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Jury duty may not seem like your idea of a good time, but when Taylor Swift is in voir dire with you, well, your little dollop of civic duty just got a little more interesting.
That’s what happened in Nashville when T. Swift showed up for jury duty — I guess that was a part of the reason the pop singer was a no-show at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards.
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Downplaying her usually glam looks, as appropriate for the occasion, she showed up ready to do her part to keep the legal system moving forward.
Jury duty looks like it's a whole lot more fun with @taylorswift13: https://t.co/sXcjxu4mOK pic.twitter.com/kPB3JsiJlm
— The Daily Dot (@dailydot) August 29, 2016
But doing her part as America’s sweetheart, she was also happy to take selfies and sign autographs for fellow jurors. That’s a nice little perk for jury duty.
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Tennessee is very serious about their Jury duty. Right @taylorswift13 #Nashville #JuryDuty pic.twitter.com/HKcA6OMepF
— Annie Powers (@anniepkq) August 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/TSwiftNZ/status/770349780207665153
But alas, she was dismissed at the end of the day.
https://twitter.com/TSwiftOnTour/status/770362548650708996
Nothing that fun can last too long.
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