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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attended their daughter Betty’s horse show in Lake Placid, New York on July 2
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce appeared to host a rehearsal dinner in New York City with celebrity guests like Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff
Swift and Lively’s friendship reportedly halted in 2025 amid Lively’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni
As Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce prepare to tie the knot in New York City, her longtime friend Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds are spending time with their family.
Lively, 38, and Reynolds, 49, were spotted in Lake Placid, New York on Thursday, July 2, according to photos posted by TMZ.
In the photos, the pair cheered on their daughter Betty, 6, as she competed in a horse show at a local farm, nearly 300 miles away from Swift’s wedding festivities at Madison Square Garden. Betty competed in a number of events throughout the day, placing first and second.
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift
Credit: Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce
Meanwhile in the city, a number of celebrity guests were seen arriving at Madison Square Garden for what is believed to be Swift and Kelce’s rehearsal dinner.
Pals like Selena Gomez, Lena Dunham, Jack Antonoff, Abigail Anderson, Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson, Greg Olsen and Aric Jones all attended the night’s event.
The popstar and NFL player’s wedding comes nearly a year after they announced their engagement on Aug. 26, 2025.
The couple’s romance began after Kelce revealed that he tried to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at one of her Eras Tour concerts. Although he was unsuccessful, he publicly declared his interest in Swift on his New Heights podcast in July 2023, and they began seeing each other shortly afterwards.
Three months later, in October 2023, the pair confirmed their romance when they stepped out holding hands at a Saturday Night Live afterparty. In June 2025, Swift and Kelce made their red carpet debut and two months later, on Aug. 26, they revealed they were engaged in a joint Instagram post.
As Swift and Kelce’s relationship evolved, she and Lively began to distance themselves amid Lively’s legal battle with It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni.
Before Lively and Swift’s decade-long friendship “halted,” according to a source, they remained close, and Swift is godmother to Lively and Reynolds’ three daughters James, 11, Inez, 9, and Betty. Swift has even featured the kids in her music.
James has a voice cameo in Swift’s Reputation track “Gorgeous,” while James, Inez, and Betty are all named-dropped in Folklore. In May 2023, Lively brought James and Inez along to the Eras Tour as they proudly supported their “aunt” Taylor.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Credit: Blake Lively/Instagram
But in May 2025, a source told PEOPLE that the two were “taking some space” from one another. The reports of the shift in the friendship came after Swift was served a subpoena from Baldoni’s lawyers.
In August 2025, a source told PEOPLE: “Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking.” In January 2026, Swift and Lively’s private text messages were unsealed due to the legal dispute, leaving Swift wanting to “stay away from the drama,” a source told PEOPLE.
The source said that Swift “was just being a friend to Blake, and it’s turned into something bigger than she ever expected. She never thought private messages would become public.”
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