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22nd Oct 2014

“This Is The Strange And Sad Part Of My Life” – Taylor Swift Speaks Out About A Life Behind Security

"I don't want to be walking down the street scared."

Her

Taylor Swift has had to hire more security following a number of different threats to her safety.

The singer revealed to America’s Esquire magazine that she had no option but to hire extra security.

“I fought the idea of having security for a very long time, because I really value normalcy. I really do,” she said. “I like to be able to take a drive by myself. I haven’t done that in six years. They (security) have to be in a car behind me, because just the sheer number of men we have in a file who have showed up at my house, showed up at my mom’s house, threatened to either kill me, kidnap me, or marry me.”

“This is the strange and sad part of my life that I try not to think about,” she continued. “I try to be lighthearted about it, because I don’t ever want to be scared. I don’t want to be walking down the street scared. And when I have security, I don’t have to be scared.”

In the past, the singer has been forced to get a restraining order against a reported stalker and has had to deal with a number of different obsessed fans.