Joe
Alwyn commented on girlfriend Taylor Swift receiving an honorary doctorate
“Conversations
with Friends” star Joe Alwyn, gushed over his girlfriend, Taylor Swift,
receiving an honorary doctorate from New York University.
“It’s
an incredible honor, it’s absolutely amazing,” Alwyn, 31, told Extra of Swift’s
achievement, as she accepted the Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa degree at
the university’s commencement ceremony Wednesday.
“Wearing
a cap and gown for the very first time – see you soon NYU,” the Grammy winner
shared to Instagram hours before arriving at Yankee Stadium for the ceremony.
Donning
a black cap and purple gown, the “All Too Well” singer waved at the Bronx crowd
as she walked across the field and up on stage.
“I
would like to thank NYU for making me, technically, on paper at least, a
doctor,” Swift quipped during her speech.
Swift
spoke during NYU’s 2022 commencement ceremony.
“Not
the type of doctor you would want around in case of an emergency, unless your
specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy
hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section, or if your emergency was that
you needed a person who can name over 50 breeds of cats in one minute.”
NYU
lauded Swift as “one of the most prolific and celebrated artists of her
generation” in a March press release.
Due
to the pandemic, the ceremony recognized the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The
actor has been dating Swift since 2016, dodging questions surrounding their
rumored engagement just last month.
The
couple is rumored to be engaged.
“If I had a pound for every time I think I’ve
been told I’ve been engaged, then I’d have a lot of pound coins,” he told WSJ
Magazine in April.
“I
mean, the truth is, if the answer was yes, I wouldn’t say, and if the answer
was no, I wouldn’t say.”
