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Blake Lively attends World Cup final after missing Taylor Swift wedding

Blake Lively shared photos from the World Cup final days after reports she was absent from Taylor Swift's wedding


Pop Culture & Art July 20, 2026 1 min read
Courtesy: @blakelively on Instagram

Blake Lively attended the FIFA World Cup final with a group of friends, days after reports claimed she was not invited to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.

The actress shared a smiling selfie on her Instagram Stories from the match between Spain and Argentina, which Spain won 1-0.

Lively wore a striped button-up shirt over a white vest, paired with light-wash jeans and sunglasses as she posed with her friends at the stadium.

Among those pictured were Stoney Clover Lane founders Kendall and Libby Glazer, along with Lively's longtime friend Emma Gray. Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, did not appear in the photograph.

Lively's appearance at the World Cup came shortly after widespread reports that she was absent from Swift and Kelce's wedding, held earlier this month at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

According to previous reports cited in the source material, guests at the ceremony included Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Tom Brady and Brad Pitt.

On the evening of the rehearsal dinner, Lively and Reynolds were reportedly in Lake Placid, New York, supporting their daughter Betty at a horse show. The couple were also later photographed having lunch at a rooftop restaurant in Canada.

The reported change in Lively and Swift's friendship has been linked by unnamed sources to the legal dispute between Lively and It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni.

A source previously told Page Six, "There hasn't been an olive branch when it comes to their friendship. And Taylor hasn't extended a wedding invitation to Blake."

Another source claimed Swift wanted "space" after becoming connected to the legal dispute, adding: "Taylor wants nothing to do with this whole ordeal."

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