Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss Reunite at Chiefs Game in Their First Photos Together Since 2018

Taylor Swift sitting on a moss-covered stage during the Folklore set of the Eras Tour in Arlington, Texas

Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour in Arlington, Texas, in 2023. Credit: Ronald Woan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss reunited at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 8, watching Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs from Swift’s private suite. It was the first time the two have been photographed together since 2018, Entertainment Weekly reports.

The pair sat side by side for the game, smiling and laughing, with Swift’s mother, Andrea Swift, and her mother-in-law, Donna Kelce, nearby. The Chiefs beat the New York Jets 35-12, the Associated Press reports, with Kenneth Walker scoring three touchdowns as Kansas City snapped a two-game skid. Kelce added a 1-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.

The Jets led 9-7 in the first half on three Jason Sanders field goals, and Kansas City took a 14-12 lead into halftime, according to the Jets’ game recap. Kelce’s score came on fourth down after Patrick Mahomes was stopped at the 1-yard line. Mahomes then sent a two-handed chest pass to Kelce behind the right side of the line for Kelce’s 87th career touchdown, ProFootballTalk reports.

The Last Photo Together Was in 2018

Their last photo together before Sunday came in August 2018, when Kloss went backstage at the Nashville stop of Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour.

That selfie did little to quiet talk of a rift. Kloss had stayed close to Kim Kardashian during Kardashian and Kanye West’s public feud with Swift, and fans read the friendship as strained. That same year, Kloss told The New York Times that she and Swift still spoke often, adding, “Don’t believe everything you read,” Page Six notes.

Two Weddings Without Swift

Two months after the Nashville photo, Kloss married Josh Kushner in October 2018. Swift, her close friend of five years, was not there. Swift also did not attend the couple’s second ceremony in June 2019.

Two people Swift had clashed with were on the 2019 guest list: Katy Perry and Scooter Braun. That month, Braun bought the masters of Swift’s first six albums, and she accused him of “manipulative bullying.”

Those absences kept the rumors going for years.

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A Slow Thaw Leading to Sunday

The distance between Swift and Kloss eased over time. In 2023, Kloss was seen singing and dancing at one of Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Los Angeles.

The bigger sign came in July 2026. Kloss and Kushner arrived at Madison Square Garden for Swift’s wedding to Kelce, which surprised many fans.

Taylor Swift performing

Taylor Swift performing at a concert – Photo Credit: Makaiyla Willis, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Kloss stayed quiet about the invitation when she was asked about it weeks later on the Today show. She did praise the couple. “What I will say is that they’re an amazing couple and I’m so happy for them,” she said.

Closer Again After Years Apart

An unnamed source told Page Six that the game was not the start of the reconciliation. The insider said the friendship “cooled off” for a period, but that the two “patched things up a few years ago.”

“They’re in a good place now, and Taylor inviting Karlie to her wedding was reflective of that,” the source said. The two first became close in 2013, after Swift performed at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

Sunday’s game put Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss side by side in public for the first time since 2018, four months after Kloss attended Swift’s wedding to Kelce at Madison Square Garden.

Are you surprised to see Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss back together, or did the wedding invite already settle it for you?

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Joining That Park Place in August of 2021, Pamela Fitzgerald is a freelance writer covering entertainment and theme parks. Mrs. Fitzgerald has a special fondness for Walt Disney World, and especially focuses on theme park discounts for military, first responders, and other critical employees looking for vacation fun.