John Legend quotes Taylor Swift to avoid Melania controversy

By Joshua Axelrod

Published July 19, 2016 9:52pm ET

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John Legend quotes Taylor Swift to avoid Melania controversy — "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative" is a quote from a Taylor Swift Twitter statement. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File) | Jack Plunkett

R&B artist John Legend had his name dragged into the controversy over Melania Trump allegedly plagiarizing part of her Monday night Republican National Convention speech, and he quoted another celebrity to get out of it.

Earlier Tuesday, RNC communications director Sean Spicer defended Melania Trump to CNN by quoting other famous people she could have plagiarized given the content of her speech.

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