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Topics: Taylor Swift, Celebrity, Music
Rachel Lang
Taylor Swift fans have come under fire for relentlessly following the singer wherever she goes so they can catch a glimpse of her.
In one clip, a wall of fans can be seen screaming at the American musician as she took a total of eight steps to her car.
Swift smiled awkwardly at people as she was ushered into her vehicle by security.
Several people have taken to social media to roast Swifites for their hysteric behavior.
One Twitter user said: "I hope y'all realize how crazy and invasive this thing is and how scared she was following her from her work to her home. That's stalker behavior."
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A second person said: "You have got to be a certain type of person to WAIT OUTSIDE SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND HAVE COFFEE WHILE WAITING!! GET A F**KING JOB. If you spend HOURS outside someone’s HOUSE, YOU'RE A WEIRDO! GET A F**KING HOBBY! NYC IS HUGE!"
A third added: "PSA, you're not a Taylor Swift fan if you stalk her, scare her, make her feel like a commodity, you are not a fan if you think surrounding and crowding her is ok. Go watch the Miss Americana scene and get help. You're a creep and a stalker, not a Swiftie."
Taylor opened up about this phenomenon in her own Netflix documentary.
In Miss Americana, she was filmed getting into her car as screaming fans shouted her name and remarked how odd it was that people would do that.
Doing it after a concert is understandable, however she found it so strange that her fans would camp outside her home or hotels just to be able to see her.
Seriously, Swifties, we need to talk.
From one Swiftie to another, this fandom is getting out of control and bordering on celebrity worship.
Celebrity worship, while not clinically recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Volume Five, is considered a parasocial - so, one sided - relationship of obsession by psychologists.
Mental health professionals consider there to be three distinct levels of the attachment syndrome.
Scale one is defined as when you appreciate or enjoy a celebrity. For example, this writer likes Taylor Swift and listens to her music, but wouldn't sacrifice her future eldest child to meet her.
Scale two is a more intense personal attachment. For example, people who obsess over Swift's many Easter Eggs she likes to include in her works and social media posts.
Scale three has been dubbed 'borderline-pathological', and a prime example of the Swifties following her just to scream at her.
Research indicates that only three to five per cent of people fall into this category, as per Well Mind, but it's defined as 'the highest level of celebrity worship [and] includes people who are unable to control their activities related to or fantasies about their favorite celebrity'.
No one wants to be a scale three.
It's not cool. So let's just rein it in, folks.
Like, significantly.
Because as Tay Tay would say: "It's you. Hi. You're the problem, it's you."