Taylor Swift delivered plenty of sass as she made her red carpet return at the Billboard Music Awards.

The US pop superstar, 28, was seen rolling her eyes as Kelly Clarkson covered her comeback single Look What You Made Me Do as part of an opening medley at Sunday night’s ceremony.

Swift was captured looking disinterested as she played with her nails while barely singing along.

But the sass was all an act, with Swift later laughing and cheering on Clarkson’s performance.

Fans were loving the fake attitude with many claiming it was there “mood”.

One fan tweeted: “TAYLOR WHEN KELLY SANG LWYMMD I AM SCREAMING.”

Another wrote: “Kelly singing LWYMMD and Taylor lip syncing it from her seat is everything I needed already tonight.”

A third posted: “THE WAY SHE JUST LOOKED AT HER NAILS SO FLIPPANTLY IM JUST @taylorswift13 ARE U TRYING TO KILL ME SWEETIE IM ON THE FLOOR CACKLING AHAHAHA.”

But some failed to get the joke and accused Swift of mocking Clarkson, with one tweeting: “Making fun of Kelly singing her song??”

Another wrote: “RUDE U SHOULD BE ASHAMED KELLY WAS GREAT!!!!!”

Swift was among the night’s big winners, fighting off competition from Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Halsey and Demi Lovato to be crowned Top Female Artist.

On collecting her gong she said: “I haven’t been to an awards show in a few years and it’s so nice to be here tonight. I have to say thank you to my tour mates Charli XCX and Camila Cabello.”

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She went on to thank “all the female artists who paved the way for us to get to do what we do the way we get to do it”.

She continued: “All the new female artists who are killing it out there right now, we’re so inspired by you. And I don’t know, shout-out to the future female artists who just picked up a guitar or learned how to play the piano. And to the fans who care about the music that we make, thank you so much.”

She also won Top Selling Album for Reputation.