Taylor Swift Was Criticized By This Talk Show Host For Inviting Die-Hard Fans Into Her House

Highlights

• Taylor Swift’s fan listening parties, held at her homes and hotel room, raised concerns among talk show host Graham Norton due to security risks.
• Norton jokingly expressed his disapproval of Swift’s decision, and another guest advised her to say no to Norton’s question about whether the parties were alright.
• Swift found her fans’ reactions to the listening parties, including claims of dying from extreme joy, hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing.

Since Taylor Swift writes highly quotable lyrics and pens many catchy songs, she has a staggering amount of fans. Not only does Swift have many fans, but her followers also care deeply about her, to say the very least. After all, Swift’s most passionate fans care about everything from how she keeps getting rich to how the pop star got her teeth fixed.

Since Swift’s fan following makes her one of the biggest music stars in the world, the best talk show hosts love to talk to her. However, one talk show host called Swift out because they thought the pop star made a huge mistake with her fans.

Graham Norton Called Out Taylor Swift For How She Treated Her Fans

One of the reasons that Taylor Swift is among the biggest pop stars of all time is her impressive staying power. Even though many of her peers seem to disappear in months, if not weeks, Swift has been popular for more than a decade, and she isn’t going anywhere. Due to Swift’s longevity, one of the best talk show hosts of all time was able to call her out in 2014.

When the original version of her album “1989” was released, Swift went over the pond to appear on The Graham Norton Show. During the resulting conversation, Swift was questioned about something incredibly unique she did as she prepared to release her hit album.

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Since Swift was already incredibly successful by 2014, she owned multiple houses at that time. As she prepared to release “1989”, she invited a select group of her biggest fans to secret listening parties she held at her homes in Los Angeles, New York, Rhode Island, and Nashville. Swift also invited a select group of her fans to her London hotel room for another listening party.

After news of the secret listening parties got out, there was a lot of interest in what those experiences were like for fans. Unsurprisingly, many of the Swifties who were chosen to attend the listening parties took to social media to discuss their experiences.

However, in October 2014, a writer for Cosmopolitan named Anna Silman interviewed a Swiftie named Meg Arriaga who attended a listening party. In Silman’s resulting article, she was able to give readers a full picture of what it was like to attend a listening party.

During Silman’s article, the topic of security guards being there for the listening party only came up once. While that is stunning enough, according to what Silman wrote about what Arriaga told her, the security team was very friendly to Swift’s fans at the listening party.

“And we start going up and up, and eventually we stop, and security gives us a briefing and they said, ‘Make sure you treat it like your best friend’s house and just have fun.’”

Throughout Swift’s time in the public eye, she has been the victim of a staggering number of stalking incidents. Given that, it seems shocking that Swift opened the doors of her many homes to so many fans in a short period.

With that in mind, it makes sense that when Graham Norton asked the pop star about her fan listening parties, the host expressed his concern for Swift.

“I just think Taylor, you know, not to sound like worst-case scenario Andrea, but, it sounds like a terrible idea. The worst idea.”

After making that comment, Norton asked Swift, “Was it alright?” If Swift wanted to express that things went great, she failed in the seconds immediately following Norton’s question.

Instead of instantly saying she was happy fans came to her houses and enjoyed the experience, Swift seemed to hesitate. After saying the word, “So…” in a loaded way, Swift prepared to describe what the listening parties were like. However, because of the way Swift said, “So…”, Norton’s audience started laughing, and the host jokingly tried to express her inner monologue.

On top of Norton presuming Swift’s decision to have fans come to her house was a mistake, one of the show’s other guests chimed in as well. Monty Python legend John Cleese jokingly advised Swift that she could just say no to Norton’s question, “Was it alright?” At that point, the host was done giving Swift a hard time, so Norton remarked about how the pop star seemed to enjoy the listening parties.

“No, you had fun. You liked it.”

Taylor Swift Thought The Fan Reactions To Her Listening Parties Were Hilarious

After Taylor Swift was able to talk about her listening parties during her Graham Norton interview, it became clear she enjoyed her experiences. On top of that, Swift left Norton’s audience laughing when she revealed how she chose the fans who attended by stalking them online. However, it was Swift who was left laughing hysterically when she heard one of her fan’s reactions to a listening party.

When Norton began talking about Swift’s listening parties again, he brought up what a fan wrote about their experience online. Mainly, Norton expressed his opinion that “It is borderline confusing whether they had a good time or not.”

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Since it seems safe to assume that Swift’s fans would be overjoyed to be at the listening parties, Norton explained what he meant. As Norton read part of what Swift’s fans wrote about her experience, he pointed out a theme. According to what Swift’s fans wrote, they were so excited by the experience that they died.

When Norton read quotes about Swift’s fans dying from extreme joy, the pop star began laughing very hard. In fact, Swift laughed so hard that she repeatedly used her hand to cover her mouth. Swift also interrupted Norton to explain why she found what her fans wrote to be so hilarious.

“I love them so much because they always talk about dying. They’re like, ‘Rest in peace me. R.I.P. me. I died. Dead.’ These are amazing. Oh my God. Those were so funny, I think I’m going to die. I’m just going to die right here. Just dead.”

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