Final Friday, November 17, a fan at Taylor Swift’s live performance in Brazil died throughout the weekend’s heatwave after collapsing on the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos. The Eras Tour singer has reportedly been devastated by 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado’s loss of life. A supply talking with US Weekly says that the star has been leaning on her boyfriend Travis Kelce within the aftermath of the tragic loss.
“She is so grateful she’s had Travis,” the insider mentioned. “He’s been an enormous assist system for her proper now. Her household has been there, however it’s completely different to have a boyfriend to lean on.”
The supply added, “She was fully beside herself and it’s been so onerous for her to speak about,” saying additionally that Swift’s group “reached out” to Machado’s household.
Hours after her Friday present, Swift wrote in regards to the occasion in her Instagram Story, saying, “I can’t imagine I’m writing these phrases however it’s with a shattered coronary heart that I say we misplaced a fan earlier tonight earlier than my present. I can’t even let you know how devastated I’m by this. There’s little or no data I’ve aside from the truth that she was so extremely stunning and much too younger.”
She went on, “I’m not going to have the ability to discuss this from stage as a result of I really feel overwhelmed by grief after I even attempt to speak about it. I need to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my damaged coronary heart goes out to her household and mates. That is the very last thing I ever thought would occur once we determined to carry this tour to Brazil.”
Machado’s father, Weiny Machado, has requested native officers to research the circumstances on the stadium that raised it to such harmful temperatures.
“I misplaced my solely daughter, a cheerful and clever woman,” he instructed newspaper Folha de São Paulo. “She was about to graduate in Psychology subsequent April, saving cash. I’ve no phrases to precise my ache. She left dwelling to meet a dream and got here again lifeless.”
He continued, “I would like it to be discovered whether or not they have been the truth is prohibited from bringing water, whether or not there was negligence in offering help. I do know that the singer was handing out water to her followers, and that’s absurd for an occasion of this dimension. Nothing will carry my daughter again, however I hope that, if negligence is confirmed, somebody can be punished, in order that this doesn’t occur to anybody else.”
Swift’s Saturday present was postponed as temperatures continued to soar.
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and extra. Her first e-book, The Lonely Hunter, can be launched by Dial Press in February 2022.
