Taylor Swift repeatedly broke away from the song she was singing onstage on Saturday to yell at a security guard – who was allegedly being a ‘pain in the a**’ to audience members all night.
The pop star, 33, shouted at the guard – who was seen waving his hands at an excited young fan in new footage – during her Eras Tour performance of Bad Blood at the Lincoln Financial Field stadium in Philadelphia.
Fans realized her outburst was provoked by the way a security guard was treating a female fan, and internet sleuths now believe they’ve cracked the mystery and found the exact moment that caused Taylor to intervene.
According to witnesses, the targeted girl in the crowd was simply jumping up and down before the killjoy guard tried to stop her – causing the pop star to shout at him.
After receiving the public shaming from Taylor, the guard was ushered out by other members of security, concertgoers claimed.
Taylor’s irate moment was captured on camera, and she pulled away from the lyrics twice to bellow: ‘Hey, stop!’ over the edge of the stage, adding: ‘She wasn’t doing anything!’
Intervention: Taylor Swift repeatedly broke away from the song she was singing onstage Saturday to seemingly yell at a security guard in the audience
Fans believe they have cracked the code and found the moment the security guard (circled, bottom center, wearing a hat) – who was shouted at by Swift – rushes over to stop fans from jumping near the barrier
Taylor’s fans, who witnessed the ordeal, said that the girls were simply jumping when they were apprehended. They claim that the guard was then taken away by security himself
A new frame-by-frame clip shows a security guard, wearing glasses and a hat, rushing over to a group of fans jumping at the barrier.
The footage suggests he then raised his arms to move the girls from the metal railing. It’s at this point Taylor begins shouting in their direction.
The Taylor Swift fan who recorded the moment added: ‘Also for everyone’s reference – the same security guard had been giving those girls trouble all night if they got close to barricade.’
One witness, who claimed that security on her side were also being aggressive, said: ‘Taylor was yelling at a security guard because they fully kept putting their hands on us to physically push us off of the barricade instead of just telling us to move.
‘We weren’t throwing anything, we weren’t screaming anything insane, she was fully coming over to dance and sing with us and it resulted in security being extremely aggressive for no reason.’
The witness told DailyMail.com that the ordeal that made Taylor break from her singing happened on the other side of the stage from where she were – but the security were acting similar ‘on both sides.’
‘Every time Taylor came over to us they would scream at us to get away,’ she said.
Briana Layfield, who caught the moment on camera and was standing near the guard who was shouted at, wrote online: ‘Hey Taylor Swift, THANK YOU from all of us on the floor for putting that security guard in his place.
‘He was a PITA (pain in the a**) the whole night and the fact that this happened during Bad Blood makes it even better.’
She added: ‘One security guy in particular was nitpicky the entire night. If your toes touched the metal barricade you got screamed at. Total overkill.’
‘She wasn’t doing anything!’: Based on what she was shouting, it appeared as though her outburst was provoked by the way a security guard was treating a female fan
Taylor Swift is seen moments before she was forced to break away from her song and shout at a security guard because of they way they were treating a fan in the audience
Captured from another angle, Taylor can be seen reaching out to the crowd and shouting at the security for an unknown reason
The incident sent fans into a tizzy on Twitter, where one exclaimed: ‘I could watch this over and over. Taylor defending fans makes me so happy!!’
Another fan, whose Twitter bio included the phrase: ‘seeing taylor may 12 & 14,’ wrote: ‘security was really strict about keeping aisles clear during the show yesterday so i wouldn’t be surprised if she was yelling at security.’
Still another confessed: ‘i literally got scared when I was witnessing it on a random grainy 144p livestream on tiktok like what was happening.’
‘I would hate to be the security guy that got in trouble with her,’ quipped one, to which another Twitter user chimed in: ‘immediately fired for sure.’
Another wrote: ‘someone said she was yelling at a security for being too aggressive with a fan? the “stop, she wasn’t doing anything” makes sense then. if that’s true I think it is SO SWEET of her to be this attentive and defensive over the fans.’
And another said: ‘Oh that security guard messed up big time. Like REALLY messed up. she had to go back and really yell into her microphone for them to stop.
‘Do you know how much you have to mess up for taylor swift to do that in the middle of a song.’
Taylor’s stint in Philadelphia previously hit the headlines Friday night when she brought her rumored boyfriend Matty Healy onstage to open the concert.
Matty, a bad boy English rocker who used to be addicted to heroin, took the mic dressed in a skeleton suit and accompanied himself on the guitar.
At another point in the show, an eagle-eyed fan caught a glimpse of Matty in the crowd and took a brief video that was then posted to Twitter.
Frenzy: The incident sent fans into a tizzy on Twitter, where one exclaimed: ‘I could watch this over and over,’ adding: ‘Taylor defending fans makes me so happy!!’
There he is: Taylor’s stint in Philadelphia previously hit the headlines Friday night when she brought her rumored boyfriend Matty Healy onstage to open the concert
As seen Friday: The 33-year-old pop star is whirling through her Eras Tour , which is currently in Philadelphia for three shows over Mother’s Day weekend
Standing near Matty in the audience was Taylor’s longtime pal Blake Lively, as well as another woman who appeared to be Sabrina Carpenter.
Matty’s appearance at Taylor’s show comes one day after they were caught ‘kissing’ and holding hands while on a romantic date in New York City on Thursday, May 11.
They were reportedly enjoying a double date at the celeb hot spot Casa Cipriani with Taylor’s songwriting collaborator Jack Antonoff and his fiancée Margaret Qualley.
Taylor is said to be on the rebound after the collapse of her romance with the smoldering British actor Joe Alwyn, whom she dated for six years.
Healy has been supporting the Anti-Hero singer at recent stops on her Eras Tour, which kicked off in March.
For their Thursday night date in the city, Swift looked elegant in a yellow sundress and wore her blonde hair in a low bun.
She was spotted strolling into the venue with a glass of wine in one hand while the other was seemingly interlocked with Healy’s.
The pop rocker looked effortlessly cool in all black and with a pair of sunglasses on his head of curly brown hair.
Page Six’s insider said that Swift, Healy, Antanoff and Qualley were all attending a banquette at the high-end hotel.
Quick-change: Taylor has been using her tour as an opportunity to twirl through a string of ultra-glitzy ensembles
Taylor Swift and Matty Healy were caught ‘kissing’ and holding hands while on a romantic date in New York City on Thursday (pictured)
Double date: The hot new couple were on a double date with Swift’s collaborator Jack Antonoff and his fiancee Margaret Qualley at Casa Cipriani, as captured by a fan on social media
Gussied up: For their Thursday night date in the city, Swift looked elegant in a yellow sundress and wore her blonde hair in a low bun
It comes shortly after her split from boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn; the former couple seen in 2019
The outing comes days after Healy was spotted clapping and gyrating while attending the most recent gig in Taylor’s Eras Tour.
As per video captured by a Swift fan, the musician was dancing to her 2014 hit Shake It Off at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
Other ‘Swifties’ went wild as they spotted him wearing a T-shirt featuring the cover of her 1989 album, which he had been seen sporting in previous years.
Earlier this week, DailyMail.com exclusively obtained the first photos of Swift and Healy together in wake of the romance rumors.
The rumored couple were pictured arriving to Taylor’s condo at 12:30AM on Sunday morning following her Eras concert in Nashville, Tennessee.
They sat beside each other in the back of their chauffeured vehicle, where Matty was still wearing the same bracelet he sported earlier that evening while attending her concert alongside members of Taylor’s girl squad, Gigi Hadid and Lily Aldridge.
It was first reported last week that Matty and Taylor had planned to debut their romance by her bringing him up on stage to perform several songs at her Nashville shows.
Matty did perform during Saturday’s show with Taylor’s opening act but remained in the audience during the Mean singer’s stage time.
