Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce did not attend the 2025 Met Gala for a very understandable reason, sources told TMZ; The appearance would have marked Kelce's Met Gala debut and Swif

The last time Taylor Swift posed at the Met Gala red carpet steps was in 2016, when she served as one of the evening’s co-chairs for the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme. That year marked her sixth appearance at the annual fashion event, having previously attended in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.

Some of the Met Gala's biggest style icons including Blake Lively and Sarah Jessica Parker among others were missing Monday night.