Taylor Swift wears T-shirts, as one of her lyrics famously declares, but did she wear one opposing former President Donald Trump? That’s what some social media users are claiming.
A Feb. 7 Facebook post shows a photo of pop star Swift wearing a blue T-shirt that says, “NOPE Not again.” The “O” in “nope” was stylized with a blond swoop of hair and a red necktie that mimicked Trump’s likeness.
Text above the photo read, “Taylor Swift is worth $1.31 Billion and has over 600,000,000 followers on social media. I hope that they get her message!”
Another Facebook post shared the same image and text.
(Screengrab from Facebook)
These posts were flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.)
But as Swift sings, “fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.”
A reverse-image search using TinEye revealed the original photo, taken at the 2019 Time100 Gala in New York City. In that photo, Swift wore a pink and yellow dress.
This is not the first time images have been altered to falsely represent the political stances Swift has taken. We’ve also fact-checked images that claimed to show Swift holding flags that said Trump won the 2020 election.
On occasion, Swift has commented on political issues. Last fall, she encouraged her U.S. fans to register to vote, and ahead of the 2020 election, she endorsed President Joe Biden. Swift has not yet weighed in on the 2024 race.
We rate the claim that a photo shows Swift wearing an anti-Trump T-shirt Pants on Fire!
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The photo was altered. In the original 2019 photo Swift wore a pink and yellow dress.
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Facebook post (archived), Feb. 7, 2024
Facebook post (archived), Feb. 8, 2024
Reverse-image search using Tineye, Feb. 12, 2024
Getty Images, "Taylor Swift attends the 2019 Time 100 Gala in New York City," April 23, 2019
PolitiFact, "Taylor Swift was not holding a ‘Trump won’ flag at the Grammys; it’s an altered photo," Feb. 7, 2024
PolitiFact, "Altered photo shows Taylor Swift holding a 'Trump won' flag," Feb. 2, 2024
PolitiFact, "What could a Taylor Swift endorsement mean for voter turnout in the 2024 election?," Feb. 2, 2024
Lead Stories, "Fact Check: Photos Of Taylor Swift In Anti-Trump T-Shirt Are NOT Real -- 2019 News Photo Was Doctored To Sell Shirts," Feb. 5, 2024
Check Your Fact, "FACT CHECK: No, Image Does Not Show Taylor Swift Wearing An Anti-Trump Shirt," Jan. 24, 2024
Agence France-Presse, "Photo of Taylor Swift in anti-Trump shirt is doctored | Fact Check," Jan. 19, 2024
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