Taylor Swift breaks down in tears minutes before taking to the stage in London as she struggles with the emotional impact of meeting the families of the Southport knife attack victims in heartbreaking scenes from her new Disney series.
The singer met privately with the families before each of her five shows at Wembley Stadium.
On July 29, 2024 Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, were killed at a Swift-themed dance class in Southport, which also injured ten others.
The long-awaited six-part docuseries, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, gives fans a rare insight into the mammoth tour and sees the singer crying alongside her mom, Andrea Swift, as she struggles to compose herself before stepping out to thousands of fans at Wembley Stadium.
The Grammy winner, 36, is seen sobbing in the glittering orange outfit she wore to open the shows last August as she walks from the meeting to a private room where she breaks down.
‘I know you helped them,’ Andrea says as she passes her daughter a tissue. ‘I know it doesn’t seem like it, but I know you helped them.’
Swift struggles to catch her breath as she wipes her eyes and tries to pull herself together before she is seen being wheeled to the stage with little time to process the emotional meeting.
The Cruel Summer singer said she has no choice but to put on a brave face.
‘From a mental standpoint I just do live in a reality that is very unreal a lot of the time,’ she said.
‘But it’s my job to be able to handle all these feelings and then perk up immediately to perform. That’s just the way it’s got to be.’
