Meet Taylor Swift’s pregnant childhood best friend, Abigail Anderson Berard: The Eras Tour star dedicated the song ‘Fifteen’ to her, and she and Blake Lively just congratulated her on her baby news
- Anderson Berard and Swift’s friendship dates back to their school days – now the 34-year-old gets to hang with Gigi Hadid, Ashley Avignone and Hailee Steinfeld, and support her friend at the Grammys
- Unlike her superstar friend, however, Anderson Berard has a very normal job handling mergers and acquisitions for a business software firm – and is starting a family
Swifties may already be familiar with Anderson Berard, who has been by her bestie’s side for years as they grew up together with one in the spotlight and the other cheering on from the sidelines.
Here’s what we know about Taylor Swift’s long-time BFF:
What does Abigail Anderson Berard do for work?
According to her LinkedIn profile, Anderson Berard is the chief of staff of corporate development at Celero Commerce, a business management software company located just outside of Nashville. She’s primarily engaged in mergers and acquisitions for the firm.
Before that, the former University of Kansas student was vice-president of communications at veterans organisation Patriot Angels.
Anderson Berard also has an athletic streak. Per People, she used to be a competitive swimmer at senior school and university. “She wanted to be a swimmer and go off on a college scholarship for swimming and I wanted to be a singer,” Swift told Oprah Winfrey in 2009. “Now she’s off at Kansas on a swimming scholarship and I’m singing.”