A man bought a guitar signed by Taylor Swift for $4,000 at a charity auction in Texas, then gleefully took it with a hammer as the crowd cheered.
The unidentified snow-haired buyer sauntered up to the stage after winning his bid, retrieved the instrument and gavel from the emcee, then began smashing it. His message was unclear and his motive unknown, but he seemed to be having fun and looked happy.
@jdcobb58 One pays $3200.00 dollars for the signed Taylor Swift guitar and then smashes it with a hammer. #taylorswift
Supporters of former President Donald Trump cackled, while Swifties shrugged. People on both sides of the political divide assumed the murder was related the singer’s recently approved vice president Kamala Harris for president, but auctioneers told TMZ it had been donated before Swift made her announcement.
“Who wants to bet that this idiot who paid $4,000 to destroy a Taylor Swift guitar whining about the price of eggs,” suggested the tweet on social media.
“How many Trump commemorative coin do you think the guy who destroyed Taylor Swift’s $4,000 guitar?” asked Mike Nellis, co-organizer of White Dudes for Harris, and a former adviser to the VP. “Because it’s not zero.”
Conservatives clapped back, saying the buyer had every right to do whatever he wanted with the guitar.
“To sounded much better than any of her music“, one tweet read.
Swift had not commented as of Monday night. That’s her busy getting ready for the final leg of her Eras Tourreported Billboard.
The auction and spectacle took place at the Ellis County Wildgame Dinner, raising money for a nonprofit organization based in Bardwell, Texas, that supports agricultural education for local youth, according to its website. It is about 45 miles south of Dallas. It was donated by a third party and came with a certificate of authenticity, TMZ reported, which noted that destroying the guitar was not part of the donor’s plan.