Swifties bash Taylor Swift’s ‘lack of empathy’ following her statement on Vienna terror plot

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she finally addressed the foiled terror plot targeting her Eras Tour concert in Vienna.In her Wednesday statement, Swift never directly addressed the 200,000 stranded fans who were out thousands of dollars. “I think her statement is absolutely ridiculous and completely lacks empathy,” said Erica Vuitton of Kips Bay, who paid $1,200 for the hotel and $4,500 for the flight to the doomed shows. “She is not the big-hearted fan-loving performer she pretends to be.

It’s sad that the rose-tinted Taylor glasses were ripped off.”The pop star’s Instagram statement came two weeks after the terror threat was revealed by Austrian police on Aug.

7. “Having our Vienna shows canceled was devastating,” she wrote.“The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.” In the post, Swift, 34, also explained her silence.“Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows,” she wrote.Jessica Smith, 33, of Colorado, said she didn’t approve of the wording the songstress used when addressing her disappointed fans.“The phrase, ‘Let me be clear,’ felt like an attack for us,” said Smith, who paid $4,500 in total for her trip to Vienna with her husband, Luke. “We, the fans, were also scared for our safety and went through a lot of emotions and just wanted some sign that she cared.

Instead, we got silenced and then basically reprimanded in the statement for wanting closure. It just felt like a rushed statement to shut us up.”After the Vienna concerts to be held on Aug.