Taylor Swift Named Ambassador For New York City

On "The Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon quipped, "How could we let a woman who's not even from New York welcome people to the city?" adding in a French accent, "The Statue of Liberty said, 'I know, it's just crazy.'"

Pauline Frommer, a born-and-raised New Yorker who wrote "Frommer's EasyGuide to New York City," acknowledged that immigrants make New York great, adding, "Taylor Swift is certainly one of our most talented new arrivals." But she questioned how Swift could represent the city. "Would 'carpetbagging' be the right term here?"

Swift's representative did not respond to a request for comment. But Swift told David Letterman she was chosen to promote the city because she couldn't stop raving about New York as "the greatest place ever. I guess the city picked up on that, they're like, "She's the most enthusiastic, obnoxious person to ever love New York. She loves it with like 18 exclamation points."

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