There is a reason why Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce didn't make it to the 2025 Met Gala. TMZ reports the couple were invited to the annual event. However, they declined the invite due to their busy schedules, as a source said.

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.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce skipped the 2025 Met Gala on Monday, May 5, amid their career hiatuses. The “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” singer, 35, is currently taking a break after concluding her Eras tour in December 2024,