Did Coca-Cola inform Taylor Swift, “We’re by no means, ever, ever getting again collectively” after she endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris within the 2024 presidential election?
Some social media customers declare the beverage firm and musical artist fell out.
A Sept. 16 Fb submit styled to appear like a information headline mentioned, “Coca-Cola cuts ties with Taylor Swift over Harris endorsement, ‘We don’t help her endorsement.’”
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Customers on Instagram and Threads made related claims.
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Swift posted her endorsement of Harris on Instagram after the Democratic nominee’s Sept. 10 debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia.
The Fb submit linked to an article on an unnamed web site that mentioned this endorsement prompted Coca-Cola to finish its partnership with Swift as a result of it “clashes with the model’s values of ‘unity and neutrality.’”
However the supply of this declare is a satirical Fb web page known as “SpaceX Fanclub.” That web page made this declare Sept. 14 and shared the identical article, which was first printed on an internet site known as Esspots. That web site describes itself as a “one-stop vacation spot for satirical information and commentary.”
Swift partnered with Food regimen Coke in 2013, however we discovered no information of partnerships in recent times. A Swift spokesperson declined to remark, and Coca-Cola didn’t reply our question earlier than publication.
We price the declare that “Coca-Cola cuts ties with Taylor Swift over Harris endorsement” False.
