Taylor Swift in racism row after posing with fan wearing swastika daubed on shirt



Country singer Taylor Swift has been forced to defend claims she is a racist after being photographed with her arm around a man wearing a swastika on his T-shirt.

Taylor, 19, was pictured with the man at the 25th birthday party of pop star Katy Perry which took place on the weekend.

Katy had asked all her guests to dress in white for the Charlie And The Chocolate Factory-themed party at restaurant The Beach On Sunset in West Hollywood.

And it seems that one guest took their customising a little too far.



Not a good look: Taylor Swift was caught up in a racism row after posing for this picture with a model she met at Katy Perry's 25th birthday party

The situation was made worse by the fact Taylor was wearing the initials 'JH' - which often stands for 'Jew Hater' - on her own shirt.

Party girl: Swift was wearing the initials 'JH' - which added to the furore



However, the initials were later found to stand for friend Julianne Hough.



Miss Hough, 21, is a professional dancer on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing, and a country music singer like friend Taylor.

Last weekend the LA venue was transformed into Willy Wonka's factory, but birthday girl Katy did not tell guests they would be doused with neon paint before the night was over.

According to reports, model AJ English who was wearing the offensive T-shirt came forward to say that the mark on his shirt started out as an 'X' but was 'perverted' as the night went on.



English, 22, said it's possible the singer did not see the Nazi symbol on his chest when he pulled her in for a photo the other night.

He added that he was 'not a racist' and doesn't support the Nazi agenda.



And from micro-blogging site Twitter, he tweeted an apology to the country music star who was recently humiliated by rapper Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards.

English tweeted: 'Front page of TMZ.... sorry Taylor...'

The singer's spokesperson defended the star for posing with the model after the image surfaced online.

Swift's spokesperson distanced the 19-year-old from English saying that she did not even know him.

The source told TMZ: 'Taylor took pictures with about 100 people that night..

'She doesn't know who this guy is and she didn't realise what was on his shirt.'



Embarrassment: Taylor on stage at the 2009 MTV Video Music Award's when she was humiliated by rapper Kanye West as he hijacked her big moment

