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What Jason Kelce Is Excited For at Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Wedding
There will be plenty of rosé flowing with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s chosen family.
With just days to go before the couple’s rumored Madison Square Garden wedding ceremony, there is still plenty unknown, including who will be among the rumored 900 to 1,100 people set to be attending the July 3 festivities.
However, there are some confirmed names among the hundreds of blank spaces. For one, Taylor’s family including parents Andrea Swift and Scott Swift, as well as her brother Austin Swift, will surely be among the ceremony’s MVPs. (Although the jury is still out on whether her cats Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson and Benjamin Button will make the cut.)
Meanwhile, Travis’ family including brother Jason Kelce and his wife Kylie Kelce—as well as their kids Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 5, Bennett, 3, and Finn, 16 months—and his parents Donna Kelce and Ed Kelce and will surely be present, too.
In fact, while both families have been incredibly mum on what they know about the ceremony itself, the Kelce family has been a bit more forthcoming about how they feel about Travis and Taylor’s relationship milestone.
“I’m super excited,” Ed told Fox 29 Philadelphia in a June 25 interview, adding of Taylor, “She is a sweetheart. That is truly the girl next door.”
Jason, meanwhile, told reporters at an Eagles Autism Foundation event the day prior, “I’m just very excited, very excited for my brother, obviously a big moment for him.”
Cheekily, though, even the 38-year-old wouldn’t confirm or deny he’d received an invitation, adding of whether or not he was invited, “I plead the fifth.”
Similarly, Jason’s wife Kylie shut down her willingness to share anything—whether she had information or not.
“To literally everybody, I know it usually comes from a good place, not always, but quit asking me and my mother-in-law about upcoming nuptials,” Kylie said during an episode of her Not Gonna Lie podcast in April. “Nobody’s f--king telling you anything. I don’t have any details.”
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As for those outside of Taylor and Travis’ innermost orbit who will surely attend? At the very least, Taylor publicly invited British late night host Graham Norton during an October appearance on his talk show, and also joked that her longtime pal Ed Sheeran just might have to perform.
“He knows what people want,”she joked during an interview with Heart Breakfast radio show Oct. 3, “And he wants to give people what they want.”
Taylor’s other musical friends including Stevie Nicks and even Tim McGraw have also been rumored to be on not only the guest list, but the set list. And of course, Taylor’s other pals including Jack Antonoff, Owen Thiele and even Prince William have narrowly avoided confirming or denying their attendance in recent interviews.
Naturally, Taylor’s longtime girlfriends Selena Gomez, the HAIM sisters, Gigi Hadid, Ashley Avignone, and Abigail Anderson Berard have certainly accepted their RSVPs, whether or not it has been confirmed. At the same time, speculation continues to circulate on whether Taylor’s once-closest friends Blake Lively and Karlie Kloss will be among the guests amid rumored frosting in the friendships.
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Trust, Travis has plenty stake in the guest list, too. Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs teammate and close friend Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes have been on the sidelines of his and Taylor’s romance since the very beginning—and it’s likely they’re not the only members of Chiefs Kingdom who will be there.
In fact, Chiefs coach Andy Reid recently joked to KSHB 1 that he’d be getting Travis “a couple throws” as a wedding present, but when asked whether he’d actually see the ceremony itself in a press conference, he coyly noted, “Can’t talk about it.”
Perhaps the most honest guest in attendance so far has been Travis’ fellow NFL tight end George Kittle, who confirmed earlier this month not only that the ceremony was “so close,” but that he and wife Claire Kittle would be attending.
Still, even guests remain somewhat in the dark about whether the venue will be a rose garden or Madison Square.
“We don’t know,” George told Entertainment Tonight when asked if the wedding would, in fact, take place at MSG. “I actually asked Travis last night and he laughed at me.”
Indeed, the San Francisco 49ers player could only reveal his own plans for the wedding, adding, “I’m wearing a blue suit, so that’s all I’ve got.”
For more rumors circulating about Taylor and Travis’ big day, keep reading…
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Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married at Madison Square Garden?
Reports that Swift and Kelce will wed at the historic New York City arena—home of the Knicks and Rangers, as well as countless major musical moments through the years—have only picked up steam since Page Six first put it out there June 5.
The bride and groom have not confirmed this, nor have they denied it.
Meanwhile, the rationales for getting married in such a venue have multiplied, from the relentlessly tight security infrastructure that's already in place to the fact that simply being indoors in a space with underground parking and no windows is a good way to avoid photographers peeping from above with helicopters and drones.
While the musical guest possibilities are endless, should Swift take the stage on her big day it will mark her first performance at MSG since the Z100 Jingle Ball on Dec. 13, 2019—a.k.a. her 30th birthday.
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Do people get married at Madison Square Garden?
You'd think more rich and/or famous people would've said "I do" at MSG since 1964. But the most memorable vow swaps to date remain Sly Stone marrying Kathy Silva onstage in front of 20,000 Sly and the Family Stone fans in 1974, and when 2,075 couples wed in 1982 at a mass Unification Church ceremony presided over by Sun Myung Moon.
But people and companies do book events there, with rates starting in the thousands to rent a luxury suite and veering toward $1 million-plus to buy out the arena.
Knicks owner James Dolan told WFAN that reporters got "half of it wrong" in speculating that Swift and Kelce were given free NBA Finals tickets in exchange for paying top dollar to hold their wedding at MSG.
"Travis is in a mandatory training camp," Dolan added, possibly clarifying that he meant Swift alone got complimentary courtside seats and the rest is true. But possibly not.
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What's the significance of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored wedding date July 3?
Aside from July 3 being a blank space on MSG's calendar, Swift loves to go all out for Fourth of July—which conveniently falls on a Saturday this year. You know, to make it a wedding weekend.
But don't discount the numbers game, Swift reminding during her August New Heights appearance, "I love numerology. I love math stuff, I love dates."
In this case, 7 + 3 = 10, and that's just perfect.
It's also a convenient time for the groom, whose 14th NFL season doesn't kick off until September. (And official training camp doesn't start until July 29.)
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said during a June 11 news conference that he'd witnessed "no distractions" for Kelce in the off-season, quipping, "If it's like when I got married, my wife did everything…Maybe he's doing more, but he looks like he's pretty focused in on this job, too."
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Who is coming to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding?
Real ones like Reid are exercising their right to remain silent, the bemused 68-year-old telling reporters, "Can't talk about it."
Jason Kelce's wife Kylie Kelce advised on her podcast back in April, "To literally everybody, I know it usually comes from a good place, not always, but quit asking me and my mother-in-law about upcoming nuptials."
And at this point, it's tough to say who's being cheeky and who's being sincere about getting an invitation, with everyone from Niall Horan to Prince William down as a maybe.
“I’m gonna go to Taylor’s wedding, and maybe I’ll get some inspiration," Swift's friend Suki Waterhouse, who's engaged to Robert Pattinson, told Variety when asked about her own nuptial planning. "It will be amazing."
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Swift was en route to Australia when Karlie Kloss got married in 2018, but the model reportedly is on the singer's guest list.
And the bride-to-be did indicate she'd be going with the adage of "the more, the merrier," if not an MSG-capacity crowd of 22,000.
"I know it’s going to be fun to plan because I think the only stressful weddings are when you have a small amount and people are on the bubble," Swift told Graham Norton in October when she extended an invite to the talk show host on-air. "You have to evaluate or assess your relationship with them to see if they should be there—I’m not gonna do that.”
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Who's planning Taylor Swift's wedding?
Several notable wedding planners have been linked to the Swift-Kelce nuptials.
Tara Guérard had to clarify in April that she was not the 1, presumably to protect her actual clients from a swarm of Swifties descending on their June 13 wedding at the Ocean House in Westerly, R.I.
Some fans made the trip anyway, but the nuptials were otherwise undisturbed.
Page Six has since identified Mark Seed—whose past clients include Jennifer Lawrence—as Swift's chosen wedding planner. Reportedly known for his discretion, Seed has not commented.
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Did New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani really confirm Taylor Swift's wedding timeframe?
What does the mayor know and when did he know it? While discussing World Cup security at a June 15 news conference, Mamdani noted that his city is "used to big events" and they were "incredibly excited" for further soccer action at MetLife Stadium.
"We know it coincides with the Knicks’ Finals run," he continued. "We know it coincides with July 4, America 250, Taylor Swift’s wedding—all happening at the same time—and we are so excited to welcome the world here.”
Mamdani will only be playing a role in some of those events, however, the mayor noting, "I wish them a lovely wedding. I'll listen to 'Only the Young' at home on my own."
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