Josh Hutcherson has revealed that the backlash he received from the Taylor Swift fanbase is why he doesn’t like being online.
The controversy surrounded an i-D video interview last year where Jordan Firstman, his co-star in the series I Love L.A., brought up a picture of the Hunger Games actor and his mother in the VIP section at a Taylor Swift concert. Hutcherson reacted by saying: “My mom made me. … I’m not a Swiftie. Very much not. No shade, all respect, but definitely not.”
According to a new interview with GQ, the actor revealed he was on the receiving end of abuse from Swift’s passionate fanbase, known as “Swifties”, for accepting VIP tickets when he wasn’t a fan.
“I got some heat because I did a photo shoot with Jordan, and Jordan asked me something about being a [Taylor Swift fan], and I was like, ‘Oh no, I’m definitely not a Swiftie,’” Hutcherson recalled.
“All of a sudden it garnered this, ‘Fuck him! He’s a monster! Destroy him! He’s short! He hates her because he’s short!’ It’s just like, whoa! I think she’s great. Her music is not my kind of music. That is why I don’t want to be online.”
Josh Hutcherson recently appeared in the sequel to Five Nights At Freddie’s, following his success with the original movie, and will soon return to the Hunger Games franchise with a cameo as his character, Peeta Mellark, in the new film, Sunrise On The Reaping.
As for Swift, her record-breaking Eras Tour became the most successful in music history, bringing in over $2billion (£1.48billion). Recently, it was revealed that Anne Hathaway’s character in the A24 movie Mother Mary was based on the artist.
