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Teen country music superstar Taylor Swift and new teen heart throb Taylor Lautner (of the Twilight film series fame…or his six-pack abs fame) have been rumoured to be dating one another ever since celebrity blogger/shameless self-promoter Perez Hilton mused about his two favourite Taylors hooking up back in the summer.  Come October, the blogosphere was all a-twitter with images and footage of the pair seen together at various events, caught in revealing romantic embraces.

And then this past weekend, Taylor performed double duty on Saturday Night Live, hosting as well as playing musical guest.  Not only did she diss her former Disney boy-toy Joe Jonas on national television, she practically confirmed our suspicions with a coy wink, wave and kiss to the camera mouthing “Hi Taylor!” in her “Musical Monologue”.

[In my opinion, she’s moving up.  She may as well had been singing “Ha ha ha!” about her new fling, rather than about hosting SNL while Joe Jonas watches from his dressing room at Disney studios at the age of 20.  Well, that too.]

If this pair wasn’t a match made in heaven, it was definitely one made in publicity nirvana.

Ever since the much discussed Kanyeterruption at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift’s name has definitely saturated the media, but the public seems to love her for her sweet and naïve attitude.  And with the insane tween frenzy over the vampiric trilogy (and the cougarrific love for Lautner’s body…or as I shall henceforth refer to as “Taut-Laut”), Taylor Lautner’s star power will only be boosted by this sickeningly innocent teen romance.

If anything, sharing the same first name with each other will make it incredibly easy for the public to refer to them.  No need to butcher the names their parents so lovingly provided for them (sorry, Brangelina).

I doubt that this pair will last as “only friends” much longer.  Any longer, and this is approaching Hilary Duff/Joel Madden territory.  It’s much too obvious – make it public already!