Ryan Seacrest admitted he skipped Taylor Swift‘s wedding – even though he had already RSVP’d to the Madison Square Garden extravaganza.
The television host, 51, said he previously informed the singer and her now-husband Travis Kelce, both 36, that he would be joining them for their big day but ended up not showing up.
Speaking on his radio show, he reflected on how his weekend actually turned out – and shared what the bride told him about the big day leading up to the event.
He explained to his On Air co-hosts that he was unable to tell them earlier about his wedding invite due to confidentiality reasons, then he recalled how he had a hosting gig come up.
This comes after Seacrest offered to officiate Swift and Kelce’s wedding, but the couple decided to ask Adam Sandler instead.
‘I RSVP’d to go and then Disney hired me to do the Fourth of July 250 special on the 3rd and the 4th, and so I had to cancel,’ Seacrest said.
Ryan Seacrest revealed he went to work a hosting gig instead of attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, even though he had already RSVP’d
The music superstar and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, both 36, married at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday
So instead of being in New York City for the singer and the football star’s nuptials, Seacrest was in Nashville and hosted Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th.
His radio show co-hosts then called him out for ‘wasting’ a coveted invite to the it-couple’s star-studded wedding at Madison Square Garden last Friday.
‘It wasn’t a waste! I was actually really excited. I was kind of torn,’ he responded as he defended himself, adding that he could not be in two places at once.
‘I went through the minutes,’ Seacrest continued. ‘I couldn’t have done both. The actual wedding was in the afternoon. I went through the minutes.’
The Emmy-winning producer added that he was excited about Swift and Kelce wanting him to attend their wedding and celebrate their big day with them.
‘But I was so honored and thrilled to be invited,’ he said before revealing that he ran into the couple after he sent back his RSVP.
‘You know, the irony was, after I RSVP’d to the wedding, I saw them at dinner at a restaurant and we talked about “the event,”‘ he recalled. ‘We didn’t say it out loud, “the event.”
‘[Taylor] was like, “It’s going to be so much fun. We’re going to have the best time. It’s going to go late,”‘ he shared.
Seacrest said on his radio show recently that he confirmed twice to the couple that he would be in attendance but ended up not being able to go for a Fourth of July work obligation
Seacrest also revealed a happenstance run-in with the couple. Above, Swift and Kelce in March
The 51-year-old, who previously offered to officiate the couple’s nuptials, instead hosted a Disney special for the Fourth of July in Nashville
In response, Seacrest said he told the couple: ‘I’m like, “I cannot wait. I’m so excited.”
At that happenstance run-in, the radio show host noted that was when he ‘met Travis for the first time actually.’
‘He was sitting in the booth next to me,’ he recalled.
‘I RSVP’d yes, I saw them a couple weeks later to confirm, then I had to cancel,’ he again reiterated.
‘I had no choice. It’s part of my job at Disney to do these things. It was work,’ he said before adding that he ‘gave them a shoutout on the show.’
The American Idol host previously put Swift on the spot, asking if he could officiate her wedding to Kelce.
At the time, the Grammy-winning star was making an appearance on his radio show in October, two months after she publicly announced her engagement on social media.
Seacrest told Swift that he just officiated his co-host Tanya Reid’s wedding before offering his services for her wedding, too.
Seacrest and Swift have been longtime friends and the talk show host has had the singer on his radio show many times over the years
The Grammy winner previously went on Seacrest’s show late last year and opened up about her relationship with Kelce. Above, announcing their engagement last August
‘I took an online course and I’m allowed to do other weddings. So, I’m just throwing my name out there as officiant,’ he told Swift.
The singer replied that she was ‘honored’ but ended the subject with a polite offering: ‘That is fantastic, you guys are amazing.’
Seacrest also inquired about Swift’s wedding date, but she avoided answering.
‘I definitely feel like when I talk about the wedding I get so excited that it makes me just want to like talk about it for like an hour. But it’s just sort of like I won’t stop talking if I start, you know what I mean?’
‘But I’m so happy that you’re… thank you for being excited for us, because I’m excited for us too,’ she added during the same interview where she shared little details about how her football player beau had proposed to her.