Taylor Swift, couldn't mask her excitement when she met John Mayer at the Metropolitan Costume Institute Gala , PEOPLE reports.

Taylor Swift Hot For John Mayer

"I was star struck by the fact that he came up and introduced himself to me," Swift said. "I was like freaking out!"

"I just respect him so much, I was rattling off quotes that he said in his blog, and he was probably like thinking that I'm a stalker," she laughed. "But he was amazing and sweet."

"I was like, 'what, you know my name?'" said Taylor. "I'm such a fan of his writing and everything so it was really cool to get to meet one of my heroes."

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