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2 min readAs Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding nears, attention has turned to the couple’s guest list: which of the artist’s collaborators will attend, who from the football world will make the cut, and how many exes might run into each other on the big day. Charts have been made, debates have been sparked, and fan theories have run wild. And a lot of those focus on Blake Lively.
In light of Lively’s legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni—during which the Gossip Girl star’s messages with Swift were submitted as evidence—the public has speculated over whether or not the pair have remained close. (And, therefore, whether or not they’ll reunite at the wedding of the year.)
The actor and “Opalite” singer have been good friends for over a decade, since they first connected back in 2015 for an Australian theme-park day trip during Swift’s 1989 World Tour. In that time, the two have spent the Fourth of July, New Year’s Eve, Halloween, and birthdays together, supported one another and their partners at premieres, appearances, and football games, and worked on the “I Bet You Think About Me” music video together.
Swift was even chosen as the godparent of Lively’s children with Ryan Reynolds, and wrote the kids’ names into songs on her folklore album (2020). The couple’s eldest daughter, James, also got a feature a few years prior, delivering the opening line in 2017’s “Gorgeous.”
The friends kept their relationship out of the spotlight during the Lively vs. Baldoni trial, and have not spoken publicly on where they stand today. However, Swift seemingly addressed the topic on The Life of a Showgirl with her track “Cancelled!”—a pop hit about standing by a friend while the world turns on them.
As for the wedding? While on The Graham Norton Show back in October, the musician joked that she was planning on inviting “anyone I’ve ever talked to” to the celebration—so we’d assume that includes Lively.
“I’m so excited about it,” she said on air. “I know it’s going to be fun to plan, because I think the only stressful weddings are the ones where you have a small amount [of guests] and you have to evaluate or assess your relationship with [people] to see if they should be there. I’m not going to do that.”