After criticism over private jet usage, singer Taylor Swift says shes not even on most flights (VIDEO)

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Swift is among the celebrities accused of causing environmental damage for their private jet usage. Pictures via Instagram/taylorswift

By Priya Kulasagaran

Monday, 01 Aug 2022 2:09 PM MYT

PETALING JAYA, Aug 1 Taylor Swift has responded to criticism over her carbon footprint by saying that shes not responsible for most of the flights made by her private jet.

Swift recently received backlash on social media following a study alleging that flights by her private jet have emitted 8,293.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide in the past seven months.

You probably saw Kylie Jenner’s tone deaf post about her & Travis Scott’s matching private jets.

Well, we conducted a study on the worst celeb private jet CO2 emission offenders & the results are shocking. https://t.co/hzoEOx86OY#Co2Much pic.twitter.com/gv4MGSqxZR

Yard (@YardDigital) July 29, 2022

The study, carried out by digital marketing firm Yard, added that Swifts flight emissions alone were 1,184.8 times more than the average persons total annual emissions.

A spokesperson for the 32-year-old singer told E! News yesterday that the stars jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals.

To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect, the spokesperson added in a statement.

According to Yard, Swifts jet made 170 flights in the first 200 days of 2022, amounting to almost 16 days of flight time.

Swift topped the list of celebrities named for causing the most carbon emissions with their private jets, followed by boxer Floyd Mayweather and rapper Jay-Z.

The top 10 lists also included country singer Blake Shelton, director Steven Spielberg, and talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

Data from the study was pulled from flight-tracking Twitter account Celebrity Jets, which in turn gets its data from ADS-B Exchange.

On its website, ADS-B Exchange dubs itself as the worlds largest source of unfiltered flight data.

News of the study sparked plenty of memes over the weekend, most featuring tongue-in-cheek captions implying that Swift would take a flight to carry out mundane tasks.

going to grab a coffee with my friend taylor swift pic.twitter.com/8Mr1CbdlW2

cam (@smackcam13) July 30, 2022

Taylor swift going to the corner store for hot Cheetos and Arizona tea pic.twitter.com/AoNTLOgrGW

MRSA (@ImgivingupMama) July 30, 2022

Fellow celebrities were also not spared.

Taylor Swift, Kim K and Kylie seeing who can get to Starbucks first pic.twitter.com/MmOqe2pMIu

Bob (@tweetsbybob_) July 30, 2022

Yards study was published amidst a larger online discussion over the environmental damage caused by wealthy individuals private jet usage.

Earlier last month, socialite Kylie Jenner received criticism for a tone-deaf Instagram post asking fans which private jet she should use for a 17-minute flight the same post which inspired Yards study.

Meanwhile, musician Drake last week attempted to justify using his personal Boeing 767 for a series of flights lasting under 20 minutes each by saying that the flights were empty.

On Friday (July 29), The Guardian reported that Drake took multiple short flights between Toronto and Hamilton in Canada.

According to Google Maps, the cities are within a 47-minute driving distance from each other.

Responding to critics on Instagram, Drake said: This is just them moving planes to whatever airport they are being stored at for anyone who was (sic) interested in the logistics…nobody takes that flight.

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