In a personal essay for Elle in 2019, Taylor Swift revealed that her mom’s breast cancer had returned. “I’ve had to learn how to handle serious illnesses in my family,” she wrote. “Both of my parents have had cancer, and my mom is now fighting her battle with it again.” Though she didn’t expound on her dad’s battle with cancer, Taylor addressed the weight of her family’s sicknesses compared to other life struggles. “I give all of my worry, stress, and prayers to real problems now,” the Grammy winner added.
One year later, Andrea was diagnosed with a brain tumor as she continued fighting breast cancer. “While she was going through treatment, they found a brain tumor,” Taylor told Variety. “And the symptoms of what a person goes through when they have a brain tumor is nothing like what we’ve ever been through with her cancer before. So it’s just been a really hard time for us as a family.” In true Taylor fashion, the songbird hasn’t divulged the details of Andrea’s health struggle. “I’d like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private,” she wrote in the initial announcement (via CBS News). However, she has chosen to stay close to her mother in the wake of everything Andrea is going through, even opting out of a World Tour in support of her 2019 album, “Lover.” Instead, Taylor put on a series of festivals in the U.S. and across Europe.
