Taylor Swift fan, 18, believes she was spiked after being left unable to walk at Liverpool concert

Grace McAleavy, 18, started to feel confused and was slurring her words as she watched the star perform at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on Friday

A teenager believes she was spiked after being left incoherent and unable to walk at Taylor Swift’s Anfield show. Grace McAleavy, 18, felt the onset of confusion and slurred speech as she enjoyed Swift’s ‘1989’ set at Liverpool’s stadium last Friday.

Despite not consuming any alcohol before the show, Grace suddenly felt nauseous when Taylor began her performance. Her condition rapidly deteriorated; she began slurring her words and lost the ability to walk, leading her to suspect that she had been spiked during the sold-out event.

Grace described her ordeal: “I was presenting as someone who had way too much to drink – I was slurring my words. I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying, even when they were trying to ask me really simple questions.”

She continued, detailing her symptoms: “I was non-stop shaking and I was weirdly cold – they couldn’t get my pulse because of how cold my hands were. It was mentioned that I had maybe had a bug or something but I haven’t been ill since the concert.”

The aftermath of the incident left Grace feeling hungover, necessitating an extended period of sleep and leaving her feeling disconnected from her body, with no desire to engage in activities, reports Wales Online.

Grace, who also attended Swift’s concert on Thursday, remains unsure of the method used to spike her but suspects that her drink may have been tampered with rather than being injected with a substance.

The teenager expressed concern that her stadium cup’s lid was larger than the straw, potentially allowing someone to tamper with her drink. Grace, from Leigh, Greater Manchester, shared: “My friend checked my body for things like small bruises but with my outfit and my tights, it was quite difficult to tell.”

“I don’t have anything that looks like I’ve been injected, I had a bruise on my leg but there was no hole in the middle. I think the drink would be a more likely option.”

“The cups had a lid but the hole was bigger than the straw, which is something I noticed at the same time. I thought it was really strange because normally if they give you a lid and a straw, then it fits perfectly. I can’t imagine that someone would have injected me without leaving a mark, but you never know.”

After posting videos on TikTok about what happened, Grace received messages from others who had similar experiences. She recounted: “I’ve had people message me and commenting, giving me details of what experience they had.”

“I’ve had comments from people saying they thought that something like this had happened to people who they went to the show with.”

Now, after being a Swiftie for about five years, Grace insists she’d only feel safe at concerts if her boyfriend accompanies her. Reflecting on the incident, she said: “I do feel better now and I am lucky that it could have been a lot worse because people have been in a lot worse states compared to me.”

“But I think things could have been different. I don’t think I would go to a concert without my boyfriend present in the future.” Anfield Stadium has been approached for a response.