Taylor Swift’s team hit back after a new study found the singer tops a list of celebrities whose private jets have produced the most carbon dioxide so far this year.
UK-based sustainability marketing firm Yard shared a report on Friday revealing that the pop superstar’s jet flew 170 times between January 1 and July 19, totaling almost 16 days in the air. The aircraft’s total flight emissions were 8,293.54 tonnes of carbon, which is 1,184.8 times the total annual emissions of the average person, the study says.
“Taylor’s jet is regularly loaned out to other people,” a rep for Swift told The Hollywood Reporter. “To attribute most or all of these trips to her is grossly wrong.”
For the study, Yard used data from the Twitter account @CelebJets, which tracks private jet travel by celebrities. The data was collected from early 2022 and included the number of flights made by each star, average flight times, miles and total CO2 emissions.
Other musicians on the top 10 list were Jay-Z (No. 3), Blake Shelton (No. 5) and Travis Scott (No. 10).
Earlier this month, Drake took some heat after @CelebJets reported that he only flew 14 minutes on a private jet from Hamilton, Ontario to Toronto. The rapper cleared up the controversy by commenting on the @RealTorontoNewz Instagram page, which picked up the story.
“This is just them moving planes to whatever airport is in storage for anyone who cares about logistics,” Drake wrote in the comments section, adding, “No one is taking this flight.”
Drake and Swift weren’t the only celebrities called out for using their private jet recently. Kylie Jenner was recently criticized on social media for her own private flight from Camarillo, California to Van Nuys, California.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
