Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s lavish wedding celebration saw his beloved nieces take a pivotal role in the big day – as the singer’s godchildren appeared to be snubbed from the event.
The singer and her fiancé, Travis Kelce, both 36, officially wed at Madison Square Garden with 1000 of their friends and family, including Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Selena Gomez and Jack Antonoff in attendance – but former BFF Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds have been snubbed.
Lively and Reynolds were seen supporting their daughter Betty, six, as she competed in a horse show at a farm in Lake Placid, New York, 300 miles away – marking a striking end to the pair’s famed close friendship.
So close was their former bond that Swift was famously godmother to all four of Lively and Reynolds’ children, including daughters James, 11, and Inez, nine, and son Olin, three – but they were absent from the wedding.
TMZ reports that Jason and Kylie Kelce’s daughters were instead flower girls at the wedding, throwing petals around Swift as she walked down the aisle.
The couple are parents to Wyatt, six, Elliotte, five, Bennett, three and Finnley, 17 months. Jason was his brother’s best man.
Taylor Swift has already been joined by a plethora of her A-list friends to celebrate her matrimony – but one face will be notably missing: former BFF Blake Lively. Above, in 2024
Swift and her fiancé, Travis Kelce, both 36, partied for their ‘rehearsal dinner’ at Infosys Theater with 100 of their closest friends on Thursday. Above, the couple in March
Swift is also a godmother to actress Jaime King‘s youngest son, Leo, ten.
Swift has proven to be a devoted godmother over the years and has even paid tribute to her godchildren on social media, dedicated concert performances to them, and famously featured Lively and Reynolds’ oldest three kids on her 2020 album Folklore.
Speaking with Elle in 2015, King explained her reasoning behind tapping the singer as her baby’s godmother – a role she described as ‘very sacred and important’ in her family.
‘There was no thought behind it at all other than that I always knew she was going to be the godmother if I had another baby. It’s because she’s incredibly thoughtful,’ Jaime said.
Last year it was reported Swift and King do not have ‘regular contact’ but added that ‘there is still love.’
The insider informed The US Sun, ‘Taylor and Jaime are not close anymore and don’t talk but there is still love.’
It was also revealed that the songstress will still send presents to her godson Leo and would ‘be there in a heartbeat’ if she needed to be.
Eight years later, the singer revealed she had become a godmother yet again in an amusing post shared to her Instagram followers.
Swift, who has been best pals with Lively and Reynolds for over a decade, took to social media in July 2024 to share a rave review of the actor’s latest film, Deadpool & Wolverine.
Alongside a photo of herself with the couple, actor Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy, Swift also confirmed she was the godmother to the couple’s four children.
Swift – who is the godmother to all four of Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ children – reportedly fell out with the actress after being dragged into her legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Above, Lively and Reynolds with daughters James and Inez in 2015
TMZ reports that Jason and Kylie Kelce’s daughters were instead flower girls at the wedding, throwing petals around Swift as she walked down the aisle
Swift, known for her song Bad Blood, is also a godmother to actress Jaime King’s youngest son. Above, the friends in 2014
King with her son Leo, who is now ten, in March 2017
The exterior of Lively and Reynolds’ home in New York City
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‘Over the past few years I have watched one of my best friends on this planet pour every bit of his heart, soul, sweat, time, energy, jokes, pain, joy, rebellion, darkness, and magic into this film,’ she wrote.
‘He’s created the best work of his life, and this film feels like an actual joy portal, a wild escape from reality, and an abs sandwich. I don’t know how he did it.
‘But that’s just Hugh for you!’ she quipped.
‘These other randoms crashed the photo and we were too polite to ask them to leave.
The singer has also featured Lively’s kids in multiple tracks across two albums.
She first featured their eldest daughter, James, on her 2017 album Reputation. At the opening of the track ‘Gorgeous’, the then-two-year-old can be heard saying the word ‘gorgeous’ before Taylor begins singing.
In July 2020, their children were then name-dropped throughout her eighth studio album, Folklore. James, Inez, and Betty’s names were all featured in the song ‘Betty,’ in which Swift sings about a teenage love triangle.
Lively and Reynolds went on to welcome their son Olin in February 2023. The All Too Well singer made a special gesture for their daughters James and Inez, who were in attendance for the Philadelphia stop of her record-breaking Eras Tour in May 2023.
While on stage, Swift introduced the song ‘Betty’ by giving another shoutout to their three girls. ‘I named the characters after real people in my life who I love more than anything, and their names are James, Inez and Betty,’ Swift said at the time.
Lively and Reynolds went on to welcome their son Olin in February 2023. Swift made a special gesture for their daughters, James and Inez, who were in attendance for the Philadelphia stop of her record-breaking Eras Tour in May 2023
She also took a moment to acknowledge the special guests in the audience, as she mouthed what appeared to be, ‘Hi, James! Hi, Inez!’
Following the concert, she was seen exiting the stadium while holding hands with James.
Swift reportedly fell out with Lively after being dragged into her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
While Lively’s bitter lawsuit against Baldoni was settled earlier this year, it appears it wasn’t enough to secure her a coveted spot on Swift’s guest list.
Swift’s reported fallout with the actress happened after she was subpoenaed in the lawsuit against Baldoni, before the subpoena was later withdrawn.
The A-list couple got engaged in August 2025 after two years of dating
Swift, whose hit song My Tears Ricochet was featured on the soundtrack of Baldoni’s 2024 film It Ends With Us – where he starred alongside Lively – was pulled into the rollercoaster saga last year when Baldoni filed a $400 million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband of defamation. The suit was later thrown out.
Explosive text messages from Baldoni’s complaint revealed Lively had referred to the superstar singer and her husband as ‘my dragons’ in a bid to intimidate him over the ill-fated flick.
Since then, Swift has reportedly been trying to distance herself from the scandal as well as her friendship with Lively.
Those efforts have included icing Lively out of her inner circle while Kelce unfollowed Reynolds on Instagram.
