I Told My Daughter I Won’t Let Her Follow In Taylor Swift’s Footsteps – Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg has come out to reveal how he responded when his seven-year-old daughter told him she wants to grow up to be like Taylor Swift.

He recently had his say during a chat with the Acquired podcast, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, he immediately shut down his middle child, August Chan Zuckerberg when she raised it and told her that following in the popstar’s footsteps will not be allowed.

Mark added that he did that only to emphasize the importance of originality and authenticity in the tech sphere.

His words, “One day, my daughter. We took her to a Taylor Swift concert and she was like, ‘You know Dad, I kind of want to be like Taylor Swift when I grow up’,” Zuckerberg told podcast hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal.

I was like, ‘But you can’t. That’s not available to you’

She thought about it and she’s like, ‘Alright when I grow up I want people to want to be like August Chan Zuckerberg’. And I was like, ‘Hell yeah. Hell yeah’.”

WOW.

Taylor Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Recognized for her songwriting, musical versatility, artistic reinventions, and influence on the music industry, she is a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century.

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, is a former stockbroker for Merrill Lynch and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), is a former homemaker who previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive.

At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012, Swift won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance for “Mean”, which she performed during the ceremony.

Swift won other awards for Speak Now, including Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association (2010 and 2011), Woman of the Year by Billboard (2011), and Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music (2011 and 2012) and the Country Music Association in 2011.