The filmmaker points out that there were clearly plenty of people who didnвЂ™t think Swift was too thin back in the mid-2010s. And every woman will see themselves in that sequence. But I love how sheвЂ™s kind of thinking out loud about it. вЂњThatвЂ™s one of my favorite sequences of the film,вЂќ she says. Wilson, the director, is proud of Swift for taking up the subject with such candor. вЂњBut in the context of every other thing that I was doing or not doing in my life, I think it makes senseвЂќ to have it in the film, she says.

вЂњI think IвЂ™ve never really wanted to talk about that before, and IвЂ™m pretty uncomfortable talking about it now,вЂќ she says quietly.

You register that enough times, and you just start to accommodate everything towards praise and punishment, including your own body.вЂќ Usually we have to make alterations to the dresses, but we can take them right off the runway and put them on you!вЂ™ And I looked at that as a pat on the head. And then IвЂ™d walk into a photo shoot and be in the dressing room and somebody who worked at a magazine would say, вЂOh, wow, this is so amazing that you can fit into the sample sizes. So I just registered that as a punishment. вЂњAnd the headline was like вЂPregnant at 18?вЂ™ And it was because I had worn something that made my lower stomach look not flat. вЂњI remember how, when I was 18, that was the first time I was on the cover of a magazine,вЂќ she says. In the quiet of a hotel suite, she goes into greater detail on how formative an effect that one early tabloid torpedo had on her. If I was given a punishment, I registered that as bad.вЂќ And my relationship with food was exactly the same psychology that I applied to everything else in my life: If I was given a pat on the head, I registered that as good. IвЂ™m not as articulate as I should be about this topic because there are so many people who could talk about it in a better way. вЂњBut the way that Lana (Wilson, the filmвЂ™s director) tells the story, it really makes sense. вЂњI didnвЂ™t know if I was going to feel comfortable with talking about body image and talking about the stuff IвЂ™ve gone through in terms of how unhealthy thatвЂ™s been for me - my relationship with food and all that over the years,вЂќ she tells Variety. Swift elaborated on what sheвЂ™s gone through with that in her interview with VarietyВ for this weekвЂ™s cover story, saying that it was difficult for her to speak up about it for the documentary. In one of the most revealing and surprising segments of the Netflix film, Swift talks for several minutes about having struggled in the past with an eating disorder.ДЄfter being pictured facing a phalanx of photographers after she emerges from her front door, Swift is heard in voiceover saying that вЂњitвЂ™s not good for me to see pictures of myself every day.вЂќ Although she says вЂњitвЂ™s only happened a few times, and IвЂ™m not in any way proud of it,вЂќ Swift admits there have been times in the past when sheвЂ™s seen вЂњa picture of me where I feel like I looked like my tummy was too big, orвЂ¦ someone said that I looked pregnant вЂ¦ and thatвЂ™ll just trigger me to just starve a little bit - just stop eating.вЂќ It bothers me.вЂќДЄs it turns out, it eventually bothered Swift, too. One of the less nasty remarks: вЂњSheвЂ™s too skinny. In the new Taylor Swift documentary, вЂњ Miss Americana,вЂќ which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Thursday night, thereвЂ™s a montage of derogatory commentary about the singer that has appeared on cable shows over the years.

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