Watson's speech has generated hugely positive response despite some backlash and Swift was touched by the "poignant" way Watson explained the meaning of being a feminist.
"And when they saw their favorite actress get up in front of the UN and say what she said, I wish when I was younger, I wish when I was 12-years-old I had been able to watch a video of my favorite actress explaining in such an intellectual, beautiful, poignant way the definition of feminism.