00:00For the rich and famous and well-connected, there's a dating app out there called Raya, and it has a new user.
00:07Here with more is Mara Siegler, our senior reporter, who's on Raya that we should be talking about.
00:12So this might be people's chance to be sister-in-laws with Taylor Swift.
00:17Her brother, Austin, has been spotted on the dating app.
00:20Wow, and we're sure it's not a catfish, it's not a dupe.
00:23So the way that Raya works is you sign up through your Instagram, so they would somehow have to like...
00:28I mean, he is on Instagram. He's verified. The pictures are... We're pretty certain it's him.
00:35That's exciting. So why is he... Why don't we see him more in the public eye, you know, in this famous family?
00:40Like, this is sort of a... You know, we don't see him too often with Taylor Swift. What's his story?
00:44You know what? They're very close. He's been to a bunch of award ceremonies with her.
00:47He's been to see Travis Kelsey play.
00:50So, I mean, he's definitely around. I think he's just like people don't notice him because he's standing next to Taylor Swift.
00:56To be the brother of Taylor Swift must be so weird.
01:00Yes.
01:00And it's definitely an opportunity for Swifties to be creepy and reach out to him.
01:04Absolutely. So, he's cute. He's 33. His likes on the site are steak, racket sports, sitting and laying, which I don't know if you can put that in or if it's an option, and then emo music.
01:17Oh, wow. Okay. And some of Taylor's music is definitely emo.
01:21Yeah.
01:21Maybe the Reputation era.
01:22Someone had told me the Speak Now album. I'm not that, like, that seems like a deep cut to me. I'm not that...
01:30A little angsty, a little pop-punk-y. It's definitely part of it.
01:33Okay.
01:34And, of course, liking steak and sitting. I mean, it sounds like a perfect first date to me.
01:38Yeah. I mean, people are like, you know, everyone in the office has been very excited. They're like, I love those things. He's my soulmate.
01:44And if you get in now, you might get invited to the wedding in Rhode Island next summer.
01:50Exactly. So, now, he did date a model named Cindy Ness from 2022. They were last seen watching Travis Kelsey win the Super Bowl in 2024, that was?
02:02Yeah. 23, maybe? It wasn't last year, yeah.
02:05But, so, she also was spotted at one of Taylor Swift's Fourth of July parties. So, I mean, the family is definitely... So, Austin works with... He's part of, like, the family empire.
02:16He helped Taylor regain her masters. He worked on one of her music videos. He's very involved with her career. He's also an actor.
02:23Very cool. And let's talk about Raya a little bit. You know, this is an exclusive dating app, but we've had great stories about famous matches that maybe didn't end up going so well in the end.
02:35But we had Lily Allen and David Harbour met on Raya. Ben Affleck, back before Jennifer Lopez 2.0, Bennifer 2.0, he was spotted on Raya.
02:43And there was this amazing moment where someone thought he was a catfish.
02:46Right. And I think he FaceTimed them or he made some sort of video.
02:50He sent a video of his face and said, why did you block me? It's me, Ben Affleck.
02:55Naveen, why did you unmatch me? It's me.
02:58There's been so many. Lizzo was on it. I'm trying to remember who else. I mean, it's honestly, like, an endless list.
03:05I had written a story. I, right when Raya first came out, I wrote a story. I want to say it was Ryan Lochte, the swimmer. He was very hot then and pre-marriage.
03:14I can't remember if it was him, so if it wasn't, sorry, Ryan Lochte.
03:17But they banned me forever. I've never been able to get on there.
03:23But, you know, if you want to meet a celebrity, apparently that's the spot.
03:29And I guess it's like a little bit easier, you were saying, to get on now?
03:33Yeah, it might be. They might be loosening some of their rules.
03:36I mean, Amy Schumer met her husband back on Raya.
03:39Nick Kroll met his wife back on Raya.
03:40You know, it's definitely like a place for, you know, maybe not the A-listers of the world, but it's also gotten a lot of criticism.
03:48You know, Charlize Theron said it's full of just tech bros and everyone's a CEO on there.
03:53And I think Elle Fanning said the same.
03:56No, Dakota Fanning said the same thing, that it's just full of a lot of, like, business types.
04:01So you're getting two different worlds, I think, on there.
04:03You've got these celebrities, you know, rich and famous, but you also have the...
04:08The normies.
04:09The normies with big boy jobs, yeah.
04:12Yeah. I mean, what friends have told me is, like, there's not a lot of meeting up.
04:16But the thing is, if you're matching with Charlize Theron, I think you're going to meet up with her.
04:20Yeah, you think?
04:21And then, you know, recently Joe Jonas talked about being single and, you know, he's a single dad now since divorcing or breaking up with Sophie Turner.
04:30And he said he uses Instagram.
04:32The DMs are open for Joe Jonas.
04:33He's sliding into the DMs.
04:35Or he's open to checking his DMs.
04:38See, that would... I would not think that was real.
04:40I would rather do it on, like, a thing where I'm like, at least these people are verified.
04:44I'd be like, somebody has hacked Joe Jonas.
04:46And what does he even say?
04:47Does he even have to say something clever?
04:49He's just like...
04:50Joe Bro.
04:52Absolutely.
04:53Well, I can't wait to hear how it works out for Taylor's brother.
04:56Maybe there'll be a wedding date in the future.
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