The marketing firm Yard analyzed data from @CelebrityJets, which tracks the private jets of famous actors, musicians, and personalities, and found that of those tracked, Swift had racked up the most emissions.
Since the beginning of the year, the account found, Swift's jet took 170 trips, equalling about 22,923 minutes in the air — which nets out to 8,293.54 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
That's 1,184.8 times the average person's emissions, according to Yard.
Swift's reps quickly came to her defense, releasing a statement saying she frequently loans the plane out to others and therefore wasn't solely responsible for the carbon emissions.
"Taylor's jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals," various news outlets reported. "To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect."
But that didn't stop some from criticizing Swift, suggesting her constant private jet usage showed a disregard for the environmental impact of plane travel.
And many have taken to Twitter and TikTok to express their disapproval with memes mocking the singer — and the perceived absurdity and lack of relatability of the situation.
