Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce reportedly told friends and family on their closely guarded wedding invite that they had an “absolutely no gifts” policy. Which is lovely, tasteful and, in the case of a celebration expected to draw some of the most famous people on earth, almost certainly wishful thinking.
When the list is said to include everyone from Selena Gomez and Patrick Mahomes to Gigi Hadid, Stevie Nicks, Tim McGraw, Suki Waterhouse, Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran, does anyone really believe every VIP is arriving empty-handed? This is the highest-profile pairing in the world. Someone, somewhere, is surely already panic-calling a concierge about what to get the bride and groom who can buy anything.
Swift and Kelce may have already supplied the answer. Ahead of the rumored Madison Square Garden wedding, they donated $26 million to charities including food banks, children’s hospitals and other organizations across cities meaningful to them, including New York, Nashville and Kansas City. The gesture also had the convenient effect of heading off any raised eyebrows over the scale of the festivities, which are expected to draw as many as 1,000 people. Reports of a Folklore-style castle inside the Garden have been disputed, though the setup is still being described as elaborate.
