assumed that \u201cVigilante Shit\u201d had a literal, one-to-one translation to her real life. Some Swifties wondered if it was Cohen<\/a>, while others pegged Kim Kardashian and Kanye West<\/a> as more likely inspiration.<\/p>\n After reciting some of the lyrics from the Midnights track \u2014 \u201cShe needed cold, hard proof, so I gave her some \/ She had the envelope, where you think she got it from? \/ Now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride \/ Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife\u201d \u2014 Robay asked Braun if he ever bought into the theory that the song was about Braun\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, because I talk to Yael every day. My ex-wife is one of my best friends, so me and my ex-wife laugh about that stuff,\u201d Braun said. \u201cWe don\u2019t even call each other ex. That\u2019s, like, my partner. That\u2019s the mother of my children.\u201d<\/p>\n Braun said that Cohen is \u201cmy family for life\u201d and that he got a post-divorce finger tattoo that reads \u201csame team\u201d in honor of their relationship. \u201cShe and I are \u2018same team\u2019 for life \u2014 it\u2019s what we say about each other,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo, no, I never thought [the song] was about us, [Cohen] never thought it was about us, and everyone else kind of feeding into the fire? Great strategy move.\u201d I guess he\u2019s talking about a great strategy move on Swift\u2019s part? Once a manager, always a manager.<\/p>\n In the run-up to Midnights\u2019s release, Swift said she had been inspired by \u201cfantasizing about revenge<\/a>\u201d while writing the album. Ultimately, it does seem like this song is the result of her making up a scenario in her head.<\/p>\n Now that we\u2019ve cleared that up, I\u2019m issuing a decree to all of the faux-introspective hustle-culture podcasts that keep inviting Braun to their studios: You must stop asking him about Taylor Swift. Both you, the podcasters, and Scooter Braun need to come up with some new material. Until then, I must ask you to stop putting a microphone in front of this man.<\/p>\n Stay in touch.<\/p>\n Get the Cut newsletter delivered daily<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n