Anti-alcohol campaigner James Swanwick has been slammed as a ‘misogynist’ after criticising Taylor Swift over ‘chugging beer’ for the digicam on the Super Bowl.
James, who has been sober for 12 years, was dissatisfied to see the celebrity choose up a jug and scull it when the digicam panned to her within the million-dollar VIP field in the course of the huge recreation.
The 48-year-old, who considers himself a Swiftie, claims he misplaced 1,600 followers in 24 hours after posting concerning the Anti-Hero hitmaker’s recreation day motion.
‘Taylor Swift downing alcohol on Nationwide TV and considering it’s cool or humorous is idiotic and shameful in my view,’ he mentioned.
‘She’s simply perpetuated the mistaken perception that alcohol is fascinating.’
James Swanwick slammed Taylor for downing a drink when she was on the Jumbotron
James has been sober 12 years – he’s a Swiftie and says she is an incredible function mannequin however her behaviour left him feeling dissatisfied
Talking to FEMAIL within the aftermath of the viral publish, James admitted utilizing the time period ‘shameful’ may need been an excessive amount of – and he may have described the second utilizing completely different phrases.
However he firmly believes Taylor did the unsuitable factor by chugging the beer on the star-studded occasion as thousands and thousands of individuals tuned in on her account.
‘Deliberately chugging beer on the Jumbotron, and being happy with it, perpetuates the mistaken and damaging perception that ingesting alcohol is humorous, cool and fascinating,’ he mentioned.
‘When in precise truth alcohol is simply attractively packaged poison and only one drink per day has been proven to have a degenerative have an effect on on the mind.’
James careworn that he thinks Taylor is an incredible function mannequin, however her behaviour on the Tremendous Bowl ‘fell brief’.
‘She will be able to do no matter she needs behind closed doorways,’ he mentioned.
‘However I’m dissatisfied that she deliberately glamourised ingesting on worldwide TV whereas thousands and thousands of youngsters had been watching.’
James went on to say Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce has educated thousands and thousands of younger feminine eyes on the NFL.
It has additionally enticed a lot of these to observe the Tremendous Bowl – a lot in order that female-centric manufacturers like Dove even marketed in the course of the huge recreation.
‘Younger women may now suppose that chugging alcohol is glamorous, or humorous or cool,’ he mentioned, fearful.
Some folks slammed James – sending him messages to criticise his public stance
One other despatched him this message
Others mentioned he wants to observe what he says to ladies
James has beforehand slammed George Clooney, The Rock and Ryan Reynolds for glamourising alcohol – however his posts have by no means attracted a lot controversy.
‘I used to be stunned by the response to my publish. I used to be watching it – within the first hour 100 followers had been gone, within the second hour 100 followers had been gone, I misplaced 1,600 in 24 hours,’ he mentioned.
‘The irony is I really like Taylor Swift. I’m making an attempt to get tickets to the live shows in London.’
James was inundated with messages from Swifties who labelled him a misogynist, revealed they might be unfollowing him and informed him to go away her alone.
Others let him know they might now not be subscribing
‘Don’t ever put ladies down, ever,’ one girl wrote.
‘Shaming a lady for having a drink? You and me not ingesting alcohol is okay – however berating folks for having a non-specified drink is just not. And the misogyny.’
One other informed him to ‘give Taylor a break’.
‘The misognystic undercurrents listed here are gross. She doesn’t reply to you.’
A 3rd mentioned: ‘Who made you God to evaluate her?’
However others congratulated him for calling her out.
‘Tens of millions of little women can be chugging beer due to that. It’s unhappy however true,’ one girl agreed.
However many messaged to let him know they agreed with what he had mentioned
Others thanked him for coming ahead along with his views
‘I’ve a 17-year-old daughter who’s obsessive about Taylor Swift, and to see her downing alcohol that approach was disappointing. She is a really influential girl and ye whereas that could be exhausting for her she nonetheless has a accountability,’ mentioned one other.
James has been sober since 2012, after deciding at some point as he suffered a horrible hangover to go 30 days with out ingesting.
In 2015 he began a enterprise geared toward serving to folks to stop or lower down their alcohol consumption.
Now he has a 90-Day program dubbed Alcohol Free Lifestyle to assist folks stop booze for good.
