Taylor Swift Slams Claims About Her Private Jet Usage Amid Environmental Backlash

Once upon a time, Summit Entertainment had a huge hit on their hands with the “Twilight” movies, focusing on a romance between a vampire and a teenage girl. That success helped push leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into the world of fame alongside the tabloid media’s fevered obsession with their dating lives.

Twilight: New Moon director Chris Weitz has admitted he somewhat regrets his decision not to cast Taylor Swift in the series’ second film.In a new interview on The Twilight Effect, the podcast of Ashley Greene (who starred as Alice Cullen in the film franchise), Weitz revealed that while Swift had wanted to be an extra in 2009’s New Moon, he turned the opportunity down.“Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and he said, ‘Taylor would like to be in this movie – not because of you, but she’s a Twi-hard,” Weitz said during the episode, as The Independent points out. Though it was made clear Swift only wanted to appear as “someone at the cafeteria, or the diner, or whatever,” Weitz nevertheless thought her presence in the film would be too distracting.“The hardest thing for me was to be like, the moment that Taylor Swift walks onto the screen, for about five minutes, nobody is going to be able to process anything,” he said on the podcast.

Taylor Swift wanted to be a part of . On Ashley Greene's podcast, Chris Weitz, who directed the second film in the franchise, revealed that the pop star asked for a role in the film.hit theaters in 2009, the same year Swift was romantically linked to one of the franchise stars, Taylor Lautner.«Taylor Swift was a huge Twi-hard,» Weitz said. «Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time and he said, 'Taylor would like to be in this movie -- not because of you, but she’s a Twi-hard.

Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar will be eligible for a trophy at the 2023 Academy Awards, it has been reported.Both artists will qualify for nominations in the Best Live Action Short category, thanks to the fact that extended music videos for both of their songs – the 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ from ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ and Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers’ cut ‘We Cry Together’ – were screened theatrically.Swift released the accompanying short film for ‘All Too Well’ – her directorial debut, starring Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) – last November.

Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner and her husband Joe Jonas surprised fans when they mentioned his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in a new video. The British star touched upon her favourite album by the country singer - and fans will no doubt be obsessed!READ: Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner welcome second babyDuring a TikTok live stream on Wednesday, the couple answered questions, one of which included Taylor.WATCH: Taylor Swift gifts tour merchandise to charityTaylor, 32, and Joe, 32, had a short but sweet romance that lasted for a few months in 2008.

dropped a post on Instagram asking whether she should take her private jet or the one belonging to her longtime boyfriend Travis Scott. What was probably meant as a combination lighthearted joke and brag post didn’t go over very well at all and has led to people digging into her flying habits and roasting her on Twitter. Her sister Kourtney Kardashian, however, has been getting the opposite response on social media.

Riding first class? Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker just flew on a commercial plane. The spotting comes a week after reports emerged that her sister Kylie Jenner used her private jet for 17 minutes.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor“You wanna take mine or yours?” With those six words and a picture of herself and paramour Travis Scott embracing in front of two private jets last month, Kylie Jenner ignited outcry about celebrity climate offenders that shows no sign of abating. It didn’t help that the @celebjets Twitter account, which tracks private jet trips, posted that Jenner’s plane flew 17 minutes from the Van Nuys Airport to Calabasas the week of her viral Instagram post.While wealthy entertainers and business people have long traveled on private jets, the outsized resources they consume in a time of increased focus on climate change has brought new attention to the practice.Other stars have also come under fire for their use of private aircraft: Marketing agency Yard crunched the numbers from @CelebJets Twitter account and found that Taylor Swift’s plane, for example, has been responsible for more than 8,000 tons of flight emissions in 2022.

Khloe Kardashian liked an Instagram post joking that Kris Jenner was the one who leaked Taylor Swift's private jet use. Khloe's name shows up on the list of people who double tapped a post shared by @Kardashiansocial over the weekend.The meme post poses the question, "who leaked that Taylor Swift's private jet took 170 flights this year?" The post features a video of Kris walking into a room, sitting on a couch and answering "Kris f--king Jenner." The "Shake it Off" singer was accused of polluting the earth by flying in her private jet 170 times between Jan.

Keeping the “Bad Blood” going. Khloé Kardashian jokingly hinted that mom Kris Jenner was the latest family member to instigate a feud with Taylor Swift — by leaking her jet usage details online.

Changing with the times. Beyoncé has joined the ranks of Taylor Swift, Lizzo and other artists who have changed their lyrics after realizing they offended listeners.

Taylor Swift's representatives are speaking out on the singer's behalf after she received backlash following a study conducted by the digital marketing firm, Yard, which claimed that flights taken by her private jet have emitted 8,293.54 metric tons of carbon in the last seven months, which is as the study found, «1,184.8 times more than the average person's total annual emissions.»Swift's reps were quick to respond, telling ET that Swift isn't on all those rides, in fact, they say, she isn't even on most of them.«Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect,» a spokesperson for the «Bad Blood» singer said.The study, which cited its information from the Twitter account, Celebrity Jets, went on to claim that Swift's plane took more than 170 trips, racking up 22,923 minutes in the air since the beginning of the year. The study also alleged that her aircraft had an average flight time of around 80 minutes and traveled around 139.36 miles, with the plane's shortest flight — a trip from Missouri to Nashville — clocking in at just 36 minutes.While it's unclear who has been taking these flights, Swift has been most recently spotted in London and Los Angeles, so she has been doing some traveling.Taylor Swift's Falcon 7X 825 mile (717 NM) flight from ALB to BNA ~ 752 gallons (2,847 liters).

Drake are reportedly among the top offenders when it comes to taking disproportionately-polluting short flights on private jets, according to new analysis. Kim Kardashian’s private plane made four flights of under 20 minutes in the past two months, according to data from celebrity flight-tracker @CelebJets. The private plane belonging to her half-sister, Kylie Jenner, did twice as many, the tracker found.

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Taylor Swift has topped a list of private jet polluters, with the singer’s personal plane having made 170 trips this year.The chart was put together by UK-based sustainability marketing firm Yard, which compiled a list of the “top 10 celebrity CO2e offenders” based on their private plane usage.Drawing on data from the Twitter account @CelebJets (which in turn gets its data from ADS-B Exchange), Yard’s report found that Swift’s plane has made 170 trips since January, spending the equivalent of 15.9 days in the air.Her flight emissions totalled 8,293.54 tonnes, which, per the report, is “1,184.8 times more than the average person’s yearly emissions”. Her average flight time was 80 minutes, with the shortest flight, a stint from Missouri to Nashville, clocking in at just 36 minutes.Taylor’s team came to defend the singer in a statement, with a representative telling Rolling Stone: “Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals.

Rolling Stone. “To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.”The “Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions” list was put together by British marketing agency Yard, based on data from the CelebrityJets Twitter account.

Taylor Swift is getting backlash from critics about her private jet's carbon footprint. The "Shake it Off" singer was accused of polluting the earth by flying in her private jet 170 times between Jan.

Kylie Jenner has been taking heat for a recent report on celebrities’ use of private jets and their impact on the environment, which reported that she once took her jet on a 17-minute flight between two destinations she could have traversed by car in just 45 minutes.

Drake are reportedly among the top offenders when it comes to taking disproportionately-polluting short flights on private jets, according to new analysis. Kim Kardashian’s private plane made four flights of under 20 minutes in the past two months, according to data from celebrity flight-tracker @CelebJets. The private plane belonging to her half-sister, Kylie Jenner, did twice as many, the tracker found.