Louise Thompson controversially declared ‘I am NOT a swifty’ on Instagram on Thursday as she shared memories of herself enjoying the last European date of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour – leading her followers to write: ‘It’s sickening’.
The Eras Tour is the highest-grossing tour of all time, and its European leg ended on Tuesday with billionaire songstress Taylor, 34, returning to Wembley Stadium for five more shows.
Louise, 34, shared photos of herself at the star-studded final concert also attended by Frankie Bridge and Laura Whitmore.
She wrote a lengthy caption for her 1.5million followers, detailing the highlights of the night and what she admires about Taylor, despite not considering herself a fan.
Louise began: ‘Controversial statement – I am NOT a swifty ‼️’
Louise Thompson, 34, controversially declared ‘I am NOT a swifty’ on Instagram on Thursday as she shared photos of herself enjoying last European date of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour
The Eras Tour is the highest-grossing tour of all time, and its European leg ended on Tuesday with billionaire songstress Taylor, 34, returning to Wembley Stadium for five more shows
Louise shared photos of herself at the star-studded final concert also attended by Frankie Bridge and Laura Whitmore (pictured)
She continued: ‘However, I was invited to be a swifty for one night, and one night only (the final night of her European eras tour I might add) and I found myself unable to say no.
‘I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I couldn’t miss out on the spectacle that has been branded ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE across social media over the entire Summer! I guess it felt like a hot ticket to one of the biggest parties of the year?
‘Things I liked about it:
‘- When I walked into the stadium I was WOWED to see 90k VvvvVvv very happy people cheering and jumping and I instantly got goosebumps. I seem to get goosebumps a lot these days. Life is treating me well.
‘- The iconic Florence and the machine joined in on one of her songs and I LOVE Florence. The last time I saw her live in concert was when I was a student at Edinburgh uni so it felt V nostalgic.
‘- Taylor is a powerful woman and we can all learn something from powerful women.
‘- A couple got engaged right behind us and I cried because it was so adorable and innocent.
‘- Ryan went the night before and gave me these bracelets when he snuck into our bed after 10pm. I took them with me and wore them with pride. I really felt like I was part of the community.
Louise wore a lovely red dress with white detailing to the event
She wrote a lengthy caption for her 1.5million followers, detailing the highlights of the night and what she admires about Taylor, despite not considering herself a fan
At the end of her carousel, Louise shared a sweet photo of her son rocking her Taylor Swift bracelets in bed with her partner
‘- The most beautiful family of 3 were sat in the seats in front of us and the joy that it brought them being at that concert as a little family brought me a hella lotta joy. It was pure magic
‘- She certainly draws in a wholesome wholesome wholesome crowd which is delightful in itself.
‘- She’s a very skilled musician and song writer
‘- She’s very fit, in both senses of the word
‘How did you lot find it?
‘I wish I’d known some of the lyrics to sing along. It made me realise I don’t listen to nearly enough radio or pop music. Spotify and YouTube have such a good way (genius algorithm) of serving up things I already really enjoy and that tends to be fairly limited to french rap, hip hop, house, classical or calming jazz.’
Despite Louise positive takeaways, fans could not hide their frustration, thinking about the thousands of Swifties that did not have the privilege of being invited.
They wrote: ‘As much as I love you Louise, this is not a flex so many young girls are devastated about not being able to go and openly admitting you’re not a fan is a little insensitive:/’;
‘Sick of the amount of influencers on here being gifted tickets and feeling “forced” to go. Just give them up to any of the 100,000 people who would’ve loved to have gone. Charity, sick kids I don’t know! It’s sickening’;
Louise happily posed for a selfie with a friend
Despite Louise positive takeaways, fans could not hide their frustration, thinking about the thousands of Swifties that did not have the privilege of being invited
Jumping to Louise’s defence, one fan declared: ‘The world has gone mad’
‘I’m a fan and found it really sad that so many celebs and influencers were invited by brands when they are not fans. Imagine all the people that wanted to go and didn’t have the opportunity or money. Sorry but this post is very entitled’;
‘The amount of young girls who would have gave their life to go to this concert and you’ve just openly said you’re not a swiftie but went anyway. I do really like you and your page, but this is just sad’;
‘Unfollowed. This isn’t a flex, so many girls would have done anything to be able to go. Not really something to brag about’;
‘I’m really sad this ticket wasn’t given to a true fan. Your comments are sad. Your photos more about your make up and dress . I don’t mean to make you sad but think again in future please’;
‘I love you Louise but your post just screams privilege! You were gifted the tickets, your tone is very patronising like you’re somewhat better than listening to “pop songs on the radio”’;
‘I’m not a Taylor Swift fan, but if I heard that I couldn’t get tickets to see my favourite band because of people be gifted tickets for no reason I would be p****d!’;
‘You should have donated your obviously free ticket to a young fan and their family that knew all the words to every song instead of a brand or ad sending you.’
But, one fan wrote: ‘The world has gone mad that you’re getting hate for this. Pleased to hear you enjoyed it! I myself once went to Disney on ice with my partner after getting free tickets, not a huge Disney fan but enjoyed it nonetheless. Shame on me for not giving my ticket away.’
