Did Taylor Swift just take a swipe at Kim Kardashian with claim that 'bullies' made her stronger?

Swift said that "an online hate campaign" brought her "lower than [she'd] ever felt"
Feud: Taylor Swift seemed to allude to her infamous row with the Kardashian-Wests
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Taylor Swift appeared to stir the flames of her infamous feud with Kim Kardashian as she looked back on their 2016 spat in a reflective essay.

The singer ruminated on the war of words in a feature for Elle UK, in which she revealed 30 things she has “learned” ahead of her 30th birthday in December.

Though she did not refer to Kardashian by name, the star alluded to an “online hate campaign” which involved someone “calling me a snake on the internet”.

In 2016, Kardashian branded Swift a “snake” after the musician was offended by lyrics in Kanye West’s track Famous, which saw the reality star’s husband rap: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b**** famous.”

Mockery: Swift played up to Kardashian's words with a 63-foot inflatable snake
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Though Swift claimed that she had never approved of the lyrics, Kardashian hit back by releasing videos of a phone conversation in which the singer appeared to discuss some other aspects of the track (though not the lyric "I made that b**** famous").

She then tweeted that it was “National Snake Day,” which prompted fans to inundate Swift with snake emojis.

In her essay, Swift recalled: “The fact that so many people jumped on board with it led me to feeling lower than I’ve ever felt in my life.”

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She went on to suggest that she had emerged victorious from the feud, as she learned “to thrive in spite of it” by seeing the funny side to the drama.

“I learned that disarming someone’s petty bullying can be as simple as learning to laugh,” she wrote.

“I can’t tell you how hard I had to keep from laughing every time my 63-foot inflatable cobra named Karyn appeared onstage in front of 60,000 screaming fans.

“It would be nice if we could get an apology from people who bully us, but maybe all we’ll ever get is the satisfaction of knowing I could survive it, and thrive in spite of it.”

Earlier this year, Kardashian suggested that the feud has fizzled out, telling Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen that she “feel[s] like we’ve all moved on.”

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