Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding was billed as the event everyone wanted to attend, but a few familiar names were nowhere near Madison Square Garden on Friday night.
Following months of intense speculation around their relationship, the superstar singer and the NFL standout reportedly exchanged vows in New York City before a crowd of roughly 1,000 relatives, friends and high-profile guests.
The guest list was packed with star power, with Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Selena Gomez, Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid among the celebrities said to have attended the lavish celebration.
Yet as many of Hollywood’s biggest names gathered in Manhattan, Kendall Jenner, Jacob Elordi, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber were spending the holiday weekend nearly 2,500 miles away in Idaho.
The group was seen boarding a speedboat at Kendall’s property within the highly private Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club, an exclusive community on Lake Coeur d’Alene.
Their decision to skip the New York festivities quickly sparked chatter online, with some fans wondering whether they had been left off Swift and Kelce’s guest list. However, it remains unknown whether any of the four were invited in the first place.
As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrated their wedding in New York, Kendall Jenner, Jacob Elordi, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber chose a quieter holiday weekend at an exclusive lakeside getaway instead of attending the so-called wedding of the year
The foursome were seen getting onto a speedboat at Kendall’s estate inside the ultra-exclusive Gozzer Ranch Golf & Lake Club
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Jenner, Elordi and the Biebers for comment.
The group kept things low-key for the outing, with Kendall and Jacob both sporting baseball caps, Hailey pulling her hair into a tight bun and Justin opting for a hoodie.
The foursome were joined by several friends, turning the outing into a party of its own – though it was a far cry from the roughly 1,000 guests who reportedly attended Swift and Kelce’s lavish nuptials.
It may not come as a huge surprise to Swifties that Jenner wasn’t among the wedding guests, given Taylor’s years-long feud with her sister, Kim Kardashian.
The bad blood dates back to Kanye West’s infamous 2016 song Famous and the fallout over a leaked phone call, with Swift and Kardashian continuing to trade public barbs in the years since.
Hailey Bieber’s absence also raised eyebrows, with fans quick to point to her rumored feud with Swift’s BFF Selena Gomez.
Although both women have repeatedly denied any bad blood, that hasn’t stopped the internet from turning every social media move into fresh feud fodder.
The news comes after invited guest Maren Morris revealed the personalized favor Swift and Kelce handed out to guests.
The group kept things low-key for the outing
Kendall and Jacob both sported baseball caps
Kendall owns a home on the Lake Coeur d’Alene
Hailey pulled her hair into a tight bun and Justin opted for a hoodie
The foursome were joined by several friends, turning the outing into a party of its own
The morning after the lavish celebration, Morris shared a series of glamorous Instagram snaps from the event before giving fans a closer look at the custom keepsake tucked away in the final photo.
The personalized handkerchief featured the couple’s bespoke wedding logo, made up of two intertwined Ts framed by hearts, alongside the wedding date, July 3, 2026, and the location, New York City.
In a sweet nod to the bride’s music, the memento also included the opening lyric from Swift’s 2014 hit Blank Space: ‘So it’s gonna be forever…’
Morris even paid tribute to the newlyweds in her caption, quoting another Swift classic as she wrote: ‘Baby just say yes,’ referencing the singer’s hit Love Story.
But the embroidered handkerchief wasn’t the only lavish gift guests took home during the wedding weekend.
Those invited to Thursday night’s intimate rehearsal dinner for around 100 of the couple’s closest family members and friends also left with velvet gift boxes embossed with the newlyweds’ intertwined ‘TT’ monogram.
According to Page Six, each box contained a champagne flute adorned with real diamonds, along with a frayed fabric card printed with what appeared to be the garden from Swift and Kelce’s now-famous engagement photos.
Guests also didn’t waste much time sharing details from inside the tightly guarded ceremony itself.
It may not come as a huge surprise to Swifties that Jenner wasn’t among the wedding guests, given Taylor’s years-long feud with her sister, Kim Kardashian
Hailey Bieber’s absence also raised eyebrows, with fans quick to point to her rumored feud with Swift’s BFF Selena Gomez
Just hours after the festivities wrapped, AMC CEO Adam Aron posted – before later deleting – an unusually detailed account of the ceremony, describing the couple’s vows as ‘long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing.’
‘Then the vows. Long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing explorations by each as to how they met, why they want to be with each other for all eternity, the promises they made in joining their much-beloved two whole families (Kelce’s and Swift’s) as one, and committing to their new mutual life together,’ he wrote.
Aron also revealed the transformed Madison Square Garden was draped in peach and white, while Swift stunned in a white gown with a long veiled train and Kelce wore a white tuxedo before the pair sealed the ceremony with what he described as ‘a sweep you off your feet kiss.’
