NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Taylor Swift was the most high-profile absence at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) but on Monday (August 29) the singer happily took photos with fans after reporting for jury duty in Nashville.
Swift, 26, was photographed by other potential jurors as she was waiting to be selected as a jury member ahead of a trial in a Nashville court, according to a Twitter user.
Swift, named Forbes’ top-earning female celebrity this year with $170 million in earnings, did not receive a single nomination at Sunday’s MTV’s VMAs and did not appear at the New York show.
She was however mentioned on stage by rapper Kanye West, with whom she has a long-running feud, as he rambled about asking her for permission to use her in an explicit lyric in his song “Famous.”
A representative for the singer did not respond for comment on Swift’s jury duty or on West’s VMAs speech.