Beloved Eras Tour opener Gracie Abrams has caused quite the stir online after photos purporting to show all of the gifts she received from fans at recent concerts—and allegedly promptly discarded—went viral.
The pictures in question reportedly originated with employees at Melbourne, Australia’s Rod Laver Arena and Adelaide’s Adelaide Entertainment Centre—where the “Risk” songstress performed from May 9 to May 11 and May 13, respectively, as part of her The Secret of Us Tour—who were tasked with disposing of any of the items she chose not to keep after her brief stints in town.
One photo showed what looked to be a customized journal or scrapbook with her name on it, a likely hand-crocheted yellow bag with pink weiner dogs on it, and handwritten notes, among other trinkets, while the other depicted many more items, including t-shirts, more scrapbooks, flowers, stuffed animals, cards, and more.
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While many fans found it entirely reasonable that an artist wouldn’t be capable of holding onto every single item they’ve ever been gifted, many were distraught to discover that so many items never even left the stadium with Abrams, and felt that it was “very mean spirited” for the person tossing the gifts to publicize it.
artists can‘t keep every gift esp when they‘re on tour but i feel like posting pics like these is very mean spirited. i‘m sure gracie is very grateful for every thoughtful gift so i don‘t get why the crew (or whoever this is) would show people exactly which gifts get thrown away https://t.co/S4Q5i69yXb
— burcu 🤍 (@thatsoburcu) May 14, 2025
I would rather Gracie not accept any gifts if she’s going to do this cause it hurts more then someone not being able to give it to her pic.twitter.com/k4JtRQiZtf
— lauren (@f00l4L0U) May 14, 2025
“This is like finding out the tooth fairy isn’t real as a kid,” one person wrote sadly, while another admitted, “this is something i never thought of before and damn… 😭 kinda sad.”
“now i have trust issues gifting an artist anything,” someone else said, while another wrote, “this is actually so sad but i get it 😭.”
“THERE IS NOOOO WAY,” someone else wrote emphatically.
Most agreed, though, that “the real villain is whoever posted that pic😭.”
“This all should have been handled differently and quietly,” one agreed, affirming the “bummed” feelings many fans were experiencing. “They took their time and money as well as effort to make things for them.”
“realistically, she won’t be able to take everything home with her so you can’t use this against her character because it’s unfair,” another reply read. “however, it’s also sad because a lot of time and effort went into making it to be just thrown away.”
“my take is that if she’s gonna have the stuff in her dressing room someone in her team should’ve disposed of it rather than leaving it for the arena and for it to be exposed,” a third emphasized. “Like ofc she can’t take it all but pls hide the fact it’s getting dumped.”
Parade has reached out to representatives for Abrams for comment.
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