Travis Kelce’s close-knit circle has been marking what appeared to be an unforgettable celebration, as friends gathered for his wedding to Taylor Swift amid reported tension within the wider group.
Ross Travis, a former Kansas City Chiefs tight end who played the same position as Kelce, posted several photos on Saturday showing Kelce’s Cleveland friends getting ready before heading to Madison Square Garden for Friday’s ceremony.
While many of the guests kept things classic in black or navy suits, Travis made a bold impression in burgundy, standing out as the group posed together ahead of the big night.
“A night to remember with all the people you love,” Travis wrote alongside one post. In another Instagram upload featuring more photos from the evening, he summed it up simply: “What a night!”
Kelce’s guest list also included Vince Garcia, his West Coast barber, who made the trip to New York City for the occasion.
Garcia shared a mirror selfie in his formalwear with the message, “Congrats T&T.” Former NBA player Chandler Parsons, now known as one of Kelce’s golf friends, was also in attendance with his wife, Haylee.
Travis Kelce’s friends posed together before his wedding to Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden
Kelce’s barber, left, flew in from Los Angeles for the occasion, while Sarah Blackburn-King and Kelce’s friend Reggie King dressed up for the MSG ceremony
Ex-NBA player Chandler Parsons, who often golfs with Kelce, stunned with his wife Haylee
She shared an array of snaps from before the couple entered Madison Square Garden, where guests were reportedly asked to hand over their phones to help protect privacy on the power couple’s big day.
Trent McDuffie, Kelce’s former Kansas City Chiefs teammate who was traded to the Los Angeles Rams earlier this year, made it to the big day with his fiancée, Gabby Esposito.
‘The best night celebrating a beautiful love story, congrats T&T,’ she wrote on Instagram.
McDuffie himself would have welcomed the chance for a reunion with most – but pointedly, not all – of his former Chiefs teammates at MSG.
One Chiefs star missing from the big day was controversial kicker Harrison Butker who was not in attendance, with an NFL source claiming to the Daily Mail that it was because he was not invited to begin with.
The popular NFL analyst Rich Eisen was there for Kelce’s big day and, without naming names, confirmed that not every Chiefs player was there.
Responding to a comment on his Instagram post claiming Kelce only invited ‘a handful’ of his Chiefs teammates, Eisen replied: ‘Beyond false. Most Chiefs were there.’
He added of the guests: ‘Both sides of the ball and coaching staff and front office and FORMER teammates of Travis Kelce.’
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Kelce’s former Chiefs teammate Trent McDuffie poses alongside fiancee Gabby Esposito
Travis and Taylor confirmed they were officially married on the screens outside of MSG
Kelce and Swift welcomed around 1,000 guests to MSG to celebrate their marriage
The celebratory posts come amid some unrest behind the scenes with Kelce’s friends before the big day.
As Daily Mail reported on Thursday before the hugely anticipated rehearsal dinner that Kelce and Swift hosted at MSG, some of Kelce’s friends were a bit unhappy at the differing levels of their involvement.
But the morning after the night before, it seemed everyone was grateful to be among the 1,000 guests who were handed an invite.
When they officially became husband and wife in a ceremony officiated by Adam Sandler, the screens outside MSG announced: ‘JUST&T MARRIED’.
The happy couple, as of early Sunday evening, have not spoken out on their big day just yet.
