A security guard working Taylor Swift’s concert will have to ‘shake it off’ after he lost his job following a concert at the Minnesota Vikings stadium in Minneapolis.
The security guard, who works as a full-time software engineer, was fired by his company after a video surfaced of him asking fans to take his picture while standing near Taylor Swift.
Calvin Decker – who said he applied to work at the ‘Eras Tour’ so he could attend the show without buying a ticket – alleged he was sacked by Best Crowd Management for handing out notes to fans, asking them to take his picture with Taylor.
From the report:
Being security, Denker would have to keep his back turned to the superstar. So he had an idea. Denker handed pieces of papers to the crowd on the night two.
“Hi, I’m not allowed to use my phone at any point tonight. Can you please take a photo of me with Taylor Swift behind me and text it to my phone number? Thank you so much, and enjoy the show,” the small signs said.
“I was under the impression that what I was doing was a by-the-books way to handle this and get some memories from the night, but HR didn’t really see it that way,” Denker said.
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He explained on TikTok: “After night one, I was realizing how close Taylor Swift was getting to me, so I really wanted to get a photo to document it. So I handed down these little pieces of paper that said I wasn’t allowed to have my phone out, but if Taylor Swift comes right behind me, please take a photo of me and text it to my number. And I handed this out to a couple of people in the front row for night two and they were really kind and really sweet about it.
“Beyond that, the HR woman who called me wasn’t able to articulate exactly what I did wrong, because I didn’t do anything beyond asking for photos, which is what happens at any other concert, with the only exception being that I made sure I got any that I was included in. Every photo of me from that night was from behind the barricade like any other photo from a fan would be. I never took my own phone out. And above all else, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe and all the fans had a good time. As long as I was at that concert, I was doing my job.
“A couple of managers talked to me just to make sure that I wouldn’t be making any videos, but a lot of them were really cool and willing to give me a second chance.”
In the end, it did not matter as he would be fired.
Decker originally went viral after a fan posted a video of him singing along to ‘Cruel Summer’ during a June show at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
As for Taylor, she went viral as well when she once again turned down the NFL for a chance to perform at the Super Bowl this coming February in Las Vegas. It was reportedly her second time turning that opportunity. When you make as much money as she does while touring, performing for free would benefit her at all.
