Taylor Swift’s Security Sacked For Taking Photos With The Singer

A security guard who went viral after being caught singing along at a Taylor Swift performance claims he was dismissed by the company for which he worked.

Calvin Denker could be seen singing Cruel Summer with Swift at one of her gigs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, around the end of June.

However, he has recently informed TikTok followers that he was sacked by BEST, the company for which he was working.

While the company had no problem with his singing, his supervisors were upset because he had sent out notes to audience members requesting them to send him any images or footage that showed him in front of the singer while she was on stage behind him.

“Long story short, I was fired for it,” Mr Denker told his followers in a video posted on social media. “My former security company said that they had a rule against taking photos with any of their performers…

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“Every photo of me from that night was from behind the barricade like any other photo from a fan would be. I never took my own phone out. And above all else, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe and all the fans had a good time.”

He finished his message by asking followers to refrain from “sending any hate to this company… I still got to work on one of the coolest concerts ever… so that is fantastic. And I hold no grudges against my employer.”

Mr Denker released a video explaining why he sought the job and how he asked supporters for images after the video went viral.

It appears that his former employer saw this and realized he had violated their guidelines.

“So five years ago, I went to [Swift’s last tour] Reputation with my then girlfriend, now wife, who wasn’t the biggest fan of Taylor Swift at the time, so I kind of had to drag her along,” he said.

“But I got to talk to a lot of the security guards that night and learn about what positions they can work and how they get to go to a lot of these concerts and any of the sporting events in Minneapolis. And that sounded so cool to me.”

Mr Denker said Swift gigs were always the “goal” when he got the job. “When she announced her Eras tour, I was so excited and I signed up as soon as I possibly could.”

He was “amazed” by Swift’s first Minneapolis gig because the “fans were so loud and Taylor was phenomenal.”

However, he explained: “I wasn’t allowed to turn my back to the crowd and really watch Taylor perform… After night one, I was realising how close Taylor Swift was getting to me so I really wanted to get a photo to document it.

“I handed out these little pieces of paper that said I wasn’t allowed to have my phone out but if Taylor Swift comes right behind me, please take a photo of me and text it to my number.

“I handed this out to a couple of people in the front row for night two, and they were really kind and really sweet about it.”