Taylor Swift says she is so worried about her safety that she carries military-grade bandages at all times.
“You get enough stalkers trying to break into your house and you kind of start prepping for bad things,” the pop star wrote in an Elle Magazine column.
Last year, the star won a restraining order against a man who tried to enter her home armed with a knife.
Another man was arrested last February for attacking her front door with a shovel.
Last month, he was sentenced to six months in jail for a separate incident, in which he broke into her New York apartment and took a shower before falling asleep.
And a third man was issued with a restraining order last September for sending letters in which he threatened to rape and kill the singer.
In light of those incidents, the star wrote: “I carry QuikClot army grade bandage dressing, which is for gunshot or stab wounds.”
The fear of violence extended to her concerts, she added.
“After the Manchester Arena bombing and the Vegas concert shooting, I was completely terrified to go on tour… because I didn’t know how we were going to keep 3 million fans safe over seven months.
“There was a tremendous amount of planning, expense, and effort put into keeping my fans safe,” she wrote.
The singer’s statement came in a column titled 30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30.
Amongst other things, she talked about turning off comments on her social media accounts to protect her mental health; and learning to love her body.
“A little extra weight means curves, shinier hair, and more energy,” she told fans.
She also revealed her mother’s cancer had returned, describing the illness as a “real problem”; and reiterated her opposition to President Trump.
“Invoking racism and provoking fear through thinly veiled messaging is not what I want from our leaders, and I realized that it actually is my responsibility to use my influence against that disgusting rhetoric.
“I’m going to do more to help. We have a big race coming up next year,” she said, hinting that she would campaign for the Democrats in the 2020 presidential election.
The star had previously refused to discuss politics – but broke her silence last October by endorsing two Democrats in her home state of Tennessee, enraging alt-right sympathisers who had somehow envisaged her as their poster girl.
