Star’s public plea after attending Taylor Swift’s Melbourne concert

A well-known sports star has issued a public plea to any Taylor Swift fans stuck behind him at the star’s recent Melbourne concert.

A Collingwood AFL player has issued a public plea to any Taylor Swift fans stuck behind him at the star’s recent Melbourne concert, after a photo showed just how much of a raw deal they had, sat behind the 2.11m athlete.

And in a radio interview this morning, he confessed he felt “absolutely dreadful” about the situation.

Texas-born, Melbourne-based AFL player Mason Cox shared photos of himself attending one of the weekend’s massive Swift shows at the MCG, writing that it was “such an epic weekend with amazing people.”

Mason Cox (second from right) and friends at the MCG.

Swift on-stage in Melbourne. Picture: Getty

Cox and friends had floor seats not too far from the stage – premium-priced seats that have been met with backlash from some fans as they are not tiered, meaning shorter fans toward the back might struggle to see past people in front of them.

That was certainly the case for anyone stuck behind Cox, as the crowd rose to their feet to watch Swift perform:

Swift at top right, and a towering AFL player at bottom left.

Cox shared the photo above to Instagram and Twitter, putting out a public call to find the poor unfortunate Swifties who had been sat directly behind him.

“HELP NEEDED!!!! I want to find the people that sat directly behind me to give them tickets to an AFL game. If you know them please let me know,” he wrote.

And Cox might be in luck: He’s already received several responses from people claiming they were sat behind him.

Cox also spoke to Nova 100’s Ben, Liam & Belle this morning, explaining on-air that he felt “absolutely dreadful” heading into the concert due to his height.

“I was excited. I was hyped. And I was like, maybe we’ll get an aisle seat. I can just stand in the aisle – No! Middle of the row, no options whatsoever.”

Cox said he was left with “no options whatsoever” at the show. Picture: Getty

He told the radio hosts he’d even offered the people behind him some chocolate before the show.

“I was like, this is my way of saying I’m sorry and I don’t think it probably was enough,” he revealed.

Cox said once the show was finish, he wanted to apologise for “being a jerk and jumping around like an absolute idiot for the last three and a half hours in front of you” – but the girls behind him had already gone.

“I feel so bad with them sitting behind me after paying all the money and everything else and then probably not even seeing Taylor Swift,” he said.

It comes after some complaints from those seated on the floor that they did not have great views of Swift or the stage, which is located at one end of the stadium.

As one woman with three young children lamented to news.com.au during Friday’s show: “We would’ve been better staying home and watching a live stream (of the concert).”

Meanwhile, another detail at Melbourne’s MCG is leaving Swift’s American fanbase in disbelief, with many asking where the 96,000 fans who attended each show parked their cars.

The MCG is ringed by parkland on three sides and serviced by two major nearby train stations – a very different set-up from many major American concert venues, which are surrounded by multiple giant parking lots.

Originally published as Star’s public plea after attending Taylor Swift’s Melbourne concert