‘Hey, Stop! Stop!’: Taylor Swift Goes Off-Script To Scold Security During Show

Pop superstar Taylor Swift stopped in the middle of a performance on Saturday to scold security guards that she believed were being too aggressive with her fans.

Swift was in the middle of her second show of three at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field when security began forcibly removing fans who were climbing on barricades during the show – and she apparently felt that they were being too rough with her audience.

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🚨| Longer video of Taylor trying to stop a situation from further arising between security and some fans at tonight’s show during Bad Blood

“Hey stop. He wasn’t doing anything. HEY! STOP!”

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— The Eras Tour (@tswifterastour) May 14, 2023

Swift was in the process of performing her hit song “Bad Blood” when she suddenly stopped singing and pointed off stage, shouting, “She’s fine. She wasn’t doing anything. Hey, stop! Stop!”

Swift continued to point and shout at the security guards, saying, “Stop!”

One concertgoer tweeted about the experience, saying that the guards in question had been “putting their hands on us to physically push us off of the barricade instead of just telling us to move” — which was what reportedly caused Swift to react in the way that she did.

At the previous night’s show, Swift had given a shout out to two VIPs — the two oldest children of friends Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The “Gossip Girl” alum was on hand at the show with daughter James (8) and Inez (6) in tow.

“Hi James, hi Nezzy,” Swift mouthed in their direction at one point, waving at them on several occasions throughout the show.

Lively and Swift are so close that the actress’ kids reportedly view the singer as an aunt – and according to Reynolds, until very recently they believed Swift just liked to sing “as a hobby.”

“They just thought Taylor’s just like an aunt, like a friend of Mommy and Daddy that’s very, very close, almost family,” Reynolds said during an interview last fall. “And then they went to a concert one day and were like, ‘Ohhhhh, this isn’t a hobby.'”

‘They Do Not Expect This Lull To Last’: Reporter Bill Melugin Says Border Crossings Will ‘Crank Back Up’

Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said Sunday that Customs and Border Patrol agents did not expect a brief lull in the mass border crossings to be a permanent development.

Melugin said that although there had been a precipitous drop in crossings in the days since Title 42 — a Trump-era policy that allowed deportations based on the ongoing public health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic — agents believe that once focus is diverted elsewhere, the numbers will begin to climb again.

“Illegal crossings in Texas have fallen off a cliff in the last 48 hours since T42 expiration. After a peak of 3,300 on 5/8 in the RGV earlier this week — under 500 in RGV last 24 hours. El Paso big drop too,” Melugin tweeted, attributing the sudden drop to the fact that they were seeing “more enforcement from MX, TX blocking entry, and migrants going to POEs.”

CBP contacts tell me they do not expect this lull to last. They expect numbers to crank back up again – but not to the record setting levels we saw this week of 10,000+ per day.

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 14, 2023

“CBP contacts tell me they do not expect this lull to last. They expect numbers to crank back up again — but not to the record setting levels we saw this week of 10,000+ per day,” Melugin continued.

Despite the rapid and dramatic drop in numbers of illegal crossings since Title 42 was allowed to expire, Melugin also reported that an Afghan national who was on the FBI’s terror watch list was among those who did cross the border illegally on Wednesday.

“Per multiple CBP sources, Border Patrol agents in San Diego sector arrested an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist after he crossed illegally w/ group of migrants near Otay Mesa, CA on Wednesday. I’m told FBI confirmed the match, & is leading investigation,” Melugin tweeted.

I have reached out to CBP for comment, they tell me they will get back to me.
CA Congressman @DarrellIssa represents the area, and tells me his office has confirmed the arrest with their CBP contact. He released the following statement in response. pic.twitter.com/Gs5TIdfFk6

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 14, 2023

Melugin went on to share a statement from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) who said, “Biden’s open borders aren’t just a gateway to five million illegals, record human and child trafficking, and the deadliest drug crisis in out history. Biden’s reckless policy is also an open invitation to even the most wanted terrorists in the world to come to America.”

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