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It looks like the bad blood between Taylor Swift and a certain industry figure isn’t being settled anytime soon. Swifties had taken to social media today after HYBE-America CEO and former artist manager Scooter Braun joked about a recent party thrown by Swift, 34.
Last weekend, Swift threw a party at her Rhode Island beach house upon her return to the U.S. from the European leg of her Eras Tour. In attendance at the party were many of Swift’s celebrity friends, including Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and of course, Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce.
JUNE 10: Scooter Braun attends FXX, FX and Hulu’s Season 2 Red Carpet Premiere Of “Dave” at The Greek Theatre on June 10, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The industry mogul once again has found himself in trouble with the Swifties.
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Braun, 43, caught wind of the party, and shared a post from TMZ‘s reporting of the event on his Instagram Story. Under the shared post, Braun wrote “How was I not invited to this?!?”
Scooter Braun shared that he watched the ‘Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood’ documentary and then reposted a news story about the singer’s birthday bash for Blake Lively:
“How was I not invited to this?!? #laughalittle” pic.twitter.com/iVYNGPLpDA
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 28, 2024
The industry mogul made an enemy of the Swifties back in 2019, after he purchased Big Machine Records from the label’s founder, Scott Borchetta. Braun’s purchase included the master recordings from Swift’s first six albums, and Swift claimed Braun wouldn’t sell the masters back to her unless she signed an iron-clad non-disclosure agreement.
So as one could imagine, Braun’s little jokey joke didn’t go over well with the Swifties.
“Stay away from Taylor you stupid obsessed freak,” said one fan on X (formerly Twitter), who included a gif of Jenna Ortega shooting Sabrina Carpenter in the latter’s video for her song, “Taste.”
Another fan accused Braun of “rage baiting,” noting that Braun also shared that he “finally watched” the buzzy Max docuseries Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun: Bad Blood, detailing their public feud.
Swifties are continuously warning Braun to keep the pop star’s name out of his mouth, — and off of his social channels — sharing a screenshot of his former artist Demi Lovato’s comments on an unrelated Instagram post, “GET A JOB” and “STAY AWAY FROM HER.”
And perhaps these are the most printable comments sent Braun’s way, as many Swifties have also sent him some F-bombs.
While Swift recently put rumors of an alleged feud between her and Charli XCX earlier this week, it doesn’t look like she’ll speak fondly of Braun in the near future.