Furious Taylor Swift clashes with back-up dancer Toshi after he posted sexist memes on Instagram
TAYLOR SWIFT is not going to let anybody damage her Reputation – and that includes backing dancer and former pal Toshi.
A major bust-up has broken out behind the scenes of her tour after she clashed with him over sexist memes mocking women that he posted on Instagram.
After a confrontation between the pair, Toshi is now notably absent from her stage shows, including her BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend performance in Swansea last weekend — the first time he’s not been alongside her.
The fallout has become a major issue backstage as she continues her world tour.
A source said: “ is livid and seriously disappointed with Toshi’s social media posts.
“She has considered him one her closest friends on the road after recruiting him for her 1989 tour back in 2014.
“And she even donated thousands to his nephew Ayden, who sadly lost his life, to help with cancer treatment.
“But she feels his posts were absolutely unacceptable, especially in the current climate of the #MeToo movement.
“She feels she simply cannot endorse this behaviour and to do so would be setting a bad example to her fans.”
Toshi’s Instagram Story posts were screen-grabbed by Taylor’s eagle-eyed following before he made his Instagram account private.
One post mocked the Aussie women’s soccer team telling them to go back to the kitchen.
But an even more sinister image claimed every girl’s weakness is sedative drug chloroform, which criminals use to carry out crimes such as date rape.
It was only recently that Taylor was a victim of sexual assault herself when she was groped by radio DJ David Mueller during a meet and great.
After that, she pledged her support to “multiple organisations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves”.
No wonder she didn’t see anything funny about his tweets.
It’s right he foxtrots off from the tour.
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Dua in Carew crew
SHE’S famous for setting out her own New Rules – which mostly detail the importance of keeping your ex at arm’s length.
But I’m not sure DUA LIPA is all that great at sticking to them, after hanging out with her former boyfriend, model ISAAC CAREW, yet again last night.
The couple split last February after a two-year relationship, and on Monday he began gushing about her on Instagram, posting a snap of her with the caption “The greatest of all time,” before they were later spotted heading home together in a taxi.
And yesterday morning, in a less-than-subtle hint, he uploaded a snap of himself making two cups of tea – suggesting he still had company.
An industry insider tells me: “Dua and Isaac seem very much back on. There’s obviously still a very strong connection be- tween them, and they have been hanging out a lot again.
“Whenever they are both in the same place, usually London, they seem to end up hooking up.” It’s the second time the pair have been spotted out together in as many months, and the rekindling comes after Dua split from her last squeeze, LANY frontman PAUL KLEIN.
Maybe time to scrap the rules after all . . .
Like father, like daugther
PARIS JACKSON has clearly inherited her father MICHAEL’s love of animals – and drama.
The actress and model stormed out of an outdoor Dior show in Paris “in a rage” as sheets of rain fell on the venue on Monday.
Paris, who is dating model CARA DELEVINGNE, objected to the use of performing horses in a Mexican-style rodeo. A reviewer said: “She huffed out. Whether the issue was animal welfare, or simply an extreme aversion to rain, was not clear.”
Paris should be used to clothes horses by now . . .
Leak peek at Madge songs
will be on the warpath after details of her new songs were leaked online – including some of her most controversial lyrics.
The singer has apparently laid down five tunes to accompany new track Beautiful Game, which she performed at New York’s Met Gala earlier this month.
Risky Places sees her rap about locations where she’d like to get caught having sex – including a pet cemetery, her father’s basement and KENDRICK LAMAR’s bedroom.
Turn Back Time is a ballad about her regret at having an abortion in her youth.
Smartgun tells about a black teenager who gets shot by police. Dos Hermanos is about two brothers separated by immigration laws.
And Persistence is a beat-heavy song that sees her repeats the phrase, “If you want something, you have to ask for it”.
A music source said: “Madonna is desperate to make her 14th album her most cutting edge yet
“She is going to be furious that her early work is already being leaked when the whole point is for it to have a shock impact.”
Her 2015 album Rebel Heart was also leaked online, with Israeli hacker Adi Lederman jailed for 14 months.
These new hackers might want to lay low for a while.
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DANIEL CRAIG has been spotted on the set for James Bond 25 for the first time. The actor was seen filming for his fifth 007 flick in Cardona, Spain, on Tuesday, and sported a trademark black tux during scenes shot in a castle.
Fashionable look, Becks
THE BECKHAMS looked like something out of a Hovis advert as they headed off on a family fishing trip.
Leaving and Harper at home, DAVID and sons Brooklyn and Romeo wore matching tweed caps as they enjoyed a family outing over the Bank Holiday weekend. The former footballer is clearly a big fan of “baker boy” headwear as he always seems to be sporting the Peaky Blinders look these days.
He captioned the Instagram picture: “Lovely day fishing with the boys today.”
Maybe he’s got something to hide under there.
Hello yellow 'Chelle-oh
I HOPE packed a brolly for her stop by the BBC yesterday afternoon.
The actress ventured out amid London’s thunderstorms, but managed to stay fresh as a daisy as she posed for selfies in a yellow top.
Meanwhile her hubby MARK WRIGHT has been enjoying the sunshine of Las Vegas – when he’s not caning it indoors.
He posted a story on Instagram of his brother Josh’s stag party where the boys were all seen calling their wives to check in and tell them they were “still alive”.
No wonder Michelle was looking so cheery.
Gaga's Neo look
LADY GAGA looks ready to swerve a bullet as she channels hacker Neo from The Matrix.
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