As the Game of Thrones star, 27, navigates the international custody battle of her two young children, who she wants to raise in her native England, her superstar pal, 33, did her best to keep her mind off the drama.
While enjoying their second public dinner out together last week, a source told Page Six that Swift hosted the actress ‘over to her place’ for a girls’ night in’ on Friday.
Their time together appears to be keeping her ‘in good spirits’ despite the collapse of their four-year marriage.
Besties: Taylor Swift has provided Sophie Turner the perfect shoulder to lean on during her bitter divorce from estranged husband Joe Jonas (seen on Tuesday)
Swift, who briefly dated Jonas briefly in 2008 when they were both just teenagers, and Turner had dinner at the luxury Hotel Barriere Fouquet with several other friends.
While the 12-time Grammy winner did not share any photos from their night out, she has a reputation for throwing fabulous shindigs over the years, from epic Fourth of July parties to a New Year’s Eve costume party.
Two evenings earlier, Taylor and Sophie partied until 2AM as they grabbed a low-key dinner at Via Carota restaurant.
The blonde duo also enjoyed ‘martinis and caviar bumps’ at the trendy celeb haunt Temple Bar.
A source told People that it ‘cheered [Sophie] up’ and that she enjoyed the normalcy of it all.
‘They were normal. Completely normal. Everyone was all excited, but they were normal,’ an insider recalled, adding: ‘Sophie seemed to be enjoying the night.’
Another continued: ‘Taylor is a great friend — Sophie can talk to her about anything. It cheered Sophie up to spend time with Taylor.’
While it is unclear how long they’ve been close, the pair have been friendly since meeting on the Graham Norton show in 2019.
Supportive: As the Game of Thrones star, 27, navigates the international custody battle of her two young children, who she wants to raise in her native England, her superstar pal, 33, did her best to keep her mind off the drama; pictured in 2022
Friends: While it is unclear how long they’ve been close, the pair have been friendly since meeting on the Graham Norton show in 2019
A few months after first connecting, she told Extra that they were ‘friends’ and that Swift is ‘She’s a really sweet girl.’
Last week, Jonas accused his estranged wife of ‘lying’ in her filing and clarified that their ‘children were not abducted,’ after she petitioned to have them return to the UK.
Sophie filed documents in US District Court for New York to petition for ‘the return of children to England.’
Jonas had previously filed for divorce from the actress earlier this month.
The couple, who married in 2019, share daughters Willa and D.J., one.
Hostess with the mostest: While the 12-time Grammy winner did not share any photos from their night out, she has a reputation for throwing fabulous shindigs over the years, from epic Fourth of July parties to a New Year’s Eve costume party (seen in 2015 with supermodels Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Martha Hunt)
Her place: Swift seen with friends in 2015 at her townhouse in Tribeca
In documents seen by DailyMail.com, Turner made the claim that Jonas had refused to return the children’s passports, effectively preventing them from traveling back to the UK.
In the filing, she says the exes met on September 17 to discuss a previously planned trip to the UK with her children set for September 20, but Jonas allegedly would not turn over the passports or send the children to the UK on his own.
‘Based on the Father’s express statements that he will not return the children to England and will not return the children’s passports to the Mother, on September 20, 2023, the Mother has submitted her Hague Convention Application for Return to the Central Authority for England & Wales seeking the return of the children to England,’ the filing read.
She added that the move to the UK was not unexpected, as the couple had allegedly planned to spend an extended amount of time there in the near future.
According to Turner, she and the children expected to accompany Jonas on his US tour with the Jonas Brothers, and then when it wrapped up the entire family had planned to travel to the UK and to live at a rented property near her parents’ home.
She claimed that the move was a prelude to a full-time life in the UK, and that the couple had agreed to move their children there as their oldest Willa prepared to begin attending school.
At odds: In documents seen by DailyMail.com, Turner made the claim that Jonas had refused to return the children’s passports, effectively preventing them from traveling back to the UK (seen in March 2023)
In the filing, she says the exes met on September 17 to discuss a previously planned trip to the UK with her children set for September 20, but Jonas allegedly would not turn over the passports or send the children to the UK on his own; seen in 2022
The X-Men actress alleged that she and Jonas toured properties from December 2022 until July of this year, when they discovered a ‘beautiful country property’ in Oxfordshire and they ‘both agreed they would purchase the property for the family’s permanent home.’
They allegedly signed a contract for the property in July and planned to finalize the sale in December of this year.
Last year, Turner and Jonas put their Miami mansion on the market after previously buying it for $11 million.
They sold the property in August at a profit for $15 million, only after they slashed the asking price by $2 million, suggesting they may have been trying to unload it quickly.
In her filing, Turner also disputed Jonas’ claim in his divorce filing that their children had resided in Florida for six months, which would make it easier for a court in that state to decide custody matters.
She appears to allege that a fight on August 15 was a major precipitating event for their separation, and afterward the couple had agreed ‘with some hesitation’ to have the children travel to the US to accompany their father on tour, as Jonas was able to care for them during the day on dates when he was scheduled to perform.
The X-Men actress alleged that she and Jonas toured properties from December 2022 until July of this year, when they discovered a ‘beautiful country property’ in Oxfordshire and they ‘both agreed they would purchase the property for the family’s permanent home’
While Jonas was on tour with his brothers, Sophie was engaged filming the new series Joan in the UK, which would have significantly impacted her ability to care for the children during the limited period that she was on set.
Unlike Jonas’ tour, which would presumably allow him some free time when he wasn’t on stage or in rehearsals, Turner would likely have had little free time while working, as film and television productions often keep actors working for long hours each day on tight schedules.
According to TMZ, the musician allegedly realized his marriage was finished after catching Turner ‘saying and/or doing something’ that irked him on their security camera.
Early reports focused on Jonas’ alleged devotion to their children after parenting them on his own for a short period of time, but critics subsequently defended Turner, pointing out that her work required her husband to share some of the burden for a limited period, and that Jonas should not have been praised for fulfilling his parental obligations.
