Taylor Swift’s Red Tour is well on its way and, like with any other tour, there are fun and games as well as mishaps!
Taylor’s touring partner, Ed Sheeran, recently admitted that he made a huge faux pas that almost injured the “I Knew You Were Trouble” singer while on a plane. LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT director, Peter Jackson, gifted Sheeran a sword from THE HOBBIT which Sheeran, apparently, just lets sit anywhere, including on a table in a plane during lift off!
Ed explained the near miss in his own words saying, “As the plane started to take off, it was on the table and it [started to shift]. The plane is kind of taking off and [the sword] started sliding down [towards Taylor] and I was like, “No!” It was just about to impale Taylor.”
Luckily, no one got hurt and both Ed and Taylor are able to laugh about the incident now. Still, we can’t help but hope that Ed learned his lesson: swords are not meant to be taken on tour and they’re especially not meant to be left sitting on tables in occupied planes!