Taylor Swift Guitar-Smasher Says He Wasn't Trying to Be 'Malicious' | TMZ TV - video Dailymotion

Gary Estes, the Texas man who spent $4,000 to destroy a Taylor Swift guitar, is shaking off criticism following the highly debated viral moment.

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00:00Up next for auction, ladies and gentlemen, this signed Taylor Swift guitar.

00:05With minor damage, minor, well, minor to significant damage.

00:11There is indeed significant, okay, severe, quite severe damage now.

00:16The Taylor Swift guitar that was smashed is now listed on eBay.

00:20So it's a smashed guitar on eBay.

00:21Yeah, Texas dude paid four grand for it, then smashed it.

00:25Many assuming because Taylor endorsed Kamala.

00:27The hammer man himself, Gary Estes, joined us on TMZ Live and said it wasn't political,

00:33just a gag and he wasn't even planning on doing it.

00:35I was actually handed a hammer and said, hey, you know, would you like to take care of Taylor

00:42Swift's guitar with this hammer?

00:44In any event, Gary donated it back to the nonprofit and now it's being sold again to

00:48raise more money for the same children's charity.

00:51Here's the thing about it.

00:52It is more valuable now than it was in one piece.

00:56In one piece, it wasn't a story.

00:58Now it's a national story.

01:00Oh, it's like that shredded Banksy painting.

01:02Last we checked, bid was up to more than four grand.

01:05Now it comes with this supposed certificate of authenticity, but yeah.

01:09Did it look like she had actually signed the guitar?

01:12It did look like something else that she had signed and it was glued to guitar.

01:16It's for charity.

01:17Like this is such a weird thing to be mad about.

01:20You know what?

01:21Let it go.

01:22It's brought on the person who bid on an authentic guitar.

01:25And the guy who bought it, he can go after the person who signed the certificate, but

01:29he doesn't care.

01:31Whoever buys it on eBay might care.

01:33Let it go.

01:34It's for charity.

01:35It should be pulled from eBay or it should be, this is not authenticated.

01:39I would buy this guitar.

01:40I would buy it just because it's a thing now.

01:42But in order to make money on it, you'd have to up the damage.

01:45So like not just break it, but like, I don't know, take a dump on it or something.

01:50Throw it in the wood chipper.

01:51It could be worth millions.

01:53Thanks, Taylor.

01:55Looks like you had nothing to do with this.