{"id":1161,"date":"2024-10-22T08:51:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:51:34","slug":"photos-taylor-swift-sent-handwritten-note-to-barstool-sports-boss-dave-portnoy-that-will-leave-her-fans-scratching-their-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Taylor Swift Sent Handwritten Note To Barstool Sports Boss Dave Portnoy That Will Leave Her Fans Scratching Their Heads!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Dave-Portnoy-and-Taylor-Swift-enh-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Portnoy smiling and Taylor Swift posing\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift had a special delivery for Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy ahead of her Eras Tour concert in Miami over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy shared a handwritten note Taylor Swift had sent him when he attended her show Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old singer-songwriter made a friendly gesture to the media mogul at Miami\u2019s Hard Rock Stadium after he took to her defense more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a gift from @taylorswift to @stoolpresidente at last night\u2019s Eras Tour,\u201d the caption read on Instagram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBW0nCpSMk_\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=658&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Fphotos-taylor-swift-sent-handwritten-note-to-barstool-sports-boss-dave-portnoy-that-will-leave-her-fans-scratching-their-heads%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3153.899999976158%7D\" height=\"730\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taylor wrote \u201cDave!\u201d on the front of a white envelope, \u201cDave, I\u2019m so happy to have you at the show tonight!\u201d the pop star, 34, wrote in the letter. \u201cI wanted to say thank you for always being so supportive, so loyal, and for having my back when a lot of people didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope you have a blast tonight!! Love, Taylor,\u201d she concluded, signing the note along with a heart.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The social media personality is a controversial figure, having been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct and having a history of misogynistic \u201chumor\u201d and sexist attacks against women working in sports media.<\/p>\n<p>This message from Taylor Swift to him won\u2019t go over well with many in her fan base.<\/p>\n<p>She likely never thought he would put the letter on social media for all to see.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-barstool-s-dave-portnoy-hits-back-at-taylor-swift-claim\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barstool\u2019s Dave Portnoy Hits Back at Taylor Swift Claim<\/h2>\n<p>Following her endorsement of Kamala Harris as president in 2024, Taylor Swift sent a handwritten letter to Barstool Sports founder and owner Dave Portnoy ahead of one of her concerts.<\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, Portnoy has been outspoken about the fact he\u2019s voting for Republican nominee Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also a major Swift fan, who stated she is voting for Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Portnoy spoke about his experience going to his second Swift concert and also touched on a woman posting about him online.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-4\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt was an amazing night and I should be on cloud nine but this girl kind of went viral recently, trashing me, \u2018Swifties should hate this guy, more importantly, Taylor\u2019s camp hates Dave, they never talked to him [or] reached out,&#8217;\u201d Portnoy\u00a0said in the clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said I\u2019ve never been to a concert, not true, this is my second one of the Eras Tour. But it should have been a night of celebration, like, this girl though, kind of raining on my parade, being like, \u2018They don\u2019t like you,\u2019 this that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He would then add a video in that clip that referred to a woman claiming Swift\u2019s team has never reached out to Portnoy, Barstool Sports, or anything associated with the businessman, claiming he is a \u201cperformative Swiftie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI did get the VIP section, which was amazing. You know, I wanted to come on and talk about this letter that Austin Swift, her brother\u2014the 13 there, I obviously opened it\u2014hand-delivered to me in the VIP section from Taylor,\u201d Portnoy continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this girl is like, \u2018Ooh, Taylor hates him, they don\u2019t want him there, they don\u2019t like him.\u2019 This letter from Taylor herself that was hand-delivered to me in the VIP section.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DBWynNBPAdc\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=658&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Fphotos-taylor-swift-sent-handwritten-note-to-barstool-sports-boss-dave-portnoy-that-will-leave-her-fans-scratching-their-heads%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A3176.5%7D\" height=\"1116\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift had a special delivery for Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy ahead of her Eras Tour concert in Miami over the weekend. 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