A person who labored as a safety guard on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour claims he was fired for asking viewers members to ship images they took of him through the live performance.
Calvin Denker, who went viral in June for singing alongside to “Cruel Summer” throughout one in all Swift’s Minneapolis exhibits, alleged that Best Crowd Management terminated his employment after seeing the TikTok movies he posted concerning the live shows.
“Long story short, I was fired for it,” Denker claimed in a current TikTok video. “My former security company said that they had a rule against taking photos with any of their performers, and the main issue that they had was with my follow-up video where I said I handed out pieces of paper to the people in front of me to ask to be sent any photos that I made my way into.”
In a June video, Denker defined that one of many causes he acquired a job in live performance safety was so he might attend the Eras Tour with out paying for tickets.
Denker famous that the one that posted the unique video of him singing alongside to “Cruel Summer” didn’t obtain one in all his notes asking for photos, however different concertgoers kindly obliged his request. “Every photo of me from that night was from behind the barricade like any other photo from a fan would be,” he defined in his newest add. “I never took my own phone out, and above all else, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe and all the fans had a good time. As long as I was at that concert I was doing my job.”
According to Denker, a human sources worker from Best Crowd Management reached out to him after seeing the June video that included a few of these images. That individual advised him he could be fired.
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“On the call, I asked what would happen if I deleted my TikToks, and the HR woman said that she would talk to her boss and see what could be done and get back to me after she went on a brief vacation,” Denker recalled. “I kind of waited and waited.”
Denker stated he by no means heard again from human sources however did get a name from Best Crowd Management, who scheduled him to work at an Ed Sheeran live performance earlier this month. “A couple managers talked to me just to make sure that I wouldn’t be making any videos, but a lot of them were really cool and willing to give me a second chance,” he claimed.
Denker thought the uneventful Sheeran gig meant his job was protected, however he quickly realized that wasn’t the case. “After I had completed seven hours of my shift, I was told to go talk to HR, where the same woman who had called me a month ago was upset with me for still working even though I was assigned more shifts and I hadn’t heard anything back from her,” he alleged.
Despite the drama, Denker stated he was no less than blissful he acquired to attend two stops on the Eras Tour. “I still got to work one of the coolest concerts ever and I got to work it twice, so that is fantastic and I hold no grudges against my employer,” he concluded.
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