Taylor Swift’s wedding circus live: Bride confiscates NYPD cell phones as stars block traffic in blacked out SUVs and media is threatened with ARREST… and it’s only just begun

NYPD officers assigned to work Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations at Madison Square Garden are banned from having their phones inside, TMZ reported.

Sources told the outlet that the rule applies across the entire wedding weekend and that privacy measures are watertight in order to prevent leaks.

Earlier in the evening, cops threatened to arrest journalists who attempted to live stream the celebrity arrivals for the event.

‘Either you gotta move or they’ll start arresting people for trespassing,’ an officer forcefully told journalists who refused to go to the designated press pen.

Taylor Swift is planning to capture every moment of her wedding of the century on camera – but has gone completely ‘bridezilla’ on controlling every second of the footage, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The pop superstar, who has built a multi-billion-dollar empire by turning every chapter of her life into a sellable product, has assembled a professional film crew to document her July 3 nuptials with Travis Kelce at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Her big day is set to feature a castle being built inside the iconic stadium – setting the stage for the backdrop to be a picture-perfect fairytale straight out of a Disney movie.

Madison Square Garden was lit up in a bright dusty pink on Thursday evening, the same color of the curtains that were hung inside of the venue as wedding decor got underway.

Blake Lively, Taylor Swift’s former close ally, was seen in upstate New York with husband Ryan Reynolds on Thursday, highlighting the pair’s noticeable absence from the star’s wedding festivities.

The pair cheered on their daughter Betty as she competed in a horse show at a local farm in Lake Placid, reported TMZ.

Speculation about the state of Lively and Swift’s once-close friendship has intensified over the past year after the actress’s bitter lawsuit with co-star Justin Baldoni pulled the singer into the drama and drove a wedge between them.

Last month, a source told the Daily Mail that ‘Madison Square Garden holds more than 20,000 people. If Blake isn’t there, nobody can blame a lack of space.’

‘The guest list is so massive that Blake’s absence becomes impossible to ignore. People will notice immediately.’

Abigail Anderson Berard, Taylor Swift’s best friend from high school, was seen in New York City on Monday leaving a five star hotel to head to the megastar’s wedding celebrations.

Swift reportedly wrote the song ‘Fifteen’ on her 2008 album Fearless about Berard.

The songstress was Berard’s maid of honor in her 2022 wedding in Nashville, Tennessee.

While some guests pulled out their best outfits for the wedding of the year, others totally missed the mark, donning outlandish frocks and bizarre looks.

Here, the Daily Mail has rounded up the biggest fashion misses from the couple’s rehearsal dinner.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have gathered 100 of their closest friends in New York City for an intimate wedding celebration – many of whom have arrived dressed to the nines.

Guests descend upon the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening in some seriously stunning ensembles.

Sports commentator Erin Andrews, actress Lena Dunham and producer Jack Antonoff were all among the famous faces to flaunt their fashion credentials ahead of the star-studded event.

NFL tight end Ross Travis was seen leaving his Manhattan hotel on Thursday evening to head to Madison Square Garden.

Travis is reportedly one of Travis Kelce’s closest friends. The pair played on the Kansas City Chiefs together and has regularly shared suites with Taylor Swift at football games.

Travis was spotted at several of Swift’s international shows during her wildly successful Eras Tour.

San Francisco 49ers player George Kittle and his wife Claire headed to the intimate wedding celebration hand-in-hand.

Claire stunned an elegant, black lace dress that hit just above her knees with dainty straps.

She put a warm-weather twist on the look, sporting black heeled flip-flop sandals and a slick-back ponytail.

Her husband, however, was seen in a suit top and dress shorts, with red Nike sneakers.

Fitness trainer Sarah Blackburn King arrived to MSG in in a stunning gold dress.

Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Ross Travis, 33, looked dapper in a dark brown suit, which he paired with a black t-shirt and black square-toe loafers.

To top off his ensemble, he wore gold chains around his neck, along with tinted sunglasses and a black cap.

NYPD has now closed off more streets than initially disclosed as Swift and Kelce prepare to tie the knot.

Originally, the street closures included a single block of 31st Street.

But now they have closed off Seventh Avenue from 31st to 34th streets.

Pedestrian traffic has been closed near the VIP entrance to Madison Square Garden and a parking ban has been enacted.

There is also a designated press pen.

Taylor Swift may be documenting her bridal era, just as she did her record breaking eras tour.

A notice posted outside Madison Square Garden states that photography and videography will take place in an around the area from June 29 to July 3.

Swift’s crews have been setting up for her nuptials to Kelce all week, with the new notice suggesting that camera crews may have captured the entire process.