{"id":2009134,"date":"2023-08-23T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-guard-says-he-got-fired-for-asking-fans-to-take-his-photo-with-taylor-swift-while-working-concert\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T10:52:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T14:52:33","slug":"security-guard-says-he-got-fired-for-asking-fans-to-take-his-photo-with-taylor-swift-while-working-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-guard-says-he-got-fired-for-asking-fans-to-take-his-photo-with-taylor-swift-while-working-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Security guard claims he was fired for requesting fans to take a photo of him with Taylor Swift during a concert."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecurity-guard-says-he-got-fired-for-asking-fans-to-take-his-photo-with-taylor-swift-while-working-concert%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A security\u200d guard who became an internet sensation for his impromptu performance\u200b of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taylor Swift<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  song during one\u2062 of her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">concerts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2063 has revealed that he was fired for a simple request: asking fans to take his photo with the star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calvin \u200cDenker,\u2063 employed by the security company BEST, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-stelter-ignores-blm-protesters-violent-attack-of-cnn-camera-crew\/\" title=\"Brian Stelter ignores BLM protesters violent attack of CNN camera crew\">gained widespread attention<\/a> on TikTok when a\u200d fan recorded him \u200dsinging along to\u2063 \u201cCruel\u2064 Summer\u201d at one of Swift\u2019s Minneapolis shows in June, as reported by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12435881\/Taylor-Swift-security-guard-fired-fans-photos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denker later\u2062 posted \u2064a reaction video where he explained that he had handed out his phone number to fans \u200cin\u2062 the \u200dfront row,\u2064 asking them to\u2064 capture a photo of him with Swift and send\u200c it to him. He admitted that one of the reasons he took the job was to fulfill his goal of seeing \u200dSwift perform for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@anmaloney\/video\/7248417098010004778\" data-video-id=\"7248417098010004778\">\n<section><a title=\"@anmaloney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@anmaloney?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@anmaloney<\/a> Security guard carried section A2! \ud83c\udfb6 @Taylor Swift @Taylor Nation <a title=\"taylorswift\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylorswift?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#taylorswift<\/a> <a title=\"erastour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/erastour?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#erastour<\/a> <a title=\"tstheerastour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tstheerastour?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#tstheerastour<\/a> <a title=\"minneapoliststheerastour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/minneapoliststheerastour?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#minneapoliststheerastour<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Alisa Maloney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7248417101998803755?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c\u200c original sound \u2013 Alisa Maloney<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAfter the first night,\u2064 I realized how close Taylor was \u200cgetting to me, so I really wanted\u200d to capture the moment in a photo,\u201d Denker\u2062 shared. \u201cI handed out these little pieces of paper that\u200c stated I \u2062wasn&#8217;t allowed to have my phone out, but if Taylor Swift came right \u2062behind me, please take a photo of us and text it to my number.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denker revealed on social media that this action led\u2064 to \u2062his termination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLong story short, I was \u2063fired for it,\u201d Denker explained in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@calvindenker\/video\/7268044014903987499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video update<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cMy former \u200csecurity company claimed they had a rule against taking photos with any performers. The main issue \u200bthey had was \u200dwith my follow-up video where I mentioned distributing pieces of paper to request any\u2064 photos that I \u2063managed to be in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAbove \u200dall else, I made sure that Taylor Swift was safe \u200dand that \u2064all the fans had a\u2062 great time. I \u2063was simply doing my job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe HR representative who called me couldn&#8217;t clearly explain \u2064what \u200bI did wrong,\u201d Denker added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the incident, \u200cDenker has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depps-attorney-lands-new-gig\/\" title=\"Johnny Depp\u2019s Attorney Lands New Gig\">received job offers<\/a> from \u2063other security companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have \u2063been approached by several other security companies since \u200dthe TikTok video,\u201d\u2063 Denker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/entertainment\/fired-taylor-swift-security-guard-says-hes-been-offered-jobs-since-going-viral-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  The\u200b Messenger. \u201cI might consider attending a \u200djob interview or two,\u200d but this security gig was always\u200d meant to be my \u2062fun job during my free time, as I am a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-guard-says-he-got-fired-for-asking-fans-to-take-his-photo-with-taylor-swift-while-working-concert\/\" title=\"Security guard claims he was fired for requesting fans to take a photo of him with Taylor Swift during a concert.\">full-time software engineer<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security guard, Calvin Denker, gained fame on TikTok for singing along to a Taylor Swift song during her concert. Unfortunately, he was fired by his employer, BEST, for requesting fans to take a photo of him with the star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2009135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}