A security guard claimed that he was fired from the company he was working for, after he was photographed singing at one of the shows of American star Taylor Swift in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, at the end of June, and asks fans to take pictures of him with the star he guards, despite his assurance that he He was “doing his job” perfectly.
Calvin Dunker was seen singing the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer song while guarding her party, in a video clip that went viral on the TikTok platform, which led to his official dismissal from work as a security guard at Best Crowd Management, due to breaking the company’s rule.
Dunker joined that security job, in order to attend Taylor Swift’s concerts for free, so this was the primary goal for him, and the instructions and rules of the security company he was working for included preventing taking any personal photos with any artist who was being guarded.
Dunker said in an explanatory video via TikTok, after his video spread while he was singing, that during the star’s concert on June 23 and 24 last, he realized on the first night how close Taylor Swift was to him, so he wanted to document that happy moment for him and get pictures. , At a time when he is not allowed by virtue of his work to use his mobile phone, so the next night, he delivered small pieces of paper to the audience in the front row, with his mobile phone number attached, and it was written in it that he was not allowed to take out his phone, so if Taylor Swift came after him, Immediately, please take pictures of him with her and send them to his phone.
The security guard confirmed that he handed only two papers to two people in the front row on the second night, and they were nice to him, as he put it, according to what was reported in the British Daily Mail, indicating that he did not pass any message to the woman who posted the Tik Tok video while he was singing, but he He was so happy to see it in a viral video.
He added, “Every photo I took that night was from behind the barrier like any other photo taken by a fan.. I never took out my phone.. Above all, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe and everything,” he added. “The fans had a great time.” And I was doing my job.”
In the video, Dunker said he offered to delete the post, and the company’s human resources representative said she would get back to him, but he hasn’t heard back in over a month.
Dunker confirmed via video that he was given a work shift at Ed Sheeran’s concert at the same place on August 12, and was able to work in it, but he was then officially fired after a 7-hour shift.
Despite Denker’s loss of his job, he confirmed that he did not hold any grudge against the company, and that he just wanted to clarify what happened to everyone, indicating that he very much enjoyed working in one of the most amazing concerts ever.
