On Sunday Taylor Swift seemed to be filmed being escorted to her fiancé Travis Kelce’s NFL recreation behind a conveyable wall, leaving followers perplexed at such secrecy.
Whereas some theorised Swift may very well be hiding a child bump; making one among her secretive entrances like at her exhibits; or just wished to keep away from outshining her future husband’s large second at Arrowhead Stadium – now it’s claimed this was a bullet-proof protecting defend.
This reported precaution on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs vs Philadelphia Eagles recreation comes amid worries over gun violence following the assasination of Charlie Kirk, sources say.
‘If somebody goes to do a tit-for-tat for Charlie Kirk, Taylor is a fairly logical selection,’ the insider advised the Every day Mail, who reported Swift was behind the display screen.
They added: ‘They used the display screen to maintain her secure. They’ve used that display screen earlier than, however normally it’s for the President or somebody like that, not a celeb. However this was a bizarre week.’
MAGA spokesperson Kirk was fatally shot by a gunman final Wednesday whereas chatting with college students at Utah Valley College.
Kirk, a conservative influencer who based Turning Level USA, has beforehand made feedback about Swift, together with his controversial hope that Kelce might ‘de-radicalise’ her and that she ought to ‘submit’ to her future husband.
Swift is reportedly involved about stalkers and hate mail from extremist teams, which got here after she endorsed Kamala Harris within the 2024 presidential run in opposition to Donald Trump.
‘Taylor had considerations as a result of she has obtained hate mail from the identical varieties of utmost teams,’ one other supply advised the publication.
‘Charlie’s homicide, and the weirdness together with her stalkers, is why she is going to take critical measures to extend her safety and solely a core group of individuals know what her schedule is.
‘She was focused by far-right extremist teams after going in opposition to Trump [by endorsing Kamala Harris] and there are official considerations about a few of the threats which were made. They aren’t taking any possibilities.’
Swift’s homes have been focused by quite a few stalkers through the years.
In 2023 Mitchell Taebel, 37, was arrested after exhibiting up exterior her Nashville dwelling and charged with intimidation, harassment, stalking by threatening critical harm or loss of life and invasion of privateness.
He claimed that he was the Getaway Automobile singer’s ‘soulmate’, and left a string of regarding photos and messages for her and her group, in addition to her dad.
In 2024, an alleged stalker – seen at Swift’s New York Metropolis residence a reported 30 occasions – was arrested after attempting to interrupt in.
In 2021, Patrick Nissen, then 28, was arrested within the vestibule of her New York Metropolis residence constructing and was charged with a misdemeanour for second-degree legal trespassing after being present in her constructing with out permission.
The identical yr, a person, then aged 52, was arrested after making an attempt to enter Taylor’s Manhattan dwelling, claiming to police that he had spoken to the star on Instagram.
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