Fans of Taylor Swift have been shocked after it emerged that a contractor for the controversial Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) was in attendance at her wedding.

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It appears that Steven J. Demetriou, the Executive Chair of a company called Amentum Services was also among the crowd gathered to see the happy couple say ‘I do.’

Amentum Services is currently the sole contractor for ICE’s Camp East Montana, a detention centre in El Paso.

The artist has faced swift backlash for her choice of guests, including online commenters who have shared their dismay on social media.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I dated a swiftie a few years back.

One of the most clueless individuals I've ever met. Stanned both Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj then turned around and called herself a leftist.

Fans are fucking dumb.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 10 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I'm old.

What does Stanned mean?

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

A stan is a hardcore fan. Stanned is the verb of that expression

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

backed or vouched for, from a parasocial standpoint.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

mega fan, from the Eminem f/t Dido song Stan about an obsessive fan.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 2 points 2 hours ago

Ooooooh.

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

https://youtu.be/gOMhN-hfMtY

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

"Sickened"

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I saw an article about how fans were excited that they were giving out leftover food from MSG... Here I'll just find the quote:

With more than 1,000 guests in attendance, there was naturally plenty of food. A Krispy Kreme truck carrying doughnuts was seen leaving the venue, along with boxes from Sweet Baby Ray's, the barbecue sauce brand, and Butterball (known for its turkey products).

She's a fucking billionaire, and her wedding food is all (likely free) product endorsement, brand name bullshit.

Zero class. Zero taste.

Article: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/taylor-swift-food-swifties-wild-172713270.html

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 hours ago

It's free stuff, fuck it.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I dont know, I got world class food at my wedding and had snacks of goujons, sandwiches, chips walked throughout at midnight. Dimmer was probably unreal

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

OK, but...

One moment at the ceremony has sparked outrage after Girls star Lena Dunham reportedly left fellow attendees shocked.

According to Daily Mail, her speech described football as ‘just straight guys reenacting gay porn.’

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

I love Lena so much.

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 hours ago

To the swifty: there's nothing wrong with liking an artist, and there's also nothing wrong with liking an artist's music. You can also like the idea of someone, whether or not that idea is accurate. It's hotly debated, but I believe these things can also exist independently of each other, and it's important to recognize they are different.

It is important to recognize that the public figure of Taylor Swift is a business enterprise that is different from the person, the idea, and the music. It is important to recognize that the same enterprise, much like other celebrity enterprises, maintain teams of full-time staff for topics like PR, upon which the entire enterprise is dependent.

They do things that seem good the economically optimal amount to maximize the ROI on those things. If Taylor Swift the person gave a shit about the stuff the enterprise claims she does, she wouldn't have $1,000,000,000

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You mean the Woman who Printed thirty DIFFERENT copies of her Expensive albums so her Fans would HAVE to get ALL of Them despite the ONLY difference being the album Color isn't a Good Person? I'm SHOCKED!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Why do they have to buy all of them

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Why would you buy it 30 times just to get a different color? Was that in any way shape or form common for fans?

[–] isles@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Have these fans no agency?

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

Not really

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 33 points 23 hours ago

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 249 points 1 day ago (54 children)

Taylor Swift is a billionaire. Those who had the illusion that a billionaire can be anything other than a disgusting member of the unelected ruling elite just got a reality check.

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 164 points 1 day ago (10 children)

"followers of billionaire shocked to find out billionaires act like billionaires, don't care about fans opinions"

You CANNOT be a billionaire AND a good person. The two are not compatible. If you were a truly good and decent person who cares about others, you WOULDN'T BE A BILLIONAIRE

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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago (10 children)

She's an evil billionaire. No billionaires are good people

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[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL people were still worshipping celebrities after Covid

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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

The artist has faced swift backlash...

Writer just couldn't resist, could they?

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