Wrestler Jeff Jarrett shares Taylor Swift performed private concert for dying wife

Autumn Hawkins

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Taylor Swift proves that she has a heart of gold.

Professional Jeff Jarrett recently shared with TMZ Sports that Swift performed a three-hour concert back in 2006 for his wife while she was dying of cancer. 

“It was Christmas of 2006. My first wife [Jill Gregory] was really ill with breast cancer. She passed away about five months after this, so she was really ill,” Jarrett said.

Jarrett's daughters were the ones who requested that Swift sing. The popstar was close to the family and would often babysit his daughters at the time.

“The girls wanted her to sing and play,” he continued, noting that Swift had to “actually run back home” to grab her guitar. 

“She kind of bonded with the family, specifically with the girls,” Jarrett said.

Even after Gregory died the following year, Swift maintained her relationship with the family.

“What a very cool relationship that developed. When my wife passed away, Taylor would come around, and was really good with the girls.”

Jeff Jarrett wants Travis Kelce in the WWE

Now, Swift's good deed is coming full circle as the WWE Hall of Famer wants the singer's fiancé to join the WWE.

"I think he can make a lot of noise," Jarrett said of Travis. "Him and his brother are showmen at heart. You can tell it's in their DNA."

Jarrett is still in touch with Swift's father, Scott Swift, and congratulated the couple on their engagement. 

"It’s very cool to see this side of Taylor,” he said. “She’s early 30s, and I can just see little kids running around when Scott and Andrea have grandbabies. It’s really cool to see the evolution of her not of her professional career, but her personal life.”

The couple announced their engagement after two years of dating on Aug. 26 via a joint post on Instagram.

"Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the caption read.

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Autumn Hawkins

Autumn Hawkins is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A New Jersey native, she got her start in media working in broadcast for WPRI, FOX Entertainment and the CW Providence as an entertainment producer and coordinator. She later held the role of National R&B and Hip-Hop editor for Beasley Media. More of Autumn's work can be found across OK! Magazine, Compulsive Magazine, Lowkey R&B and on-air with Beyond The Record.