Internet divided over guy buying a signed Taylor Swift guitar for $4,000 only to destroy it

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A man destroyed a signed Taylor Swift guitar at an auction, (Photo by ACMA2020/Getty Images for ACM)
A TikTok video of a man destroying a guitar signed by Taylor Swift had gone viral on the internet. The man reportedly spent $4000 to purchase the guitar in an auction only to smash it with a hammer. According to the Daily Dot, the video was recorded on Saturday at an event known as Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, Texas.

“It doesn’t affect Taylor Swift and he just lost $4,000 🤡😂🤣🙄,” one user tweeted.

“Taylor Swift is worth $1 billion. This doesn’t affect her. He just set $4000 on fire. He must be struggling in this economy,” said another user.

“MAGAs are, unequivocally, the biggest fools on the planet..and have no idea, lol,” declared a netizen on X.

As mentioned, a number of netizens supported the man’s behavior.

“That sounded much better than any of her music,” one user wrote.

“The best video I’ve seen all day!!” added a tweet.

“He should have gone full rock God style on that thing,” said another user.


The video of a man destroying a Taylor Swift signed guitar went viral about two weeks after the popstar openly endorsed Kamala Harris

While the video of a man smashing the Taylor Swift-signed guitar has become viral online, it is worth noting that the incident happened a little over two weeks after she endorsed Kamala Harris.

The inclination towards Harris reportedly led to a decrease in Taylor’s right-leaning fans, as reported by The Economic Times. However, her fanbase also reportedly expanded a bit after the endorsement. In the viral Instagram post, she had written:

“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I am voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them…”

Netizens also tried to come up with possible explanations that could explain the unnamed man’s action at the auction. While some opined that he only needed some fame, others believed that he was a MAGA supporter with a dislike for Taylor Swift.

As for the autographed guitar, it was put on auction, as found on the Facebook page of Ellis County Wild Game Dinner. They shared the information there along with several other items for auction.

Despite netizens speculating that the destruction of Swift’s signed guitar might be connected to the singer’s political stance, there’s no confirmation about the same as of now. Many netizens, however, opined that the amount of money spent to buy the guitar only to destroy it later could have gone to a more noble cause.