In January 2024, locked arm-in-arm at the Golden Globes, a giggling Taylor Swift seemed inseparable from model Keleigh Teller, the wife of famous actor Miles Teller.
A month prior, Keleigh had even gifted Swift an enormous opal ring for the Opalite singer’s 34th birthday, seemingly cementing her spot in Swift’s exclusive girl squad.
‘Wow. This is like a present for Elizabeth Taylor, not me,’ Swift, now 36, fawned online, to which Keleigh sweetly wrote back: ‘You’re my Elizabeth Taylor.’
But fast forward two years, and sources have told the Daily Mail that an ongoing feud between the former besties has rendered it unlikely that Keleigh, 33, and her husband, Miles Teller, 39, will see the pop superstar say ‘I do’ to Travis Kelce when they tie the knot this summer.
In fact, we were told exclusively that mutual friends of the couples ‘are actively trying’ behind the scenes to mend the rift in time for the star-studded nuptials, but as allegations are thrown around, a reconciliation is starting to feel more distant.
So, what really happened?
Taylor Swift and Keleigh Teller, seen here at the 2024 Golden Globes, have been secretly feuding for more than a year, multiple sources told the Daily Mail exclusively
The Tellers are unlikely to attend Swift and Travis Kelce’s upcoming nuptials due to the feud
Well, it’s complicated.
The two women first started hanging out around 2014, but are said to have grown closer in the summer of 2023 when Swift started dating Kelce, 36, who along with his brother Jason, 38, was friendly with Keleigh’s husband, actor Miles Teller.
When romance started blossoming between Swift and Kelce, Keleigh would reportedly act as the ‘go-between’ for her famous friend and the NFL star.
‘Travis wasn’t looking for anything serious and once you get into the Taylor world, it’s instantly serious,’ our source said, before noting that Keleigh really pushed for the new couple to take things to the next level. A second source also confirmed this.
Bonded by friendship and football, the tight-knit group was often seen at events together or cheering on Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs – despite Miles’s love for the Eagles – including at the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
On social media, Keleigh would often use Swift’s music as the soundtrack for her TikTok and Instagram posts.
But we’re told not everyone was rooting for Swift and Keleigh’s friendship.
Blake Lively, one of Swift’s other best friends at the time, had allegedly become envious of Keleigh, according to an insider who claimed the actress ‘felt threatened by Keleigh and Taylor’s closeness and tried to tear their friendship apart to be Taylor’s number one.’
They claimed Lively, 38, who was often photographed with the singer in New York, felt ‘jealous’ when she saw a paparazzi shot of Swift and Keleigh leaving the city’s Electric Lady Studios together in 2023.
The first source claimed those allegations are on par with what they know of the It Ends With Us star, claiming Lively was ‘not generally very welcoming of other people into the fold.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Lively’s representatives for comment.
Swift, 36, and Keleigh, 33, have been friends since 2014, but we’re told they grew closer after the pop superstar started dating Kelce in the summer of 2023
In 2023, Keleigh and Swift were often seen by each other’s side, like this outing to Electric Lady Studios, which a source claimed made Swift’s other pal, Blake Lively, ‘jealous’
The second source claimed Keleigh was also turned off when Lively’s private texts, in which she referred to Swift as her ‘dragon’ friend, leaked online during Lively’s legal dispute with her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.
‘Keleigh didn’t want to be a part of it, and couldn’t believe they were talking like that to each other,’ they said.
Tensions allegedly also came to a head the day before a major awards show, which Swift had reportedly invited Keleigh to attend as a guest. According to our second source, Swift was ‘not empathetic’ and an argument erupted when Keleigh pulled out for personal reasons.
‘Friends told Keleigh to protect her mental health, she needs to take space, but they were still in contact here and there,’ the source said. ‘Keleigh’s friends were very protective.’
Keleigh allegedly didn’t listen to the advice and tried to keep Swift in her life.
‘Nobody wants to be on the outside,’ the first source claimed, adding that Keleigh’s fervent loyalty to Swift despite any issues was because she ‘wants to be relevant.’
Tensions reportedly continued, though, as Keleigh allegedly began to feel that Swift was not making her and their friendship a priority.
‘Keleigh told Taylor she felt like she was always playing second, third or even fourth fiddle to her other friends,’ a third source claimed.
Then, by the summer of 2024, things are said to have taken a turn for the worse.
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A separate insider claimed that Keleigh ‘felt like she was always playing second, third or even fourth fiddle to [Swift’s] other friends’ (pictured on a night out with Lively in December 2023)
Tensions came to a head when Keleigh and Swift allegedly got into a dispute before an award show, a source told the Daily Mail
Miles Teller (left) was friendly with the Kelce brothers, and when Swift’s romance with Travis started blossoming, Keleigh (right) would reportedly act as the ‘go-between’ for her famous friend and the NFL star
The first insider claimed people close to Swift and Kelce started feeling ‘annoyed’ with the Tellers and the group began to dismantle over differing ‘lifestyles.’
The second source pushed back on that narrative, however, and alleged it was being spread to make the Tellers look bad.
They claimed Swift had not been acting like a good friend, using her apparent failure to contact the Tellers after they lost their home in the Pacific Palisades Fire as an example.
‘When Keleigh and Miles’s house burned down in the fires and Taylor didn’t call or check in at all, Keleigh just let the friendship go,’ the second source claimed. ‘That was the nail in the coffin of the friendship.’
Defending Swift, a third insider claimed Swift was simply ‘exhausted’ and ‘only in touch with very few people after almost two years on the road.’
Secretly at her wit’s end, according to a source, Keleigh then liked a comment that read: ‘Pretty sure the woman lost her damn home in a fire. I think there’s way more things going on in her life than Taylor Swift. Good lord.’
At the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, the division was hard to ignore. When Miles was asked by People magazine why he and Keleigh were not sitting with Swift – the actor chalked it up to him and his wife wanting to root for their beloved Eagles.
The first source claimed that by summer 2025 it became evident that the couples’ friendship was practically over.
Then, in November 2025, Miles appeared on Kelce’s New Heights podcast to promote his film Eternity. The move appeared to silence the rumor mill.
‘There is no reason to read into that at all,’ our first insider said, claiming that the booking was strictly work-related and not evidence that all was good.
In fact, the second source claimed ties were so severed by the time the pre-recorded interview aired that Jason had reportedly told Miles to ‘give Keleigh our love’ and it ended up getting cut from the episode.
Fans started to notice something was amiss when the Tellers did not sit with Swift at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, where the Chiefs faced off against the Eagles
But, we are told, the final ‘nail in the coffin’ was when Swift failed to contact the Tellers after their home burned down in the Los Angeles fires (Keleigh and Swift pictured in 2023)
But, we’re told mutual friends have not lost hope for a reconciliation.
‘All of our friends are currently trying to fix this but it’s hard to come back from losing everything and not hearing from your once closest friend,’ the second source said.
They added that Keleigh allegedly feels that if she goes to Swift and Kelce’s wedding, it will only serve to make ‘Taylor look good’ and will make her feel ‘like a doormat.’
‘Keleigh wants the friendship to work itself out naturally without media book ending it,’ they added. ‘She is literally still heartbroken.’
But friends are reportedly encouraging her to make amends, saying: ‘Look, just come and we’ll all be fine after.’
Meanwhile, we’re told Miles is ‘absolutely disgusted’ over some of the allegations that have come out online, particularly over the ‘lifestyle differences.’
The second source claimed that although the issues initially started between Swift and Keleigh, the feud boiled over to the men because Kelce allegedly didn’t try to help.
That source alleged that for a long time Kelce hadn’t ‘stepped in.’ However, we’re told the tight end does feel ‘bad’ and there may have been attempts to reconnect with Miles recently.
‘Taylor changes all the time,’ said our first insider. ‘She ebbs and flows with whoever she’s hanging out with. The Keleigh relationship – she’s just not doing that anymore.’
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Swift, Kelce and the Tellers.
