Taylor Swift to take N.J. teenwith cancer to CMAs

Photos by Kevin McGuire via Facebook and WireImage

Singer Taylor Swift invited Kevin McGuire, of New Jersey, to be her date at the upcoming Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. McGuire, who is battling leukemia, had sought to take Swift to his high school prom. The singer couldn't make the prom, but came up with a better idea. "I was shocked," McGuire siad.

A cancer-stricken New Jersey teen who yearned to take Taylor Swift to his high school prom has scored a dream date to a far more glamorous soiree.

Swift couldnt make Kevin McGuires prom, so she did him one better: She asked him out to the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Obviously, I said yes, McGuire, 18, told the Cherry Hill Courier-Post from his bed at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia.

The award ceremony on April 1 is a lot better than the senior prom, added McGuire, whos battling leukemia.

McGuire has his older sister to thank for setting up the date with one of the planets most eligible bachelorettes.

Victoria McGuire set up a Facebook page T! aylor Sw ift take KEVIN MCGUIRE TO PROM designed to grab Swifts attention. The page went viral, and on Friday, Swift responded.

Kevin, I'm so sorry but I won't be able to make it to your prom, the singer wrote on Facebook.

But I was wondering, the (Academy of Country Music) Awards are coming upWould you be my date? Love, Taylor.

The offer left McGuire speechless.

I was shocked, he said. I cant believe it actually happened.

McGuire, a football star from Stratford, is battling leukemia for the second time. First diagnosed at the age of 13, McGuire was deemed cancer free in 2010, but he recently had a relapse.

Having this happen makes me feel a lot better, he said.

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