Look what Taylor Swift made her do.
Comic Nikki Glaser shelled out practically $100,000 to attend 22 Eras Tour reveals for the reason that “Bad Blood” singer kicked off her blockbuster world tour in 2023.
“I want to be clear that we’re including travel expenses, hotels, and me also flying and putting up everyone that I would invite to go with me, plus tickets, plus merch,” Glaser, 40, instructed Folks.
The last word Swiftie, who can also be the host of the 2025 Golden Globes, mentioned the cash was “well worth it.”
“I would’ve paid even more,” she admitted.
Glaser mentioned she justified the price of attending practically two dozen reveals — the place coveted resale tickets bought at astronomical costs — as a result of she doesn’t “have kids,” one thing she “consciously decided not to do.”
“It wasn’t the easiest decision. There was a part of me that was like, ‘I would like kids,’ but it just doesn’t fit in my life,” she defined.
“And so in order for me to make myself feel better about the decision, I did look up how much it cost to raise a kid. And so once I saw that number, I thought, ‘It’s no problem for me to spend this on Taylor Swift.’”
Mother and father, she added, spend as a lot cash as she did for Eras Tour tickets “on their kids playing hockey for five years.”
Whereas the comic has acquired pushback about her determination to splurge on the concert events, she chalked it as much as critics being “jealous.”
“And I understand, I get jealous of people all the time. But it’s like… No one ever shames anyone for having kids and says, ‘Oh, what a waste of money. Oh, you’re flaunting your wealth,’” she mentioned.
“But for some reason, when I go to 22 Taylor Swift shows, it’s like, ‘You’re so privileged. How dare you spend that money.’”
Glaser additionally referred to as the criticism “confusing.”
“If I didn’t buy the $6,000 ticket, some other trust fund guy or some kind of hedge fund manager would’ve bought it for his niece,” she continued. “I wish the world were more fair. I wish it was a lottery. I really do.”
Swift introduced in a record-breaking $2,077,618,725 in ticket gross sales from her wildly profitable Eras Tour, The New York Instances reported. The singer, who reportedly celebrated the top of her practically two year-long touring stint with an Eras-themed shock bash, additionally reportedly gave $197 million in bonuses to her crew.
“I love that it was down to the dollar, and I could see my own money in that number and be like, ‘Yeah, there it is,’” Glaser mentioned.
