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It was an Alexander McQueen suit jacket and Hall said he had been trying it on for the last three weeks.

“I legit COULD NOT BREATHE when I saw the gift,” he said. “I will be wearing this to every event I go to for the next year thanx to my BFF/Fairy Godmother.”

He posted a series of photos of himself and Swift and the cinna-stix she made. Swift even spelled out in icing, “Todrick loves cinna-stix. I [heart] Todrick.\"

Hall first met Swift backstage at one of her tour stops in 2015 after he made a viral mash-up video singing her songs. He appeared in the video for her hit song \"Look What You Made Me Do.\"

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