Taylor Swift is facing some backlash after writing a letter to a famous fan with a controversial past.

Fans were left disappointed with the singer after Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy shared the handwritten note he received from Swift ahead of her stop in Miami during the Eras Tour.

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“I’m so glad you’re at the show tonight,” read a letter apparently written by Swift. ‘I wanted to thank you for always being so helpful and loyal, and for standing by me when many people didn’t. I hope you have a great evening!! Love, Taylor.”

The letter is written on a letterhead that reads “from the desk of TAYLOR SWIFT” and “SONGWRITER/FELINE ENTHUSIAST” at the top. The letterhead went viral last year when the singer sent a note to Alicia Keys.

After Portnoy shared the note he received, social media users expressed frustration with the singer for thanking a Trump supporter accused of sexual misconduct. “Taylor giving Dave Portnoy a letter is quite disappointing,” one . There are so many people who deserve this much more than him.”

“Taylor doing this for misogynist Dave Portnoy is a bad call and shows how backwards Taylor’s 13 Management Team still is, especially considering she is very strategic about every moment she speaks,” another fan added.

Last week, Portnoy, who says he plans to vote for Donald Trump in the current election cycle, called Vice President Kamala Harris “the worst presidential candidate in the history of American politics.” Swift backed Harris in September, a move that Portnoy responded to by saying, “I don’t care at all.”

Prior to his support for Trump, Portnoy’s list of controversies also includes allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women, the use of racist and misogynistic language in so-called “comedy” videos and sexist attacks on women working in sports media.

In 2021, a Insider A report accuses Portnoy of having “violent and degrading” sex with women as young as 19, while he was in his 40s. A follow-up report from Insider spoke to more alleged victims with similar claims against Portnoy, including three women who claimed he filmed their sexual encounters without their consent. Portnoy’s subsequent defamation case against the outlet was dismissed and he dropped his appeal in 2023.

In 2020, footage surfaced of Portnoy using the N-word, making racist comments about Colin Kaepernick and supporting a colleague’s use of blackface.

In a 2014 episode of a Barstool Sports show, Portnoy called ESPN host Samantha Ponder a “sl-t.”

“We want to see you having sex and being sl-tty and not being some prudish f-king jerk who hates everyone,” Portnoy said, per The Guardian. “Sam Ponder, you fucking slut.”

In 2010, Portnoy wrote a blog post siding with an Australian man who was acquitted of rape after his defense team used the fact that his victim was wearing skinny jeans to support his case. “Even though I never condone rape, if you’re a size 6 and wear skinny jeans, you still deserve to be raped, right?” Portnoy wrote. Portnoy addressed the post in May this year. “Where I failed,” he told Tucker Carlson, “I thought a size 6 was about a size 20.”

As explored in a 2018 report by The everyday beastPortnoy, who has described himself as “uncancelable,” has a long history of leading scorched earth campaigns against his critics and often leans on his die-hard supporters to sexually harass and dox those critics online.

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