Why Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez Are the Ultimate Besties!

Is Taylor Swift protective of Selena Gomez?
"Yea, absolutely," the singer said in a new interview with Australia's 2Day FM Breakfast Show on Monday morning.
Swift, 24, explained that while she is protective, she also realizes that everyone has to make their own decisions -- including Gomez, 22.
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"I think that one thing about learning to be the best friend you can possibly be is knowing when you have to let people figure things out on their own... and I do trust her," explained the "Out Of The Woods" songstress.
She continued, "I think she has good judgement, she's going to do amazing things with her life... she's incredibly intelligent. People — it would scare them if they knew how smart she is."

Selena also confirms that Taylor truly believes in her and her intelligence. She told the ladies of The Talk about a recent fireside chat regarding business and relationships the two besties had.
“[Taylor] just kind of looked at me and was like, ‘Selena, if you're the smartest person in the room, I think you're going to be in the wrong room,'" Gomez remembered. "She thinks I should constantly surround myself with people who are going to make me better, that are going to challenge and motive me. It kind of stuck to me. I want to surround myself with those people.”