Taylor Swift addresses her mid-concert injury after a TikToker noticed she was missing 'a chunk' of her hand: 'I'm totally fine'
- Taylor Swift told fans she was "fine" after TikTokers noticed she was missing "a chunk" of her hand.
- Swift said she tripped on the hem of one of her dresses and braced her fall with her hand.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Taylor Swift assured her fans she's "fine" after someone posted a viral Tik Tok saying that she was missing "a chunk" of her hand during an Eras Tour show in Houston, Texas last week.
"PS for those asking how I cut my hand, I'm totally fine and it was my fault completely," Swift wrote in the post, which featured images from her Houston show. She said she "tripped" on the hem of her dress and "fell in the dark backstage" while she was rushing through one of her quick changes. Swift goes through many costumes during her three-hour set.
Swift explained that she'd braced her fall with her palm, hence the cut, and called the mishap "all very Mercury in retrograde coded," referring to the period of time when Mercury's orbit shifts from forward to backward, which people sometimes blame for strange occurrences in their lives that have no other explanation.
"Don't worry about me I'm gooooood," Swift concluded the post, adding a kissing and winking emoji.
Although the injury wasn't serious, it certainly caused Swift some grief throughout the show. The same TikToker that noticed the "chunk" missing also posted a separate video showcasing all of the different ways the "Death by a Thousand Cuts" singer tried to bandage her hand before finally landing on a suitable solution.
According to the video, she first tried a regular Band-Aid that wouldn't stay on while singing "Enchanted" during the portion of her show dedicated to her third studio album, "Speak Now." She then tried a more sturdy bandage wrap that "ended up twisting and putting blood on the top of her hand," according to the TikToker. She finally decided to use sports tape on the injury, which stuck for the rest of the night.
Swift's injury is just the latest event in her life to cause concern among fans online. All eyes have been glued to the singer during her record-breaking Eras Tour, as Swifties share everything from theories about how she may have hinted at her Joe Alwyn breakup to videos showing how she uses a janitor's cart to get onstage unseen.