Taylor Swift facing backlash as she’s to flying 20,000 miles in private jet

The Holy Ground hitmaker is set to fly nearly 20,000 air miles over 10 days after her final Tokyo gig almost clashed with her boyfriend’s Super Bowl game.

Taylor’s plans are under extra scrutiny after a cease-and-desist letter was sent to Jack Sweeney – who runs a private jet tracker – over concerns around ‘stalking’ due to her flights being publicly broadcast.

This comes after she garnered huge criticism for being named one of the biggest celebrity polluters in 2022, alongside the likes of Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian.

Swifties were delighted that her beloved Eras Tour started up again in Japan but quickly noticed an unfortunate clash in the 34-year-old megastar’s schedule.

Taylor is believed to be planning to rush home on Saturday, February 10, so she can watch Travis Kelce in his big game the next day – flying 5,548 miles in the process.

Her homeward flight to Las Vegas comes four days after jetting out to Tokyo for the next leg of the Eras Tour, racking up 5,488 miles on her way out.

Assuming she attends the Kansas City Chiefs playoff against the San Francisco 49ers, Taylor will have to hop back onto her private jet and head to Melbourne, Australia.

This will add another 8,154 air miles to her journey, with a whopping 19,190 miles under her belt – equating to an estimated 122 tons of CO2 emissions.

In terms of planting trees, it’s estimated one oak tree takes six years to absorb one ton of CO2 so 122 trees would need to be planted with half a decade of growth to offset these three flights.

After Melbourne, she’ll make the 439-mile trip to Sydney as her tour continues, before heading to Singapore, Europe, and the UK.

Tours are part and parcel of being an artist and celebrities are expected to contribute masses of CO2 emissions as they travel the world.

To offset this, celebrities will purchase carbon credits which pay for climate projects to counteract their fossil fuel usage.

Taylor’s publicist, Tree Paine, previously stated that the Dear Reader singer had paid for double the credits she needed in preparation for the Eras Tour.

The carbon emissions of the Grammy winner have been under scrutiny since she was named the top celebrity polluter in 2022, by the site Yard which used data from the now-suspended X account CelebrityJets.

Another site, ClimateJets, agreed with the estimation of around 1,125.32 metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted over that year – but named numerous celebrities as bigger polluters.

The site – which gives thanks to Jack Sweeney – includes Pitbull, Jim Carrey, Kim K, Steven Spielberg, and Elon Musk, as worse offenders.

A further climate tracker, MyClimate.org, gave an updated 2023 ranking with Taylor completely omitted from the top 30 most prolific flight takers.

While many are still naming Taylor as the biggest polluter, this seems to now be outdated, with Travis Scott topping the 2023 list instead.

Fans have been ferociously defending the Clara Bow singer on X, as Caleb Maughan wrote: ‘Taylor Swift isn’t even in the top 10 of the most jet emissions yet she’s the only one being held responsible for killing the planet.