Two Arrested After Targeting Taylor Swift's Private Jet Ahead of London Eras Tour Concerts
Climate activists were reportedly targeting Taylor Swift with their latest publicity stunt, which resulted in multiple arrests on Thursday, June 20.
According to the AP, two women were arrested "on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure" after using a circular saw to bypass a fence alongside a private area of London Stansted Airport, as seen in a video posted to Instagram by environmental group Just Stop Oil.
One of the two women, whom the organization identified as 28-year-old Jennifer Kowalski and 22-year-old Cole Macdonald, carried what looked like a fire extinguisher, which had been refilled with orange paint that was sprayed across at least two different private jets.
They seemed to be hoping to catch the "Mastermind" singer's plane in the crossfire, as they specifically called out Stansted as being "where Taylor Swift's jet is parked" as they "demand[ed] an emergency treaty to end fossil fuels by 2030."
They also uploaded the video to their Instagram Story, where they namedropped her one again, writing, "Sorry @taylorswift 😘."
Swift is often at the forefront of the conversation when it comes to celebrity private jet use and previously sparked an ethical debate when her plane's every movement was posted by an Instagram account dedicated to its whereabouts.
Unfortunately for Just Stop Oil, Essex police later confirmed that Swift's jet was not present at the time of the incident, which comes a day before the Eras Tour resumes at London's Wembley Stadium. The day prior, Just Stop Oil came under fire when they vandalized Stonehenge with the same orange paint.
The move comes not long after another group went viral for going after King Charles, vandalizing his first official royal portrait as king less than a month after it was unveiled. Animal rights activist group Animal Rising covered up the monarch's face with an image of Wallace from the cartoon series Wallace and Gromit, adding a blurb of text in the middle of his chest that read, "No cheese, Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms!"—referencing alleged cruelty at farms certified by a British charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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