A man paying $4,000 to smash a guitar signed by Taylor Swift was already a weird story. It got even weirder today and then again one more time for good measure.
The saga began when a signed Taylor Swift guitar was up for auction in Waxahachie, Texas, just south of Dallas, during the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner to support agricultural education for local kids. The guitar was donated by a third party and sold for four grand.
Videos by VICE
The man who won it immediately smashed it with a hammer as onlookers cheered. Videos of the smashing went viral, quickly racking up millions of views across the Internet.
While no clear motive has been publicly stated, the 67-year-old guitar smasher said he didn’t mean anything by it and that “it was just a joke.” The auctioneer undercut his statement by suggesting it was “a political thing.” Given the context of an older man smashing a Taylor Swift sign…
