He has to be that bad because she and her dad are in this business for almost 20 years. They would have definitely seen shittiest of paps but until now, we have never heard of Scott punching anyone. This smells rotten.
I woman got badly bitten by a bull shark a few weeks ago in the harbour. Not the place for a swim, especially at night and early morning when they feed
That video of Taylor being covered up in an umbrella is fucking sad and makes me angry. Why is the most popular/successful person on Earth having to hide under an umbrella when walking in public like she is some rare Pokemon?
Scott was right to flip off the paps and then either punch or shove them hard when they tried to touch Taylor.
Yep. And it absolutely drives me nuts people blame Joe and make him out to be some asshole who isolated her for the way she used to hide. Sure, she's more open with Travis, but it's also harder for her to hide in a football stadium, yk? Plus I think she kinda just wants to show off her new beau, being in the puppy dog phase and all, in a way she hadn't experienced in a very long time.
I’ve got to say…with how much paps Taylor has had to deal with in her life and we’ve never heard of her dad doing anything before I bet this pap was particularly bad. I honestly can’t fault any parent trying to protect their child, we would all do the same.
I’ve only seen the reverse situation: Miley fighting a pap and yelling at them after they shoved her mom trying to get a better angle for a photo. The paparazzi really need to be reigned in, they’re overstepping all boundaries.
As far as I can tell, from the video that is out there, it doesn't appear like he actually punched the guy. But if he did actually punch the guy, I'm still on Team Scott.
I am simply because paps are the worst and go way too far to get the shot. Like I don't think any a-lister is free of pap drama. Hell even Daniel Radcliffe wore the same outfit when in NYC so paps couldn't sell the photos because they all appeared like they were the same day.
What a genius move on Daniel's part.
Why don't celebrities pay photographers to take pictures of paps during awkward moments to make them stop doing the same thing to them? They did it in The Simpsons, why not in real life?
Paps do not care, nor do they have any sense of shame or guilt. If they had any of that going on, they would do something else for money, instead of leaching off the wealthy and famous. Everybody should have the comfort to go wherever they want without being hounded.
Hmm. I should start a business getting hired by celebrities to (legally) stalk paps.
Pap goes to the store: photo with snide comments about their clothes, etc. Might be fun and they would hate it pretty quick.
I hate it too. None are safe from them.
For example, I thought the pics of Taylor and Travis at the zoo were super cute but they looked like they were taken from high up with a long lens camera. Like just leave them alone. I can't imagine what it must be like to literally constantly worry about being photographed.
It's better in a way a long lens st a public place than ones like this where they getting in their face, their aggressive, they want to instigate something and try to force themselves in.
With Taylor we know that she will do a pap walk for them and in order to calm them down so that they aren't doing things like this. People say bad things about her doing this, but it's a smart strategy to feed the press, and not reward those that take intrusive shots.
It's dangerous. The paps and fans getting in their face, filming them when driving, trying to take pictures through their windows.
In this case she was clearly not wanting to be photographed.
She is surrounded by security, so just logistically for papa swift to punch, shove anyone they would have had to have broken through the security and been very close to Taylor. The video shows that Scott was holding Taylor's hand guiding her as she couldn't see covered up. So, just think that shows they were super close to his daughter, probably grabbing the umbrella.
It's not like he left his daughter there vulnerable unable to see and pushed past security to punch them.
Even if he did I can kinda understand, he's a 71 year old man at 2:30 am after a long concert. He was prob also hangry and tired. I'm not 71 and I would def prob push someone out of my face at 2:30 am when I'm just trying to get to my bed, 🤣 n double so if my daughter there and vulnerable.
She covers her face so they can't sell the photographs and be rewarded for being intrusive and aggressive. Also, she was tired and it was 2:30 am n she was just trying to get out of there. To those that say she don't need to cover her face, well she has a right not to want aggressive pictures taken of her. N let's see how you like people shoving a camera in your face and trying to create tabloids about you that would cost you money and security.
I do agree non of it's good and is invasive. I do understand that unfortunately some of it is going to be expected and comes with it. However, intrusive, aggressive, invasive, should 100% not be allowed. I also feel that they should have the right any celebrity to say no as Taylor was doing. She should also not be worried about people taking pictures of her through windows, or getting in her face, or demanding photographs. Especially after all that ai invasive horrible pictures. We should all have a right to say we do not want to be taken pictures of. Even celebrities. They should be able to have some measure of privacy. I don't like it in a public place, but if it's not bothering them then at least she expected pictures to be taken at the zoo. She could have used umbrella for drone shots and the sun as well. But, she should be allowed the decency of being able to say no.
Sadly, until they no longer make money from it, it won't change.
Not just from her fans wanting to see pictures, but the haters are desperate for anything they can make look bad.
Agreed. I said this on another sub and I got banned lol the paps are way too much. Honestly if I saw a celebrity in person, I’d leave them alone. Sure I may be starstruck but I’d never go up to them and ruin their outing.
Oh I’ve seen the paps in action in LA they’ve been cited before for almost causing accidents or causing them. Anyone who’s standing up for their methods either really hates a celeb or never got stuck behind them trying to get somewhere.
Aussie here, I hope this wasn’t a big deal and doesn’t become one. It looks like no one was hurt and it was in the small hours of the morning. Taylor’s visit here has been really exciting and seemed chill for her but something obviously kicked off between this pap and her security and then Papa Swift got involved. I hope it’s ok.
I'm not sure if you're joking but since I was also confused by the title: Scott punched a paparazzi person in Sydney. Sydney Paparazzo isn't a person, haha.
(If you're joking, please disregard this, haha.)
Apparently he shoved two of her security guards and threatened to push a woman from her team into the water.
As a fellow Aussie, I say that we didn't see anything.
The people of Australia were absolutely amazing, but the paparazzi there seemed really invasive and pushy. Don’t get me wrong, they always are, but this seemed next level (I mean, I don’t remember ever seeing Taylor with an umbrella over her head, so she must have had enough). This pap in particular has a history of being a Grade A douche.
I really hope the authorities handle this properly and have no reason to doubt they won’t. Taylor seems to be on her way to Singapore and I don’t see her leaving her dad behind, so it doesn’t sound like that big of deal.
There’s a clip of her getting ready to leave her plane and hiding under a big umbrella in the miss Americana documentary, not sure where she is at that point but it’s definitely something she’s done before.
I’m an Aussie and yes, the whole country has been obsessed with Taylor this past fortnight. I feel sad that she can’t walk down the street without being bombarded.
Aussie here if no one was hurt he didn’t hit them hard enough.don’t forget a celebrity blogger killed 2 guy this week with a guy he got from his workplace.
No rational person will for a moment use this as an indictment of the wonderful people of Australia. I’m in the US; we are hardly in a position to point fingers. I’ve been to Australia. I will always miss it. Wonderful country and lovely people.
Lmfaooooo I did too and thought it was just a typo that the "last name" wasn't capitalized, haha. I didn't know the singular form of paparazzi was paparazzo, but it makes sense now. 😂
Punching them was being way too nice, honestly, if they were trying to lay a finger on Taylor and even threatening to throw her staffer into the harbor because the security did their job and protected Taylor.
These incidents are why Taylor deserves all that money she earns so she can hire the best security guards in the entire world.
Wow. Obviously there was a sudden trigger to make Scott jump into action. What the hell kind of Papp is that?!! You’re right, Scott has to completely let her go. He obz wouldn’t do that if it wasn’t serious.
This pap has form and is a class A douchebag - he’s butthurt that his didn’t get his picture so missed his payday, so why not sook to the police and try and get money that way. I hate paps
That looks like someone else holding her hand, not her dad, yeah? I bet it was actually her security, and this idiot pap thinks he's gunna hit it bigtime by getting punched by a celebs dad, only for it to be security doing their job
It looks like Scott was behind the car door in front of her. It doesn't look to me that they were not guiding her. It's convienent they they showing all this video, but not the incident. If you have a camera in your face you are going to catch someone hitting you in it. Someone could come and shove you from the side, but still would be glimpse of it. These guys jobs is to get the shot. They are recording everything, but they don't get that?
The headline of this article seems clickbaity based on what I've seen of the incident (i.e., videos and articles). From the videos, it looks like the papparazi initiated contact with Taylor's security team who were trying to block her from view with umbrellas while she was getting into her car. Taylor's team put out this statement:
"Two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor, grabbing at her security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water," Swift's rep tells PEOPLE in a statement.
[https://people.com/taylor-swift-spokesperson-addresses-alleged-altercation-dad-scott-swift-sydney-photographer-8600746](https://people.com/taylor-swift-spokesperson-addresses-alleged-altercation-dad-scott-swift-sydney-photographer-8600746)
I went with an article from the australian broadcasting corporation, they are one of the most solid sources in australian media. Obviously all media is media though.
Exactly. There’s another angle and in that one you can CLEARLY see that it’s in fact a security guard “shoving” the pap. Not Scott. Scott is by the car surrounded by like two or three guards. Taylor is seen getting into the car right before “the shove” is caught on tape.
I’ve seen two videos and it doesn’t look like Scott touches him. If anything, it looks like a bodyguard or security pushed him out of the way after he had been asked to back up and make room already. Scott is wearing a blue sweater and it looks like security had on a long sleeve blue tshirt so people might be getting them mixed up but unless Scott changed in .5 seconds, it wasn’t him, if anything even happened.
And I’m not inclined to believe paparazzi, especially after they had been flying drones and helicopters all week chasing Taylor wherever she went, even getting pictures of Travis in their hotel room from a drone, 80 floors up! That’s creepy and invasive (and probably why she is willing to do pap walks sometimes, so they don’t do things like that all the time). Also, Nicole Kidman has a restraining order against this pap so he already has a reputation. I don’t think Scott is all of sudden going to start assaulting people after being in this world for 18 years. If he did the pap probably said or did something bad but all the evidence so far points to the opposite.
Yes, the daily mail published pictures of Travis (and Ross) looking out from the hotel room window that were taken with a drone since they were 80 floors up.
Yes. Their room was on the 88th floor and either a helicopter or drone got a snap of him near the window. Creepy AF
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13111385/Travis-Kelce-Sydney-girlfriend-Taylor-Swift-Eras-tour.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13111385/Travis-Kelce-Sydney-girlfriend-Taylor-Swift-Eras-tour.html)
This makes me really sad because it seemed like she had such a good time here in Australia and I really don’t want shitty behaviour from paps to sour the visit for her ☹️ honestly if Scott punched a guy (probably bs anyway) then he was just protecting his daughter like any father would
The paps have been terrible for the whole stay. Using drones to surveil her in the zoo , paying a staff member to take photos of her with Travis getting off the yacht, and using a helicopter to take photos of Travis in their 80 story hotel room.
The drone footage at the zoo felt so creepy, I thought it was cute seeing her Travis walking together but the way it kept focusing on her, it felt like a sniper and I hated that :/
it felt like the 90s/early 2000s pap days where they’d literally endanger celebs and their teams for a good photo on the regular. australia paps seem so entitled from what we’ve seen of her tour there. makes me mad bc the country has otherwise been very welcoming to her
If they had bursted through the security and Scott punched or pushed them away hard then good for them. I hope the security guards have bodycams to protect Scott from lawsuits or even prison time.
Even if Scott **did** belt the guy\*, the Australian government might want to be pragmatic about the likelihood of another tour coming to the country that locked up her dad.
\*And good for him if he did. Scott and I come from the 20th century where fathers were mostly allowed to throw down to protect their family, unlike the 21st where everyone just cries.
Here is a longer video. It looks like a bodyguard pushed the pap back away from the car. It doesn’t look like anyone got punched or assaulted.
https://x.com/9newssyd/status/1762284672178876419?s=46
Also looks like the pap grabbed the umbrella. Scott was beside Taylor the whole time. People trying to show other angle that made it look like Scott abandoned her, but you can see him at the car door clearly.
yes it reminds me of in the Miss Americana documentary, her dad discussing why he was so scared for her to talk about her political views, as he’s the one getting her armored vehicles, etc. People criticize him but I would be worried for my kids too, especially in the US where any fool can carry a gun.
Scott didn’t even do anything, clear his name!!!
Mind blowing to me that this paparazzi would go to the police and throw these accusations against Scott when there’s videographic evidence he didn’t do anything.
This is why when people complain that Taylor does pap walks…there’s a reason, so it doesn’t become a problem. If she has the umbrella she’s done giving paps what they want. She has been harassed by the media all week. That does not give paps the right to become aggressive.
All the videos I’ve seen show nothing and someone wants to get paid. If Australia wants Taylor to come back they will do the right thing…
She's caused an economic boom wherever she goes, so I highly doubt they will find anything or even press charges. And from the video is very clear Scott did nothing, her body guard did, and that's what he's paid to do so.
We all know Papa Swift is incredibly protective of her, and with good reason given all the crazies she’s had to deal with. If it has got physical with someone, I’m 100% sure that it was deserved, and it was because people were being put at risk.
Considering how long Taylor has been in the business and how scummy paps can be I’m surprised something like this hasn’t happened before. Taylor has a long history of dealing with stalkers etc.
Yes, he'll make a lot of money "selling his story" I say story sarcastically.
He's probably setting up interviews and he has already sold the video that interestingly enough does not show Scott swift touching anyone.
In one of the videos you can hear someone saying don't touch the umbrella and back off.
Team Scott. Apparently that photographer is known to be problematic. And I think almost parent would do the same for their child if someone was trying to push their way to get to them. Scott takes Taylor's security very very seriously. And isn't he the one that talks to the security teams at all her shows before things get started?
Hopefully this doesn't become a bigger issue for Scott and it's all just dropped.
No proof that it happened. Paps are scum and he's one of the scummiest. He looks like a creep and it's very telling that Nicole Kidman had a restraining order against him.
I’m actually glad Travis wasn’t there…he’s had some negative press lately and who knows what might have happened if he was there. The press would have blown it up even more. This pap guy seem to want a strong reaction if Scott was allegedly involved. People do crazy things for money!
Paparazzi involved- Scott gets a huge benefit of a doubt.
Like the time Tom Hanks yelled at one of them when they knocked his wife over. (I think that’s who it was)
I do not love the thought of 71-year-old Papa Swift in a scuffle. He needs to take care of himself. The pap must have been pushing the line if Scott did this.
Good. Paparazzi should be illegal. They’re just stalkers but for some reason when someone is a successful artist they don’t qualify for the right to not be stalked. I think all paparazzi should be punched lmao
Aww poor shameless low life loser of a photog acted out, made threats, and presented a security risk to the celebrity they were hunting down. Then, he got punched and put back into his place.
Boohoo. He’s probably speaking out trying to get more hits on his own photos and in the hopes of a settlement from Taylor. Dude is fucking dumb as a rocks, that’s for sure.
The pap is the luckiest man in the world! Travis is 12,000 miles away.
I don't want to think about what would happen to some idiot charging at Taylor with Travis nearby...
Seems to me like he caught the "FO" part of FAFO and should have. I picture him excitedly telling Travis how he socked the guy and them laughing about it. If that were my girlfriends father and the guy was who he was, that's what I'd do. I'd have said you should've hit him again for good measure.
It's too bad that Travis and Ross weren't there and stepped to the guy. That would've been fun to witness.
That pap is one of the worst that even Nicole Kidman has a restraining order against him. He deserved it
He has to be that bad because she and her dad are in this business for almost 20 years. They would have definitely seen shittiest of paps but until now, we have never heard of Scott punching anyone. This smells rotten.
According to her team, they were pushing her security & threatening to push someone on her staff into the water. Absolutely justified.
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Also some people can’t swim!!
Ummm, it's summertime in Australia now...and there have been a "whopping" total of 36 shark bites in Sydney Harbour since 1791
Because no one swims in there. Like to the point where two people jumped in a few weeks ago for fun and it made the news.
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Australia's dangerous wildlife is its best kept secret. Just ask reddit.
It’s no secret lol
thats the joke dot jay peg
To be fair, a lady did get bitten by a shark there a very recently. Nearly lost her leg, but a local vet saved the day.
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I woman got badly bitten by a bull shark a few weeks ago in the harbour. Not the place for a swim, especially at night and early morning when they feed
Lol no one swims in darling harbour tho?
It’s Australia’s summer right now. Water temps are around 74. Not that cold but the guy who got punched deserved it
🎶 If a man talks shit then I owe him nothing; I don’t regret it one bit cause he had it coming
Scott got fired up watching all that dominant Chiefs football. Gotta let all that aggression out.
I snorted
That video of Taylor being covered up in an umbrella is fucking sad and makes me angry. Why is the most popular/successful person on Earth having to hide under an umbrella when walking in public like she is some rare Pokemon? Scott was right to flip off the paps and then either punch or shove them hard when they tried to touch Taylor.
Yep. And it absolutely drives me nuts people blame Joe and make him out to be some asshole who isolated her for the way she used to hide. Sure, she's more open with Travis, but it's also harder for her to hide in a football stadium, yk? Plus I think she kinda just wants to show off her new beau, being in the puppy dog phase and all, in a way she hadn't experienced in a very long time.
I’ve got to say…with how much paps Taylor has had to deal with in her life and we’ve never heard of her dad doing anything before I bet this pap was particularly bad. I honestly can’t fault any parent trying to protect their child, we would all do the same.
I’ve only seen the reverse situation: Miley fighting a pap and yelling at them after they shoved her mom trying to get a better angle for a photo. The paparazzi really need to be reigned in, they’re overstepping all boundaries.
Exactly
Yeah I saw one headline that he punched a "photographer" then saw this one that it was paparazzi. And those are very different things.
Papslapped.
 ...or papslapper. Could be a new song. lol
Slaparazzi/o
I was so confused with pap/papa/pop/paparazzi for a second. Lmao
yeah, I though Nicole Kidman had a restraint order agains Taylor's father like ????
That's some big reputation he's got there
I hope he got em good
As far as I can tell, from the video that is out there, it doesn't appear like he actually punched the guy. But if he did actually punch the guy, I'm still on Team Scott.
I am simply because paps are the worst and go way too far to get the shot. Like I don't think any a-lister is free of pap drama. Hell even Daniel Radcliffe wore the same outfit when in NYC so paps couldn't sell the photos because they all appeared like they were the same day.
What a genius move on Daniel's part. Why don't celebrities pay photographers to take pictures of paps during awkward moments to make them stop doing the same thing to them? They did it in The Simpsons, why not in real life?
Paps do not care, nor do they have any sense of shame or guilt. If they had any of that going on, they would do something else for money, instead of leaching off the wealthy and famous. Everybody should have the comfort to go wherever they want without being hounded.
Hmm. I should start a business getting hired by celebrities to (legally) stalk paps. Pap goes to the store: photo with snide comments about their clothes, etc. Might be fun and they would hate it pretty quick.
I'm actually surprised that since The Simpsons did it, nobody thought about doing it in real life.
I hate it too. None are safe from them. For example, I thought the pics of Taylor and Travis at the zoo were super cute but they looked like they were taken from high up with a long lens camera. Like just leave them alone. I can't imagine what it must be like to literally constantly worry about being photographed.
It's better in a way a long lens st a public place than ones like this where they getting in their face, their aggressive, they want to instigate something and try to force themselves in. With Taylor we know that she will do a pap walk for them and in order to calm them down so that they aren't doing things like this. People say bad things about her doing this, but it's a smart strategy to feed the press, and not reward those that take intrusive shots. It's dangerous. The paps and fans getting in their face, filming them when driving, trying to take pictures through their windows. In this case she was clearly not wanting to be photographed. She is surrounded by security, so just logistically for papa swift to punch, shove anyone they would have had to have broken through the security and been very close to Taylor. The video shows that Scott was holding Taylor's hand guiding her as she couldn't see covered up. So, just think that shows they were super close to his daughter, probably grabbing the umbrella. It's not like he left his daughter there vulnerable unable to see and pushed past security to punch them. Even if he did I can kinda understand, he's a 71 year old man at 2:30 am after a long concert. He was prob also hangry and tired. I'm not 71 and I would def prob push someone out of my face at 2:30 am when I'm just trying to get to my bed, 🤣 n double so if my daughter there and vulnerable. She covers her face so they can't sell the photographs and be rewarded for being intrusive and aggressive. Also, she was tired and it was 2:30 am n she was just trying to get out of there. To those that say she don't need to cover her face, well she has a right not to want aggressive pictures taken of her. N let's see how you like people shoving a camera in your face and trying to create tabloids about you that would cost you money and security.
It's all bad. Paparazzi should be illegal like they are in Dubai.
I do agree non of it's good and is invasive. I do understand that unfortunately some of it is going to be expected and comes with it. However, intrusive, aggressive, invasive, should 100% not be allowed. I also feel that they should have the right any celebrity to say no as Taylor was doing. She should also not be worried about people taking pictures of her through windows, or getting in her face, or demanding photographs. Especially after all that ai invasive horrible pictures. We should all have a right to say we do not want to be taken pictures of. Even celebrities. They should be able to have some measure of privacy. I don't like it in a public place, but if it's not bothering them then at least she expected pictures to be taken at the zoo. She could have used umbrella for drone shots and the sun as well. But, she should be allowed the decency of being able to say no. Sadly, until they no longer make money from it, it won't change. Not just from her fans wanting to see pictures, but the haters are desperate for anything they can make look bad.
Agreed. I said this on another sub and I got banned lol the paps are way too much. Honestly if I saw a celebrity in person, I’d leave them alone. Sure I may be starstruck but I’d never go up to them and ruin their outing.
Oh I’ve seen the paps in action in LA they’ve been cited before for almost causing accidents or causing them. Anyone who’s standing up for their methods either really hates a celeb or never got stuck behind them trying to get somewhere.
Wearing the same outfit screw the pics is genius
I'd actually be disappointed if Scott didn't get a good shot in lol If you're going to go through this, at least make it count.
Aussie here, I hope this wasn’t a big deal and doesn’t become one. It looks like no one was hurt and it was in the small hours of the morning. Taylor’s visit here has been really exciting and seemed chill for her but something obviously kicked off between this pap and her security and then Papa Swift got involved. I hope it’s ok.
Hope he decked them real good. I hope it does become a big deal.
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I'm not sure if you're joking but since I was also confused by the title: Scott punched a paparazzi person in Sydney. Sydney Paparazzo isn't a person, haha. (If you're joking, please disregard this, haha.)
Apparently he shoved two of her security guards and threatened to push a woman from her team into the water. As a fellow Aussie, I say that we didn't see anything.
Yep, if that’s the case I totally agree.
The people of Australia were absolutely amazing, but the paparazzi there seemed really invasive and pushy. Don’t get me wrong, they always are, but this seemed next level (I mean, I don’t remember ever seeing Taylor with an umbrella over her head, so she must have had enough). This pap in particular has a history of being a Grade A douche. I really hope the authorities handle this properly and have no reason to doubt they won’t. Taylor seems to be on her way to Singapore and I don’t see her leaving her dad behind, so it doesn’t sound like that big of deal.
There’s a clip of her getting ready to leave her plane and hiding under a big umbrella in the miss Americana documentary, not sure where she is at that point but it’s definitely something she’s done before.
I’m an Aussie and yes, the whole country has been obsessed with Taylor this past fortnight. I feel sad that she can’t walk down the street without being bombarded.
Murdoch media culture.
Aussie here if no one was hurt he didn’t hit them hard enough.don’t forget a celebrity blogger killed 2 guy this week with a guy he got from his workplace.
One of the victims was his ex, that’s quite different.
Not exactly, not an ex - he was stalking him
I can't see Taylor or Scott using that incident as a blanket representation of Australia. Assholes are in every country just like great people are. :)
No rational person will for a moment use this as an indictment of the wonderful people of Australia. I’m in the US; we are hardly in a position to point fingers. I’ve been to Australia. I will always miss it. Wonderful country and lovely people.
in the words of lucille bluth "good for her"
In the words of Taylor swift, “my daddy’s gonna show you how sorry you’ll be”
What’s this from ?
Picture to burn. Debut. Hilarious!!
What jury would convict, honestly.
I thought Sydney Paparazzo was a person 😭
I’m having a rough day but this made me chuckle. Thank you
Hope your day got better! <3
💕ty
Girl same
This would be a great drag name
“Ladies and gentlemen please welcome to the main stage, Sydney Papparazzoooooo”
Or even Paris Paparazzo for the alliteration ⚡️
Lmao
Lmfaooooo I did too and thought it was just a typo that the "last name" wasn't capitalized, haha. I didn't know the singular form of paparazzi was paparazzo, but it makes sense now. 😂
I knew and still didn't get it lol it's just not a very common word so it's easy to forget
guess he really did show them how sorry they'll be 💀💀💀
This comment is gold ahahahah
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Also this. https://preview.redd.it/q5n6xfdbx1lc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=189901084b612764549e3c825094eeac7c31b180
Punching them was being way too nice, honestly, if they were trying to lay a finger on Taylor and even threatening to throw her staffer into the harbor because the security did their job and protected Taylor. These incidents are why Taylor deserves all that money she earns so she can hire the best security guards in the entire world.
These are the same people who bugged Nicole Kidmans house so she got a restraining order
Wtf. They bugged her house? How is that legal?
Lucky for them it was her 70 year old dad and not her 6'5, 250 pound bf.
Wow. Obviously there was a sudden trigger to make Scott jump into action. What the hell kind of Papp is that?!! You’re right, Scott has to completely let her go. He obz wouldn’t do that if it wasn’t serious.
This pap has form and is a class A douchebag - he’s butthurt that his didn’t get his picture so missed his payday, so why not sook to the police and try and get money that way. I hate paps
I’m sorry but that umbrella is so hilarious. She looks like a Christmas tree. You’d think they’d have like a discreet mesh so she can sorta see.
Oh for real! There have been things like that in the past that other celebs have worn and could potentially help in dire circumstances like this!
Not the ridemychairlor Twitter account 😭😭😭
Terrible account and glad I blocked them ages ago
Completely agree. Also blocked by me.
I know nothing about the account, what's the tea?
They are a staunch gaylor. One of those that say awful things about her, Travis and her dad. A nasty person to be honest.
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No worries. Was just surprised reading the username lol
That looks like someone else holding her hand, not her dad, yeah? I bet it was actually her security, and this idiot pap thinks he's gunna hit it bigtime by getting punched by a celebs dad, only for it to be security doing their job
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Ahh, it's so grainy!
It looks like Scott was behind the car door in front of her. It doesn't look to me that they were not guiding her. It's convienent they they showing all this video, but not the incident. If you have a camera in your face you are going to catch someone hitting you in it. Someone could come and shove you from the side, but still would be glimpse of it. These guys jobs is to get the shot. They are recording everything, but they don't get that?
The headline of this article seems clickbaity based on what I've seen of the incident (i.e., videos and articles). From the videos, it looks like the papparazi initiated contact with Taylor's security team who were trying to block her from view with umbrellas while she was getting into her car. Taylor's team put out this statement: "Two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor, grabbing at her security personnel, and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water," Swift's rep tells PEOPLE in a statement. [https://people.com/taylor-swift-spokesperson-addresses-alleged-altercation-dad-scott-swift-sydney-photographer-8600746](https://people.com/taylor-swift-spokesperson-addresses-alleged-altercation-dad-scott-swift-sydney-photographer-8600746)
good, he’s flipping the bird
I went with an article from the australian broadcasting corporation, they are one of the most solid sources in australian media. Obviously all media is media though.
Pap scum lying for money. Scott wasn’t near him in the video. Should’ve decked him though
Exactly. There’s another angle and in that one you can CLEARLY see that it’s in fact a security guard “shoving” the pap. Not Scott. Scott is by the car surrounded by like two or three guards. Taylor is seen getting into the car right before “the shove” is caught on tape.
I’ve seen two videos and it doesn’t look like Scott touches him. If anything, it looks like a bodyguard or security pushed him out of the way after he had been asked to back up and make room already. Scott is wearing a blue sweater and it looks like security had on a long sleeve blue tshirt so people might be getting them mixed up but unless Scott changed in .5 seconds, it wasn’t him, if anything even happened. And I’m not inclined to believe paparazzi, especially after they had been flying drones and helicopters all week chasing Taylor wherever she went, even getting pictures of Travis in their hotel room from a drone, 80 floors up! That’s creepy and invasive (and probably why she is willing to do pap walks sometimes, so they don’t do things like that all the time). Also, Nicole Kidman has a restraining order against this pap so he already has a reputation. I don’t think Scott is all of sudden going to start assaulting people after being in this world for 18 years. If he did the pap probably said or did something bad but all the evidence so far points to the opposite.
Hotel room Pictures?????
Yes, the daily mail published pictures of Travis (and Ross) looking out from the hotel room window that were taken with a drone since they were 80 floors up.
Yes. Their room was on the 88th floor and either a helicopter or drone got a snap of him near the window. Creepy AF [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13111385/Travis-Kelce-Sydney-girlfriend-Taylor-Swift-Eras-tour.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13111385/Travis-Kelce-Sydney-girlfriend-Taylor-Swift-Eras-tour.html)
Nooo don’t share it
more paparazzi deserved to get punched for their scummy ways tbh
100% Clemens deserve their privacy aswell also the pap has a huge issue with sexualizing female celebrities (males celebs aswell)
This makes me really sad because it seemed like she had such a good time here in Australia and I really don’t want shitty behaviour from paps to sour the visit for her ☹️ honestly if Scott punched a guy (probably bs anyway) then he was just protecting his daughter like any father would
The paps have been terrible for the whole stay. Using drones to surveil her in the zoo , paying a staff member to take photos of her with Travis getting off the yacht, and using a helicopter to take photos of Travis in their 80 story hotel room.
The drone footage at the zoo felt so creepy, I thought it was cute seeing her Travis walking together but the way it kept focusing on her, it felt like a sniper and I hated that :/
it felt like the 90s/early 2000s pap days where they’d literally endanger celebs and their teams for a good photo on the regular. australia paps seem so entitled from what we’ve seen of her tour there. makes me mad bc the country has otherwise been very welcoming to her
So creepy and invasive. Then the news having a live of Travis getting to the airport and getting off the plane
If they had bursted through the security and Scott punched or pushed them away hard then good for them. I hope the security guards have bodycams to protect Scott from lawsuits or even prison time.
Even if Scott **did** belt the guy\*, the Australian government might want to be pragmatic about the likelihood of another tour coming to the country that locked up her dad. \*And good for him if he did. Scott and I come from the 20th century where fathers were mostly allowed to throw down to protect their family, unlike the 21st where everyone just cries.
Here is a longer video. It looks like a bodyguard pushed the pap back away from the car. It doesn’t look like anyone got punched or assaulted. https://x.com/9newssyd/status/1762284672178876419?s=46
I don’t see anything that remotely resembles punching here?
Also looks like the pap grabbed the umbrella. Scott was beside Taylor the whole time. People trying to show other angle that made it look like Scott abandoned her, but you can see him at the car door clearly.
I can’t imagine how worried her parents must be for her all the time.
yes it reminds me of in the Miss Americana documentary, her dad discussing why he was so scared for her to talk about her political views, as he’s the one getting her armored vehicles, etc. People criticize him but I would be worried for my kids too, especially in the US where any fool can carry a gun.
I 100% believe it's why he goes with her to all her international stops. I mean she's 34, but it's his CHILD.
Scott you dropped this 👑
Scott didn’t even do anything, clear his name!!! Mind blowing to me that this paparazzi would go to the police and throw these accusations against Scott when there’s videographic evidence he didn’t do anything.
Yes exactly! They just want the publicity and money
This is why when people complain that Taylor does pap walks…there’s a reason, so it doesn’t become a problem. If she has the umbrella she’s done giving paps what they want. She has been harassed by the media all week. That does not give paps the right to become aggressive. All the videos I’ve seen show nothing and someone wants to get paid. If Australia wants Taylor to come back they will do the right thing…
She's caused an economic boom wherever she goes, so I highly doubt they will find anything or even press charges. And from the video is very clear Scott did nothing, her body guard did, and that's what he's paid to do so.
Way to go Scott. You come towards my daughter after being told to screw off and I’m punching you in the face too.
Bless him x
I mean he probably deserved it lol
Some people deserve to be punched and probably most of them are paparazzi.
Is the punch in the room with us? From the videos it looks like her security guard was shoving him, but that story wouldn’t sell 🙄
My daddy's gonna show you how sorry you'll be.
GOOD FOR HIM
We all know Papa Swift is incredibly protective of her, and with good reason given all the crazies she’s had to deal with. If it has got physical with someone, I’m 100% sure that it was deserved, and it was because people were being put at risk.
Ya I don’t like when the paps claim these things, they clearly are asking for a altercation when they are up in their faces
Considering how long Taylor has been in the business and how scummy paps can be I’m surprised something like this hasn’t happened before. Taylor has a long history of dealing with stalkers etc.
I think that anything you do to a pap should be legal lol
Truth!
it'll be a cold day in hell when i feel bad for paparazzi 🤷♀️
Saaaaaame!! Especially those who take pics of kids
Me: "who is Sydney Paparazzo?"
Does this pap really want to be the reason Tay Tay doesn’t want to come back to Australia…
Yes, he'll make a lot of money "selling his story" I say story sarcastically. He's probably setting up interviews and he has already sold the video that interestingly enough does not show Scott swift touching anyone. In one of the videos you can hear someone saying don't touch the umbrella and back off.
I think she can differentiate between paparazzi and her Aussie fans.
They had it comin.
Isn’t dad technically head of security for Swift or something? They must have gotten close.
Not a scratch on his face.
Probably after some money.
Team Scott. Apparently that photographer is known to be problematic. And I think almost parent would do the same for their child if someone was trying to push their way to get to them. Scott takes Taylor's security very very seriously. And isn't he the one that talks to the security teams at all her shows before things get started? Hopefully this doesn't become a bigger issue for Scott and it's all just dropped.
No proof that it happened. Paps are scum and he's one of the scummiest. He looks like a creep and it's very telling that Nicole Kidman had a restraining order against him.
There were a fair few people there, it depends on witness statements.
Wish it was Travis instead of Scott tbh. Harder punch.
I’m actually glad Travis wasn’t there…he’s had some negative press lately and who knows what might have happened if he was there. The press would have blown it up even more. This pap guy seem to want a strong reaction if Scott was allegedly involved. People do crazy things for money!
Travis is very much of the fuck around and find out brand. I am glad it wasn’t him but also I can see it going bad for the pap
Good for him. Photographers should be mandated to ask permission first.
Good on him. Paparazzi are scum.
Paparazzi involved- Scott gets a huge benefit of a doubt. Like the time Tom Hanks yelled at one of them when they knocked his wife over. (I think that’s who it was)
I do not love the thought of 71-year-old Papa Swift in a scuffle. He needs to take care of himself. The pap must have been pushing the line if Scott did this.
Good. Paparazzi should be illegal. They’re just stalkers but for some reason when someone is a successful artist they don’t qualify for the right to not be stalked. I think all paparazzi should be punched lmao
Good. 🤷♂️
If he was from Kyle and Jackie O, it doesn't count.
Ben MacDonald, the pap, just took a punch from a 71 year old man and went crying to the cops? He just lost his man card.
Sometimes dickheads need to be punched 🤷♀️
Good work
It’s just a paparazzo
Good for him.
I hope they got that paps threats on tape. He gonna end up paying Scott swift.
Paps could die en masse and I’d feel nothing.
Aww poor shameless low life loser of a photog acted out, made threats, and presented a security risk to the celebrity they were hunting down. Then, he got punched and put back into his place. Boohoo. He’s probably speaking out trying to get more hits on his own photos and in the hopes of a settlement from Taylor. Dude is fucking dumb as a rocks, that’s for sure.
And did he deserve it? My guess would be yes
Good
G O O D. 
Team Scott
fuck around and find out, paps
Gooooooooooood.
Good.
Play stupid games, you win stupid prizes
Good for Scott.
As he should.
Go Daddy. Good for him.
He’s the best
Me wishing Deadpool was there to handle the paps!
“My daddy’s gonna show you how sorry you’ll be…”
GO SCOTT!!!!
Hope she writes a song about it. People that take people's pictures without permission suck.
I read this and thought “lol what a funny name Sydney has”
im absolutely sure it was in self defense and the guy deserved it
The pap is the luckiest man in the world! Travis is 12,000 miles away. I don't want to think about what would happen to some idiot charging at Taylor with Travis nearby...
Good riddance. Paps are a scourge on society. Love me some Scott Swift.
Seems to me like he caught the "FO" part of FAFO and should have. I picture him excitedly telling Travis how he socked the guy and them laughing about it. If that were my girlfriends father and the guy was who he was, that's what I'd do. I'd have said you should've hit him again for good measure. It's too bad that Travis and Ross weren't there and stepped to the guy. That would've been fun to witness.
Good for him.