{"id":212818,"date":"2025-12-23T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/taylor-swift-donates-1m-to-american-heart-association-after-dads-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:58:16","slug":"taylor-swift-donates-1m-to-american-heart-association-after-dads-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/taylor-swift-donates-1m-to-american-heart-association-after-dads-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Donates $1M to American Heart Association After Dad\u2019s Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> has donated six figures to the American Heart Association after dad <strong>Scott Swift<\/strong>\u2019s surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.heart.org\/news\/taylor-swift-honors-her-father-with-1-million-gift-to-the-american-heart-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> on Tuesday, December 12, that Taylor\u2019s personal donation of $1 million was made in an effort \u201cto advance ongoing scientific research, stronger prevention and treatment efforts, and expanded access to life\u2011saving care for every community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaylor Swift\u2019s remarkable generosity will create lasting change far beyond its financial value,\u201d <strong>Nancy Brown<\/strong>, chief executive officer of the American Heart Association, said in the release. \u201cHer family\u2019s experience with cardiovascular disease is all too common, affecting nearly half of American adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued, \u201cHer commitment to supporting her father will make so many others aware of the need to take their own heart health seriously, strengthen prevention efforts, and improve controllable risk factors\u2014ultimately helping more people live longer, healthier lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-gives-update-on-dad-scott-swift-after-heart-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-gives-update-on-dad-scott-swift-after-heart-surgery\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Taylor Swift Gives Update on Dad Scott Swift After His Quintuple Bypass Surgery<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift is offering insight into dad Scott Swift\u2019s health after his heart surgery. \u201cHe\u2019s doing so great,\u201d Swift, 35, said during an appearance on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cMorning Mash Up\u201d Monday, October 6. \u201cBy his own accord, he\u2019s actually at 150 percent now. So he\u2019s definitely got too much energy. He\u2019s doing amazing. I\u2019m so happy. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brown pointed out that Taylor, 36, has \u201clong been associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-throws-up-taylor-swifts-iconic-hand-heart-after-td\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the symbol of heart hands<\/a>,\u201d a gesture she is known for making during performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the American Heart Association, we proudly use that same gesture to honor all who have been affected \u2014 our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, spouses and so many others. My hope is that together we can raise our collective heart hands and drive meaningful change against this disease, shaping a healthier future for generations to come,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed in July that Scott, 73, was in recovery after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swifts-dad-scott-swift-undergoes-heart-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undergoing a heart procedure<\/a> the month before. Taylor and her brother, <strong>Austin Swift<\/strong>, as well as her mom, <strong>Andrea Swift<\/strong>, were supporting Scott amid his health journey and surgery, which happened after a routine-check up, TMZ reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The next month, Taylor opened up about the surgery during an appearance on fianc\u00e9 <strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong>\u2019s \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad had an interesting summer. He actually had a quintuple bypass surgery and that\u2019s a really intense surgery,\u201d she told Travis, 36, and brother <strong>Jason Kelce<\/strong> during the August episode.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-gives-update-about-her-parents-health-on-new-heights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">things happened \u201creally fast,\u201d<\/a> explaining that Scott had typically had a \u201cperfect EKG\u201d in his physicals through the years. After undergoing a resting stress test, however, doctors found that Scott had five blockages and he was advised to get the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Doctors said], \u2018We gotta do this tomorrow. We don\u2019t know how you walked in here,\u2019\u201d Taylor recalled, noting that the whole family was by Scott\u2019s side. \u201cWe moved in with him for the whole summer pretty much. [He couldn\u2019t] really walk on [his] own. We had a harness for my dad, just walking dad on his harness. He was, like, the loveliest patient ever. He kept saying thank you over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In October, Taylor shared that Scott is \u201cdoing so great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy his own accord, he\u2019s actually at 150 percent now. So he\u2019s definitely got too much energy. He\u2019s doing amazing. I\u2019m so happy,\u201d she said during an appearance on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cMorning Mash Up\u201d at the time. \u201cTo contextualize this, my dad had a quintuple bypass surgery over the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest part of our summer was, as a family, just taking care of him and getting him back to his old self,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe had amazing medical care and help. The doctors and nurses that I\u2019m going to be forever grateful for. It recontextualizes to you what matters, honestly. It really does. Thank you for mentioning that because it reminds me how lucky I am that he pulled through.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-donates-1m-to-american-heart-association-after-dads-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has donated six figures to the American Heart Association after dad Scott Swift\u2019s surgery. The American Heart Association shared in a press release on Tuesday, December 12, that Taylor\u2019s personal donation of $1 million was made in an effort \u201cto advance ongoing scientific research, stronger prevention and treatment efforts, and expanded access to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}