While fans were eagerly awaiting to see who attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, there was just as much interest regarding which stars missed the event.
Prior to the nuptials on Friday, July 3, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that Swift’s former BFF Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, did not make the invite list after their falling out.
“Blake understands why she wouldn’t be invited and that it would be a media frenzy,” the insider revealed. “She also understands that she and Taylor don’t have the same level of friendship they once had. She isn’t upset about not being invited, but of course, she would love to be there to support her and Travis.”
However, Lively, 38, and Reynolds, 49, weren’t the only people who didn’t make the cut. Swift’s ex Harry Styles, who is currently engaged to the “Love Story” singer’s friend Zoë Kravitz, did not attend due to his Together, Together tour stop at Wembley Stadium in London.
Prior to the couple’s lavish wedding, an additional source told Us that guests who did receive invitations had to sign an NDA to ensure all of the details of the wedding remained under wraps.
“The save the date was sent electronically, and guests had to agree to an NDA before they could see any details,” the insider shared.
A third source added that the invites were sent electronically “and included guests’ names so those who were on the guest list wouldn’t make the invites public.”
Scroll down to see which celebrities did not attend Swift and Kelce’s wedding:
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Lively and Reynolds were photographed in upstate New York — nearly 300 miles away from MSG — on Swift’s wedding day. The couple cheered on their daughter Betty, 6, at a horse show at a local farm after Us confirmed that Lively did not receive an invitation to Swift and Kelce’s wedding.
Swift and Lively had a falling out months prior after the singer was dragged into Lively’s legal battle with It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni.
Harry Styles
Harry Styles. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
While Styles couldn’t be in New York due to the international leg of his tour, his fiancé, Kravitz, was in attendance.
Miles Teller and Keleigh Teller
Before Swift and Kelce tied the knot, Page Six reported that Miles and Keleigh had not been invited to the ceremony months after rumors of a rift originally surfaced.
Margaret Qualley
Qualley didn’t appear to attend the nuptials — but her husband, Jack Antonoff, was photographed arriving at MSG.
Maisie Peters
Despite being an opening act for Swift on her Eras Tour, Peters previously confirmed she wasn’t invited to the wedding.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Serena was supposed to play in a Wimbledon doubles match with her sister Venus Williams on Friday amid Swift’s wedding. Serena ultimately wasn’t able to participate due to an injury.
Prince William and Princess Kate
While Prince William is on friendly terms with both the bride and groom, he wasn’t at their nuptials. Neither was Kate, who was in attendance at Wimbledon.
The New York Knicks
Josh Hart debunked rumors that the New York Knicks starting lineup was invited to Swift and Kelce’s wedding.
Lorde
The singer wasn’t photographed in New York City amid Swift and Kelce’s wedding.
Taylor Lautner and Tay Lautner
Swift has remained on friendly terms with her ex-boyfriend but he didn’t appear to attend her wedding. Tay’s pregnancy could have been a reason why the couple weren’t able to make it to New York.
Harrison Butker
Kelce’s teammate didn’t seem to be in attendance at MSG with the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill congratulated Swift and Kelce while joking about why he did not attend their wedding.
“Congratulations to the newlyweds!” the Star Wars actor wrote via Instagram. “I declined to attend the wedding for a variety of personal reasons, but mainly because I wasn’t invited.”
Robert Pattinson
While Robert Pattinson’s fiancée, Suki Waterhouse, was present at the nuptials, the actor notably missed the big event.
“I was working. I was shooting Batman,” he told Entertainment Tonight.
Will Compton
“Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast hosts Will Compton and Taylor Lewan both weighed in on not receiving invites to the wedding.
“I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t think nothing of it,” Compton said during “Wake Up Barstool” on July 6. “All these photos I keep seeing, I see [sports writer] Dean Blandino got an invite. Is that real? … As I’ve been seeing these photos of everybody else at that wedding, I am pretty flabbergasted that we didn’t get the invite.”
Ryan Seacrest
American Idol host Ryan Seacrest initially RSVP’d “yes” to the wedding — but he ultimately had to skip the event.
“I RSVP’d to go, and then Disney hired me to do the 4th of July 250 special on the 3rd and the 4th, so I had to cancel,” he explained on his radio show, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.
James Taylor
James Taylor Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Swift may have been named after the music legend, but Taylor was unable to attend his namesake’s wedding because he was performing in Massachusetts at the time.
Taylor revealed he had been invited while on stage at his annual Independence Day weekend concert.
“You know, Kim and I were invited to a wedding at Madison Square Garden tonight,” he announced, referring to his wife, Caroline “Kim” Smedvig. “I do want to wish the couple all happiness and smooth sailing and strength when it can’t be smooth.”
Charles Barkley
The NBA great said that despite being friends with the groom, he turned down an invite to the wedding because he doesn’t “go to weddings or funerals.”
“But I did get an invite, and I politely declined because I thought it was going to be a crap show,” he said. “I love Travis and Jason, and I have only met Taylor once. But I said that is just too much. I just want to hang out and play golf, and I don’t want to dress up and all that other stuff. But I appreciate the invitation, it was pretty special.”
