Travis Kelce’s wedding guest list has sparked a very public reaction from one of his longtime friends, with retired NFL linebacker Will Compton saying he was stunned not to receive an invitation to the ceremony with Taylor Swift.
Compton said the surprise only really hit once photos started circulating online from the wedding, which took place last Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City and drew roughly 1,000 guests. The absence stood out even more because Compton has known Kelce for more than 10 years.
He addressed the situation on “Wake Up Barstool,” saying he initially brushed off the missing invite until he saw who else made the cut. Former Pro Bowl offensive lineman Taylor Lewan, Compton’s broadcast partner, then turned the topic into a longer on-air rant during Tuesday’s episode of their shared media show.
“We are extremely happy for them. Clearly, it was an extremely intimate wedding,” Lewan began.
“An intimate wedding with only their closest friends, only their closest friends and family went to. “Going into the weekend, I thought “all good, didn’t get an invite”.
At the end of the day, when it comes to weddings, don’t make it about yourself. I sit back, happy for them, I shot Travis a text saying congratulations, he hit me back pretty quick.
Happy for them and their relationship. “I hear it’s at MSG.
Unique spot to get married. Heard they donated $26m to charity, incredible thing.
I see a Pat McAfee post, him and his beautiful wife at the wedding, that’s awesome. I see Paul Rudd is there.
Incredible stuff, man, great actor. Abigail Anderson, I was thinking “I don’t know who that is”, turns out one of Taylor Swift’s closest friends from when she was little.
That’s so beautiful.”
Lewan said his attitude shifted as more names from the guest list surfaced.
“Then I start to see - who is (US women’s soccer player) Alex Morgan? Who is that?
And then Saturday afternoon, or in the evening, seems like a lot of people go to this wedding. Baker Mayfield, his wife there.
Beaabadoobee (the singer)… gotta go? Benson Boone, yeah, gotta have him.
Bowen Yang, who is that? “Dude when I saw that Dean Blandino got invited, friend of our show.
Dean Blandino was there. Now I am starting to think, is this a personal shot that Will and I are taking?”
Before the wedding, Compton and Lewan had already joked about whether Swift would take Kelce’s last name after the marriage. The two have also hosted Kelce on their platform multiple times over the past few years, and both are regulars at his annual offseason football training summit.
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