Wait, the world doesn’t revolve around celebrities? Are you sure?
On Sunday, a woman died at a Warped Tour concert in Ontario. Although no official information has been released, Twitter users reported that the woman was 19-year-old Taylor Nesseth and #RIPTaylor began trending.
Naturally, Twitterers assumed that their favorite celebrity Taylors were dead.
https://twitter.com/irenealmeron/status/224829782909652994
https://twitter.com/EmManna3iSays/status/224764858665672704
Nope, it wasn’t Taylor Swift.
Sigh. Not Taylor Lautner either.
The presumably older, but not necessarily wiser crowd also misinterpreted the #RIPTaylor hashtag.
Apparently no one assumed it was Taylor Dayne or Taylor Hicks.
As celebrity death rumors swirled, the Twitterverse paid respects to the late Taylor Nesseth.
https://twitter.com/TommoLegendson/status/224720628878540800
The Warped Tour’s official account tweeted:
But the Twitterverse rumor mill is still grinding away.
https://twitter.com/donald_ebooks/status/224745543094636544
Chelsea Grin responded to the rumors:
Police say Nesseth’s death was probably due to a medical issue.