Taylor Swift vowed to leave Elon Musk’s “toxic app X,” during the final moments of her Eras tour, calling him “rich, talented but heartless and immoral.”
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Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour" on Dec. 6, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP)
No, Taylor Swift didn’t end her Eras Tour by insulting Elon Musk
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A Google search yielded no news reports about Taylor Swift mentioning Elon Musk during her final concerts.
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Swift ended her nearly two-year-long Eras Tour by saying, "I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date," Rolling Stone reported.
Taylor Swift finished her nearly two-year-long, $2 billion-grossing Eras Tour on Dec. 8 in Vancouver, British Columbia. But the singer-songwriter didn’t insult X owner Elon Musk during her final show, despite claims made on social media.
"Taylor Swift unleashes fury on Elon Musk during final moments of Eras Tour in Toronto, vowing to leave his ‘toxic’ app X, accusing him of being ‘Rich, talented but heartless and immoral," a Dec. 9 Facebook post said.
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The caption includes a link to a Dec. 9 blog post on a site called Stamps Info Center with the same headline. The website has other fake celebrity news, including a story PolitiFact rated false that Mike Tyson knocked out Jake Paul during their November boxing match.
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Swift didn’t end her tour in Toronto, where she played in November; she followed with three December shows in Vancouver. We searched Google and found no credible news reports about Swift mentioning Musk during her final shows.
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We did find that Swift closed her tour by saying, "I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date," Rolling Stone reported.
Swift still has an active X account, on which she last posted Nov. 16 about a vinyl record, compact disc and book drop.
We rate the claim that Swift vowed to leave Musk’s "toxic app X," during the final moments of her Eras tour, calling him "rich, talented but heartless and immoral," False.
Our Sources
The New York Times, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Grand Total: A Record $2 Billion, Dec. 9, 2024
Facebook post (archived), Dec. 9, 2024
Stamps Info Center, ALLEGEDLY: Taylor Swift unleashes fury on Elon Musk during final moments of Eras tour in Toronto, vowing to leave his ‘toxic’ app X, accusing him of being "Rich, talented but heartless and immoral., Dec. 9, 2024
Stamps Info Center, Mike Tyson Destroys Jake Paul in a Blazing 40-Second Knockout, Shocking Fans in Unforgettable Clash, Nov. 15, 2024
PolitiFact, Jake Paul, not Mike Tyson, won their boxing match in full rounds, Nov. 18, 2024
Taylor Swift, International Dates, Aug, 8, 2024
Rolling Stone, A final bow: Everything that happened at Taylor Swift’s emotional last Eras show, Dec. 9, 2024
Taylor Swift X account, accessed Dec. 11, 2024
X post, Nov. 16, 2024
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