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Taylor Swift Wedding Guest List CONFIRMED?!

Right now, there is a wedding guest list circulating online for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce that includes Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Patrick Mahomes, Adrien Brody, and well over a thousand other names. Entire articles have been written ranking who made the cut and who got  left off.

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There is just one problem with calling any of it confirmed. The two people whose wedding it actually is have not  confirmed a single name on it. This is the story of who is really going to Taylor  Swift’s wedding, sorted by how solid the proof actually is. From the guests who said it with their own mouths to the names built entirely on anonymous whispers  to the friends who got cut and the reason why.

Start with the setup because it explains why this list  is so hard to pin down. Swift and Kelce are reportedly marrying at Madison Square Garden on July 3rd  in front of a crowd that TMZ places at somewhere between 1,100 and 1,200  people. That is a small wedding by arena standards and an enormous one by human standards.

And the couple has wrapped the whole thing in secrecy. According to TMZ, guests  have been asked to sign strict non-disclosure agreements before they get any real details. And Swift has reportedly been calling and texting people personally instead of mailing out invitations that could be photographed and leaked. So, when you see the word confirmed stamped on  a guest list, keep one thing in mind.

A list built by reporters from sources is not the same as a list confirmed by the bride and groom. >>  >> With that said, let us go through it properly. The most solid tier is the smallest one, and it is also the most fun because it is made up of people who could not keep the secret themselves. >>  >> These are the guests who confirmed their own attendance out loud on the record.

Start with Suki Waterhouse. >>  >> In an interview with Variety published in May, the actress and model said plainly that she was going to Taylor’s wedding and joked that she hoped to pick up a little  inspiration for her own future wedding to Robert Pattinson. That is not an insider claim.

That is a guest saying it into a microphone. She is not alone. At the tight ends and friends concert in Nashville, San Francisco fullback Kyle Juszczyk and his wife, the fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk, both told Page Six  they were planning to attend. Kristin said they had known Travis a while and were thrilled he had found his person.

>>  >> And Kyle summed up the mood in three words that have followed this event everywhere. It’s the royal wedding. Then there is George Kittle, the San Francisco tight end, who went on Extra and accidentally revealed one of the couple’s rules while confirming he was in the loop.

He said the couple had asked for absolutely no gifts and then  joked that since Travis likes old coins, he might break the rule anyway. The groom’s own family rounds out the confirmed tier. >>  >> Travis’s older brother, Jason Kelce, the retired Philadelphia center, said on a podcast that he was hoping to be named best man,  adding that Travis has a lot of friends and he was just hoping to get the opportunity.

And  Kansas City head coach Andy Reid, asked on a radio show whether he had been invited, gave one of the best answers of this entire  saga. He said he probably had been invited and that as long as he did not outgrow his tuxedo before the big day, he was going. These are the names you can truly call confirmed  because the confirmation came from the guests themselves, not from a source familiar with the matter.

Now we step down one level into the tier that makes up the bulk of every guest list you have seen. These are the heavily reported names, the ones backed by solid entertainment reporting and multiple outlets, >>  >> but not by the guests going on record. Start with the wedding party because that is where the reporting is strongest.

Selena Gomez is reportedly not just a guest, but one of the bridesmaids  and the friendship runs deep. Swift attended Gomez’s own wedding and gave a speech at the reception. And Gomez and her husband, Benny Blanco, have both reportedly received invitations.  Gigi Hadid is the other name attached most often to the bridesmaid role.

According to The Sun, Swift asked Hadid over dinner in New York back in November.  And the model, who has been one of Swift’s closest friends for more than a decade, reportedly accepted on the spot. The Haim sisters, Este, Danielle, and Alana, are described across reporting as essentially guaranteed.

Swift is so close to the band that she once jokingly called herself the fourth  Haim sister. And she started this year by attending Este Haim’s New Year’s Eve wedding. Add to the inner circle Cara Delevigne, a long-time friend, and Ashley Avignone, a stylist and friend since around 2010, who is also reported to be among the bridesmaids.

And then there is Zoë Kravitz, whose presence doubles as a piece of gossip on its own, because reports of a rift  between her and Swift were waved off when a source told People in April that Swift  had personally invited her. The music world is well represented, too, at least on paper. TMZ reported in early June that Benson Boone had been invited and was expected to attend.

>>  >> The rising singer Samber has reportedly been added to the list after a fast climb into Swift’s orbit, performing at her Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, and turning up with her after a Knicks game. And in a more surprising entry, the Oscar-winner Adrien  Brody is reported to be attending alongside the designer Georgina Chapman.

None of those four has stood up and confirmed it the way Suki Waterhouse did, so they sit  one notch lower in the strongly reported, but not self-confirmed column. On Kelsey’s side, beyond the family, the Kansas City contingent anchors the list.  Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany Mahomes are widely reported to be attending and playing a role in the festivities,  which makes sense for the man who has thrown Kelsey the ball for nearly a decade.

Travis’s sister-in-law, Kylie Kelce, is expected as well. And Swift’s own childhood best friend, Abigail Anderson Berard, has been placed firmly in the inner circle, even spotted at the Rhode Island gathering earlier in the month. Before we get to the most dramatic part of this list,  which is the people who did not make it, I want to be honest with you about what we are doing here because it is the whole point of this channel.

We are not reading you a confirmed list and pretending it came from Taylor Swift. We are sorting rumor from record, telling you which names a guest  said out loud and which names a source whispered to a reporter, so you actually know what you are looking at. If that distinction matters to you, and it should,  subscribing is the single best way to keep this kind of careful reporting coming.

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