Travis Kelce‘s wedding to Taylor Swift has finally come and gone, but drama seems to be brewing over the NFL star’s guest list.
The Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end is said to be at the center of a heated debate in group chats for his teammates over his thought process when it came to who he chose to invite to his nuptials.
This comes after it was revealed that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have no plans to turn their wedding footage into a film or documentary, with a source noting that the couple wants to keep it “private.”
Some of Kelce’s teammates and football colleagues are said to be upset over not getting invited to his intimate dinner event on Thursday, with some being shut out from the entire wedding with a complete snub.
On Monday, after the nuptials, ex-NFL players Taylor Lewan and Will Compton expressed their dissatisfaction at the lack of an invite, with Lewan wondering if it was a “personal shot” fired by Kelce, and Compton admitting it left him “flabbergasted.”
Addressing the brewing drama, an anonymous Chiefs player told the Daily Mail that it has sparked heated locker room discourse, especially the decision to exclude kicker Harrison Butker, which has led to tense exchanges in team group chats.
Butker’s controversial history has long put him at odds with Kelce and his wife, Swift. During a 2024 commencement address, the devout Catholic kicker drew intense criticism for calling Pride Month a “deadly sin” and suggesting women should focus on being homemakers rather than pursuing careers.
Kelce, at the time, publicly disagreed with his teammate’s stance, and Swift supports the Democratic Party and has publicly opposed President Donald Trump.
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Regarding Butker’s absence, the insider from the team acknowledged that Swift and Kelce ultimately decide who attends their special day, making the omission of the kicker understandable.
However, the move has seemingly divided the team, sparking a flurry of text messages from teammates who view it as a deliberate slight.
“The general idea was that there was a blanket invite for the team, but [every other player] received something individually,” the insider said, adding that “if Harrison had really wanted to come, he probably could have. But they’re not close, so… he wasn’t going to go, even if he had been invited.”
The source continued, “There’s now a lot of gossip going on. Training camp [for the new NFL season] starts in three weeks, and it’s going to be a whole thing. A lot of guys want it to be drama [between Butker and Kelce]. They just like that sh-t… a couple of the guys are being messy and texting Harrison to see what he thinks. We’re like a high school team sometimes.”
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Another anonymous Chiefs player shared with the Daily Mail that there are a lot of Team group chats, and that players were careful not to send messages about Kelce’s wedding to groups he is a part of.
“I have chains that have Travis on them, and chains that don’t,” the alleged player said. “You always have to check to make sure you’re sending to the right chain. There have been times where you’ll talk sh-t about someone and then realize they are in the group, and have to laugh it off.”
He continued, “I think most of the texts about the wedding are probably being sent in the groups without Travis. I have one that has about eight of us, and before the wedding, it was like, ‘Who’s going?’ And everyone was saying where they were staying, or why they weren’t going.”
The source further noted that “probably less” than half of the team attended Kelce’s wedding, as a “lot of people RSVP’d no, not because of anything bad, but because of a conflict.”
According to the Chiefs player, he personally chose not to attend the wedding as he didn’t want to spend July 4th in New York and couldn’t bring his children along for the trip.
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Speaking again about the Butker snub, the first Chiefs player who spoke with the Daily Mail admitted that people on group chats were stunned by the move, with someone writing, “WTF?!,” after a news story was shared about the kicker not being invited.
The source, however, stressed that it’s mostly locker room banter, and no one is genuinely mad at Kelce about his wedding guest list.
“I don’t think anyone on the team wishes [Kelce] anything but good things,” the Chiefs players noted. “Everyone likes him. He’s a good teammate and a good friend. There’s locker room sh-t, but it’s nothing disrespectful.”
Despite the awkward invite drama, several of Kelce and Swift’s guests have spoken out, praising the duo’s wedding and wishing the couple nothing but love.
Grammy-winning producer Smittybeatz told Page Six of the event: “All I can say is that it was a beautiful ceremony and a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple. I’m extremely happy for the both of them.”
“They turned the Garden into a garden of love and wonderment. It was timeless. Again, very happy for them both. They are soulmates for sure,” he added.
Jermski, a childhood friend of Kelce’s and former college football teammate, expressed similar sentiment, saying, “It was the most beautiful event I’ve ever been to in my life.”
Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Have Their Sights Set On Somewhere With ‘So Much History’ For Their Honeymoon
Meanwhile, with their nuptials over, Kelce and Swift are reportedly looking to enjoy some private time alone, and may already be eyeing a place with a lot of history.
A Star Magazine source shared that the couple wants to get far away, to somewhere they can lay low without any disturbance from the public, or even family and friends.
“They just don’t want anything getting leaked,” the source said. “They want to be able to enjoy this special time with total privacy.”
According to the insider, there are already “whispers” that Swift and Kelce will kick off their Honeymoon at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, an “ultra-private” luxury resort, with “so much history.”
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy reportedly honeymooned at the resort back in 1953, and if Swift and Kelce end up choosing to stay there, the source noted that they can “rent out the entire property,” which can cost around “$500K for a week.”
