Why Taylor Swift Didn’t Go to the 2025 Met Gala
Taylor Swift has been laying low since the Super Bowl and opted to skip the 2025 Met Gala, and fans will likely know why.
Swifties know that the singer’s past attendance at the Met Gala has created plenty of lore and it may be why she hasn’t attended since 2016.
Why Didn’t Taylor Swift Go to the Met Gala in 2025?
Amid a possible feud with best friend Blake Lively and a hiatus from the public eye after wrapping up the Eras Tour, Swift has lots of reasons to skip the Met Gala. But, as fans who are familiar with Swift’s complicated history with the Met Gala know, there is another reason that may explain why she hasn’t attended the fashionable night since 2016.
Fans have long speculated that the 2016 Met Gala was where Swift first met ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, while also sparking up a romance with Tom Hiddleston, all while winding down a relationship with Calvin Harris. So we can probably assume the Met Gala brings up some mixed emotions for the Cruel Summer singer.
While sporting an iconic bleached blonde hairstyle as part of her iconic 2016 Met Gala look, was photographed dancing with Hiddleston about a month before calling it quits with Harris. What followed was a hot and heavy summer romance with the Thor actor that ended in September 2016.
Not long after her split from Hiddleston, Swift began dating Alwyn. Her 2017 song “Dress” all but confirmed that they met at the Met Gala. “Flashback when you met me / Your buzz cut and my hair bleached,” she sings, an apparent reference to her and Alwyn’s haircuts at the event.
After calling it quits with Alwyn in 2023, Swift might not want to go back to the place she met her ex-boyfriend, especially now that she has moved on!
Did Travis Kelce go to the Met Gala?
Kelce did not go to the Met Gala and has never attended, despite fans expecting him to show up with Swift.
However, Swifties know that Swift has never posed for photos on a red carpet with a boyfriend so it would be a pretty big deal if she made that step with Kelce at the Met Gala. In fact, Swift and Kelce would join an iconic list of couples who made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala.
We also know that Swift has been enjoying some downtime since wrapping up her Eras Tour in December, allegedly spending time in Boca Raton, Florida, and staying out of New York. “Taylor is simply enjoying some alone time with Travis and being under the radar for a little bit,” a source told Page Six in March. So, it seems like Swift wasn’t ready to disrupt her time off with a Met Gala appearance.
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