{"id":2381525,"date":"2026-04-20T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2381525"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:19:24","slug":"josh-hutcherson-talks-taylor-swift-comments-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/josh-hutcherson-talks-taylor-swift-comments-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hutcherson talks Taylor Swift comments backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/10\/03\/USAT\/86503495007-trnd-taylor-swift-listening-parties-thumb.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; brings Swifties together<\/p>\n<p>From midnight listening parties to themed outfits and emotional reactions, Taylor Swift\u2019s latest album &#8220;The Life of a Showgirl&#8221; has fans gathering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/08\/23\/josh-hutchersons-five-wildest-burn-moments-spoilers\/2076375001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh Hutcherson<\/a> has a message for Swifties: You need to calm down.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/josh-hutcherson-is-liking-what-he-sees-in-the-mirror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview with GQ,<\/a> the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2025\/03\/19\/hunger-games-cultural-impact\/82518262007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunger Games<\/a>&#8221; star, 33, reacted to the backlash he received after saying last year that he is &#8220;definitely not&#8221; a fan of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor Swift&#8217;s<\/a> music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got some heat because I did a photo shoot with Jordan [Firstman], and Jordan asked me something about being a [<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/taylor-swift\/\" data-autotag=\"ec0ec3d6-8031-4775-9c6d-550a6d24919d\">Taylor Swift<\/a> fan], and I was like, &#8216;Oh no, I&#8217;m definitely not a Swiftie,'&#8221; he told GQ. &#8220;All of a sudden it garnered this, &#8216;F&#8212; him! He&#8217;s a monster! Destroy him! He&#8217;s short! He hates her because he&#8217;s short!&#8217; It&#8217;s just like, whoa! I think she&#8217;s great. Her music is not my kind of music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hutcherson&#8217;s comments about Swift came <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@i_d\/video\/7581559011875556630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">during a video interview<\/a> with his &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/columnist\/2025\/12\/21\/i-love-la-season-finale-gen-z-irony-social-media\/87831000007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Love LA<\/a>&#8221; costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/12\/21\/jordan-firstman-i-love-la-interview\/87850531007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jordan Firstman<\/a> for i-D Magazine. As part of a game where the actors pulled up random photos on their phone, Hutcherson showed a picture of himself attending one of Swift&#8217;s concerts with his mom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mom made me,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Jennifer Lawrence, <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/11\/hunger-games-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-sunrise-on-the-reaping\/87714499007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hutcherson back for &#8216;Hunger Games&#8217; prequel<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This led Firstman to ask Hutcherson if he is a Swiftie, to which the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2023\/11\/05\/five-nights-at-freddys-repeats-at-no-1-box-office\/71466885007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s<\/a>&#8221; star replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m not a Swiftie. Very much not.&#8221; He continued, &#8220;No shade. All respect. But definitely not.&#8221; Firstman quipped, &#8220;A little tiny shade. She can handle a little bit of shade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some of Swift&#8217;s fans weren&#8217;t happy with the comment, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kaiamal13\/status\/1998145253899911561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one X post reading<\/a>, &#8220;A simple no would be sufficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another person <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/speaknow37\/status\/1998347400935539006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>, &#8220;No but I seriously can&#8217;t get over just how pathetic this is of Josh Hutcherson. Taylor Swift was kind enough to gift him VIP tickets to the eras tour because his mom wanted to go but instead of being grateful to her for her generosity, he shades her. Vile behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Josh Hutcherson <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2019\/08\/23\/josh-hutchersons-five-wildest-burn-moments-spoilers\/2076375001\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">goes to hell in a gas station: His 5 weirdest &#8216;Burn&#8217; moments (spoilers!)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with GQ, Hutcherson pointed to this as an example of why he doesn&#8217;t &#8220;want to be online,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need that energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Best known for playing Peeta in the &#8220;Hunger Games&#8221; franchise, Hutcherson is coming off his role as Dylan in the first season of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/10\/30\/i-love-la-rachel-sennott-hbo-review\/86859330007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rachel Sennott&#8217;s HBO show &#8220;I Love LA,&#8221;<\/a> and he reprised the lead role of Mike in the horror sequel &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/05\/matthew-lillard-skeet-ulrich-five-nights-at-freddys-2\/87603147007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s 2<\/a>&#8221; in December.<\/p>\n<p>Hutcherson will <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/12\/11\/hunger-games-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-sunrise-on-the-reaping\/87714499007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly return alongside Jennifer Lawrence<\/a> in the latest &#8220;Hunger Games&#8221; prequel movie, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/movies\/2026\/04\/13\/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-cast\/89592450007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping<\/a>,&#8221; which hits theaters in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s &#8216;The Life of a Showgirl&#8217; brings Swifties together From midnight listening parties to themed outfits and emotional reactions, Taylor Swift\u2019s latest album &#8220;The Life of a Showgirl&#8221; has fans gathering. Josh Hutcherson has a message for Swifties: You need to calm down. In an interview with GQ, the &#8220;Hunger Games&#8221; star, 33, reacted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2074650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[39915,22220,21751,239390,6297,21741,24311,239392,422395,309526,355239,22240,239389,21739,298114,21912,21800,74947,21738,30600,239343,239420,21940,23083,29634,24316,29633,23084,239344],"class_list":["post-2381525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-eamotion","tag-entertainment","tag-gossip","tag-gossip-u0026-tabloid-news","tag-hutcherson","tag-josh","tag-josh-hutcherson","tag-life","tag-life-now","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-negative","tag-news","tag-now","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-pop","tag-pop-music","tag-swift","tag-tabloid","tag-taylor","tag-taylor-swift","tag-u0026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Taylor-Swift-wears-Springsteen-shirt-in-latest-Showgirl-post.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381526,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381525\/revisions\/2381526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2074650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}