A security guard at Taylor Swift’s viral party says he was fired

• A security guard who worked on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour says he was fired because he asked fans to take pictures of him.
• Calvin Dunker said in a Tik Tok That he lost his job because there were rules against taking pictures with the performers.
• He said he “didn’t hold any grudges” because he “did one of the most amazing concerts ever”.

security guard who It went viral on TikTok In June for singing with Taylor Swift while on duty at one of her concerts on the Eras Tour, he said he was fired after asking fans to take pictures of him in front of the singer.

Calvin Dunker, who worked stage security for Swift’s two tours in Minneapolis, said in an interview: TikTok video last week He lost his job at Best Crowd Management after his bosses discovered his scam via a TikTok he posted in June.

Fan footage of Denker singing along to Swift’s “Cruel Summer” at a show at US Bank Stadium has been viewed 2.9 million times on TikTok.

After the clip was widely circulated, Dunker identified himself in a file his tiktokWhich got 1.6 million views. In the clip, Dunker said he distributed notes to a number of party-goers in the front row asking them to send photos of him and Swift when she appeared behind him.

But in an update posted to TikTok last week, Denker said he was let go of his security job because his actions went against rules set by the company, which don’t allow employees to take pictures with performers.

“Long story in a nutshell: I got fired for it,” Dunker said, adding that the company’s “main problem” was with his admission that he had asked members of the public to send him pictures he “made my way through.”

Denker demurred as to why he was fired, saying, “Every photo of me from that night is from behind the barricade like any other from a fan. I never took out my phone.”

He added, “Above all, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe and that all the fans had a good time. As long as I was at that party, I was doing my job.”

Despite the debacle, Dunker asked his followers not to send “hate” to the company, and added that he “holds no grudge against his employer” because he “had one of the most amazing concerts ever.”

Representatives for Better Crowd Management did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In June, Denker shared how he applied for the job after speaking to the security staff who worked on Swift’s 2018 Reputation Tour at US Bank Stadium. He said he wanted to avoid paying for tickets Expensive epochs tour.

Dunker said he “wasn’t allowed to turn his back on the audience and really watch Taylor perform” which led to his unique plan to “document” his time in concert.

“After the first night, I realized how close Taylor Swift was to me,” he said in the video. “So I hand out these little pieces of paper that say I’m not allowed to take out my phone, but if Taylor Swift comes right behind me, please take a picture of me and text it to my number.”

Dunker said he didn’t pass a note to the person who posted the widely shared TikTok clip of him singing passionately, because it was actually a few rows back, but he was nonetheless “very happy to see it go viral”.