{"id":285528,"date":"2026-07-03T02:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285528\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:11:15","slug":"blake-lively-seen-in-upstate-new-york-as-taylor-swifts-closest-pals-arrive-at-msg-for-wedding-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285528\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Lively Seen in Upstate New York as Taylor Swift\u2019s Closest Pals Arrive at MSG for Wedding Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blake Lively<\/a> may be busy with other plans this Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, July 2 \u2014 as many celebrities arrived in New York City to head to Madison Square Garden for what is believed to be Taylor Swift<\/a> and Travis Kelce<\/a>\u2018s rehearsal dinner \u2014 TMZ<\/a> published photos of the It Ends With Us star, 38, and husband Ryan Reynolds<\/a> in Upstate New York.<\/p>\n

Lively, who was once extremely close with the Life of a Showgirl artist, 36, was with her 49-year-old husband in Lake Placid as they watched their daughter Betty, 6, compete in a horse show.<\/p>\n

Swift notably confirmed Betty\u2019s name publicly with her song \u201cBetty\u201d from her eighth studio album, Folklore.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s still unclear whether or not Lively and Reynolds will attend Swift and Kelce\u2019s special day at The Garden, their outing at a local farm in Lake Placid is about four-and-a-half hours and 280 miles from where the celebrations are taking place.<\/p>\n

Fans have wondered if the Gossip Girl alum was invited to the \u201cCruel Summer\u201d singer\u2019s ceremony, since their friendship seemingly became strained amid Lively\u2019s It Ends With Us legal battle.<\/p>\n

In January, the A Simple Favor star and the 14-time Grammy Award winner\u2019s private text messages<\/a> were exposed in court documents<\/a> obtained by Star.<\/p>\n

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At one point, the Blake Brown founder seemingly referred to Swift and her husband Reynolds as her \u201cdragons\u201d<\/a> in a text to her It Ends With Us costar and director Justin Baldoni<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor was Blake\u2019s very best friend before this nightmare engulfed their world,\u201d a source told Star in May.<\/a> \u201cIt remains to be seen if she\u2019ll be inviting Blake and Ryan to her wedding, but regardless of that, they hope that as time passes things will steadily soften and in the not-too-distant future it\u2019ll all be water under the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lively\u2019s legal battle<\/a> began in December 2024, but the case was settled on May 4, with the parties opting not to go to trial.<\/p>\n

While about 100 of Kelce and Swift\u2019s nearest and dearest are expected tonight at The Garden, a lavish, extravagant celebration with approximately 1,000 people is reportedly planned for Friday, July 3.<\/p>\n

A permit \u2014 for a \u201cSpecial Event at MSG\u201d \u2014 obtained by the Associated Press<\/a> said that festivities will start at 5 p.m. on Friday and go until the early hours of Saturday morning, closing several blocks in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

This story Blake Lively Seen in Upstate New York as Taylor Swift\u2019s Closest Pals Arrive at MSG for Wedding Weekend<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/a>. Follow Star on Yahoo<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blake Lively may be busy with other plans this Fourth of July weekend. On Thursday, July 2 \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8860,222,9,24,11,10,13734,1473,15839,817],"class_list":["post-285528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-blake-lively","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce","tag-upstate-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}