Karlie Kloss Taylor Swift Reunion at the Chiefs Game Ends Years of Feud Talk

The Karlie Kloss Taylor Swift reunion finally happened in public on Sunday, November 8, 2026, when the supermodel sat beside Swift in her suite at Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs game against the New York Jets. Photos and fan videos of the two talking, cheering and hugging spread within minutes, and Google searches for Kloss’s name jumped more than 1,000% as Swifties tried to work out what the moment meant after years of feud rumors.

It was the first time the former best friends had been seen together at a public event in years. Kloss had attended Swift’s wedding to Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in July, but Sunday’s game was the first time cameras caught them side by side. Here is who was in the suite, how the friendship cooled, what brought them back together, and what each of them has said.

What Happened at the Chiefs vs Jets Game

Swift arrived at Arrowhead for the Week 9 home game wearing a red striped top, her first Chiefs appearance in two weeks according to Elle. USA Today reported that Kloss was photographed sitting to Swift’s right, and Variety described it as the pair’s first public appearance together in years.

They were not alone in the box. Swift’s parents, Andrea and Scott Swift, were there, and Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce, appeared to be seated behind them. E! News reported that Kloss’s 5-year-old son, Levi, was also in the suite, and Deadline reported that WNBA star Caitlin Clark joined the group later in the game. Fan footage showed Swift and Kloss standing to applaud and sharing a hug at one point.

On the field, the Chiefs beat the Jets 35-12, per Deadline. E! News noted the game was Kelce’s 200th in the NFL.

• Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
• Game: Kansas City Chiefs vs New York Jets, Week 9
• Venue: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
• In the suite: Taylor Swift, Karlie Kloss, Andrea and Scott Swift, Donna Kelce, and later Caitlin Clark
• Final score: Chiefs 35, Jets 12

One early headline placed the outing in St. Louis, where Kloss grew up, but the game was played at Arrowhead in Kansas City, as every report of the day confirms. Earlier that week Kloss had canvassed in St. Louis against Missouri’s Amendment 3, according to the Kansas City Star.

Karlie Kloss Taylor Swift Friendship Timeline From 2012 to 2026

Swift and Kloss were one of the most visible celebrity friendships of the mid-2010s, which is why any change between them was picked apart online.

• January 2012: In her Vogue cover story, Swift said, “I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!” according to Us Weekly.
• November 2013: The two met at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, where Kloss walked and Swift performed. Swift later confirmed to Vogue that they met at a fashion show in 2013.
• 2015: They shared the March cover of American Vogue, Kloss played “Knockout” in the “Bad Blood” video, and she appeared in video segments and on stage during Swift’s 1989 World Tour.
• 2017: Fans noticed Kloss’s name was missing from the list of friends on a T-shirt in Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” video.
• 2018: Kloss posted a backstage photo with Swift at the Reputation tour. Swift did not attend Kloss’s October wedding to Joshua Kushner.
• June 2019: Swift was also absent from the couple’s second wedding celebration in Wyoming.
• August 2025: Kloss “liked” Swift’s engagement announcement with Kelce, per Us Weekly.
• July 3, 2026: Kloss and Kushner attended Swift and Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden.
• November 8, 2026: Kloss joined Swift in her suite at Arrowhead.

Some reports say the two were close as early as 2012, while others date the friendship to their first meeting in late 2013. Both are consistent with Swift publicly praising Kloss in 2012 before they met in person the following year.

Why Fans Thought the Two Had Fallen Out

Neither Swift nor Kloss has ever publicly confirmed a feud. The speculation grew from a series of absences rather than anything either of them said.

The Missing Name and the Missed Weddings

The first public sign came in 2017, when Kloss was left off the “squad” T-shirt in the “Look What You Made Me Do” video. A year later Swift skipped Kloss’s wedding in upstate New York, and in 2019 she missed the Wyoming celebration as well. According to Today, the two had not been photographed together publicly since 2016.

The Scooter Braun Connection

In 2019 Scooter Braun’s company bought Swift’s former label and the master recordings of her first six albums. E! News reported that fans linked the cooling friendship to that deal because Kloss and Braun have stayed on good terms. That explanation has never been confirmed by either woman.

What Swift Wrote in 2019

In a March 2019 essay for Elle ahead of her 30th birthday, Swift wrote that friend groups formed in your early twenties may “be your comrades for an important phase, but not forever.” Fans widely read the line as a reference to her old circle, though she did not name anyone.

Even then, the picture was not one-sided. A 2018 New York Times profile of Kloss, quoted by Today, said that “despite internet gossip suggesting otherwise, the pair continues to be good friends and they talk frequently.”

The Wedding Invite That Changed the Story

The first clear sign the friendship had recovered came on July 3, 2026, when Kloss and Kushner were photographed walking hand in hand to Swift and Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden. TMZ reported that there had been “real issues” between the two, but that they had made up “quite some time ago.”

Kloss has kept the details private. Asked about the wedding on Today on July 28, she said, “Listen, I try to protect the privacy of my friends’ personal lives. But what I will say is that they’re an amazing couple and I’m so happy for them.” For more on the day itself, see our coverage of the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding.

What Neither of Them Has Said

Swift has not commented on Sunday’s game or on the friendship, and Kloss has not posted about the outing beyond what fans captured. There is no confirmed account of when or how they reconciled. What is on the record is simple. Kloss was a guest at Swift’s wedding, she spoke warmly about the couple afterwards, and four months later she was sitting next to Swift and her family at Arrowhead.

Swift has brought other famous friends to Chiefs games, including Tom Cruise and Caitlin Clark, but none carried the history of this one. You can follow how Swift’s life with Kelce has unfolded in our Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce relationship timeline.