Taylor Swift steps in to defend fan from ‘aggressive’ security guard at concert

Taylor Swift had to step in to help a fan at her Philadelphia concert over the weekend.

During her performance of Bad Blood, she had to stop singing to resolve a situation with a security guard. 

In a viral clip, the singer could be seen calling out the security guard for how they handled a concertgoer in the middle of the show. 

Swift can be heard saying, "She's fine," as she pointed to the crowd, then broke her performance to say, "She wasn't doing anything. Hey, stop! Stop." 

Afterward, Swift waited by the side of the stage until the situation calmed down before returning to her performance.

People magazine reported that the exact reason for the disruption remains unclear, but one concert-goer claimed on Twitter that security "kept putting their hands on us to physically push us off of the barricade instead of just telling us to move." 

The Twitter user alleged that security was "extremely aggressive" to attendees by the barricades despite them being well-behaved and not "throwing anything" or "screaming anything insane."

The viral clip also caught the attention of TikTok user Caitlin Gabell, who claimed she was the concert-goer Swift appeared to be defending and claimed the security guard had been "harassing" her and her group. 

Gabell shared her story on social media and said, "It wasn't this big crazy thing, it was just a bunch of girls having a good time, and he didn't want us to have fun."

Elsewhere, Swift was caught on video appearing to mouth the words "This is about you, you know who you are. I love you" during her performance. 

Fans exchanged theories that it could have even for the singer's rumoured new beau, The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, who was spotted in the crowd. 

The Daily Mail reported Healy grinned when Swift mouthed the words on stage, and fan theories reached an all-time high when one pointed out Healy said the exact same words at his May 3 concert in the Philippines.

News of the rumoured couple's romance made headlines this week when a source told the Sun the two are ready to go public with their romance. 

"She and Matty are madly in love," the source claimed. "It's super-early days, but it feels right. They first dated, very briefly, almost 10 years ago, but timings just didn't work out."