Man buys Taylor Swift-autographed guitar at charity auction, smashes it with hammer

A antheral bought a guitar autographed by Taylor Swift for $4,000 astatine a foundation auction successful Texas, past gleefully took to it with a hammer arsenic the assemblage cheered.

The unidentified snowy-haired purchaser buyer sauntered up to the signifier aft winning his bid, collecting the instrumentality and hammer from the emcee, past started smashing. His connection was unclear and his motive unknown, but helium seemed to beryllium having amusive and looked pleased.

Man pays $3200.00 dollars for autographed Taylor Swift Guitar past smashes it to pieces with a hammer. #taylorswift

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Supporters of erstwhile President Donald Trump cackled, portion Swifties shrugged. People connected some sides of the governmental disagreement assumed the smash enactment was related to the singer’s caller endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president, but auction organizers told TMZ it had been donated earlier Swift made her announcement.

“Who wants to stake that this idiot who paid $4,000 to destruct a Taylor Swift guitar whines astir the terms of eggs,” connected societal media tweet suggested.

“How galore commemorative Trump coins bash you deliberation the feline who destroyed the $4,000 Taylor Swift guitar owns?” wondered Mike Nellis, co-organizer of White Dudes for Harris, and a erstwhile advisor to the VP. “Because it ain’t zero.”

Conservatives clapped back, saying the purchaser had each close to bash what helium wanted with the guitar.

“That sounded overmuch amended than immoderate of her music,” 1 tweet stated.

Swift had not commented by Monday evening. She is busy getting acceptable for the last limb of her Eras Tour, Billboard reported.

The auction and spectacle took spot astatine the Ellis County Wildgame Dinner, raising funds for a non-profit enactment based successful Bardwell, Texas, that supports cultivation acquisition for section youth, according to its website. It’s astir 45 miles southbound of Dallas. It was donated by a 3rd enactment and came with a certificate of authenticity, TMZ reported, noting destroying the guitar was not portion of the donor’s plan.