Taylor Swift doesn’t seem to have any bad blood with famed restaurateur Keith McNally despite his inflammatory remarks about Israel that recently landed him in hot water.
The “I Knew You Were Trouble” singer, 33, was photographed arriving at Minetta Tavern in New York City Friday night to meet up with pal Phoebe Bridgers for dinner.
She was dressed in a brown Gucci sweater, dark grey jeans, brown chunky heels and wore her signature red lip.
McNally, 72, gushed on Instagram early Saturday that Swift “really liked” their oysters and gave a play-by-play of her visit to the French restaurant.
“She was here until around 12:15,” he captioned pictures of the Grammy winner posing with his chef and entering his establishment. “They did not want desserts.”
McNally praised Swift for taking pictures with his staff and claimed the “Cruel Summer” songstress and Bridgers, 29, were “so happy of our attention and support.”
“They said they will be back,” he added. “I think she will also be back. She really enjoyed it.”
Swift’s outing at McNally’s bistro comes a month after the British-born restaurateur was under fire for writing on social media just two days after Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel, “The More Utterly Repugnant The Facts, The Greater The Responsibility Becomes To Listen To The Other Side.”
Page Six previously reported that the controversial remark sent shockwaves throughout the hospitality industry with top names from Surf Lodge and Sixty Hotels threatening to never step foot in McNally’s businesses again.
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The well-established businessman, who also owns celeb hotspot Balthazar, issued an apology shortly after and clarified that he has “never once” in his life “recognized nor supported Hamas.”
“Like most people, all I want is peace in the Middle East,” he concluded via Instagram.
However, McNally then claimed he was a victim in the ordeal by sharing a screenshot of a call to boycott Pastis, and said he was being scrutinized for simply suggesting that people “listen” to an opposing view.
“Whatever happened to Free Speech in America?” the Pastis consultant wrote via Instagram in October.
“This is not Germany in 1938,” McNally added, referring to when Adolf Hitler silenced opposition. “Persecuting someone unjustly is a form of terrorism. Have you no sense of decency, America?”
The outspoken restaurant owner has a history of making provocative and shocking remarks.
He previously called out James Corden for allegedly being rude and once compared Adele to the Disney villain Cruella de Vil for her “hideously overdone” makeup on “Carpool Karaoke.”
Page Six has reached out to both Swift and Bridgers’ reps for comment regarding whether they were aware of McNally’s past, but we did not immediately hear back.
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