Taylor Swift has built a reputation for tight-knit celebrity friendships over the years, from her much-discussed “squad” era to walking the red carpet with her BFFs.
However, not every bond has stood the test of time as several once-inseparable friendships have quietly cooled or fractured entirely. Scroll to take a look back at some of Swift’s most notable friendship fallouts and where things stand today:
Blake Lively
Swift’s longtime friendship with Blake Lively, which began in 2016, has significantly diminished, with the Gossip Girl alum not receiving an invitation to Swift’s upcoming wedding to Travis Kelce.
“Blake understands why she wouldn’t be invited and that it would be a media frenzy,” an insider exclusively told Us Weekly in June 2026. “She also understands that she and Taylor don’t have the same level of friendship they once had.”
Swift and Lively’s bond dissipated after the actress’ legal battle with her It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni, during which private texts between Lively and Swift were made public.
“Having her texts out there made her feel exposed and kind of violated,” a source previously told Us of Swift, noting that the once-besties “haven’t been in touch in several months.”
Karlie Kloss
Swift and Karlie Kloss were once inseparable after bonding in 2012, when Swift told Vogue, “I love Karlie Kloss. I want to bake cookies with her!” Their friendship played out across social media and red carpets for years.
Then, came the “Look What You Made Me Do” music video, which pointedly excluded Kloss from Swift’s onscreen squad. Kloss repeatedly shut down fallout rumors, but Swift seemed to acknowledge the shift in a March 2019 essay for Elle.
“Something about ‘we’re in our young twenties!’ hurls people together into groups that can feel like your chosen family,” Swift wrote at the time. “And maybe they will be for the rest of your life. Or maybe they’ll just be your comrades for an important phase, but not forever.”
Katy Perry
The most public feud — and reconciliation — belongs to Swift and Katy Perry. After nearly four years of tension sparked by a 2014 backup dancer dispute, Perry sent Swift a literal olive branch in May 2018.
“I just went up to her and I was like, ‘Hey, you know it’s been a long time and I think we’ve grown up a little bit, and I just wanted to say I’m sorry and that I’m really here for you and I love you,’” Perry recalled on KIIS 1065 in July 2019, describing an Oscar party approach that led to texting and slowly rebuilt trust.
“She invited me over to her house and she made me some cookies,” Perry said.
Perry later appeared in Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” video, cementing the reunion, before attending the Eras Tour in 2024.
Lorde
Lorde was often lumped into Swift’s squad after the two met at the 2014 American Music Awards, but the New Zealand singer distanced herself from the label.
“I don’t hang out with these people at all,” Lorde told Australia’s Sunrise in July 2017.
She had also raised eyebrows by comparing the friendship to “having a friend with an autoimmune disease” in a Guardian interview, later apologizing on Twitter: “I f***ed up and that was really insensitive.”
Lorde hasn’t publicly discussed her onetime friendship with Swift.
Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld earned a spot in Swift’s 2014 “Bad Blood” music video after the two crossed paths in 2013, but the actress later clarified that fans overestimated their closeness.
“I think people think we spend a lot more time together than we actually [did],” Steinfeld told Seventeen in 2016.
Still, she has remained publicly supportive, telling People in 2023 she was “literally chasing the dates of her Eras Tour.”
Steinfeld is now married to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who plays in the same conference as Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs. When the two teams played one another, it’s not known whether Steinfeld and Swift ran into each other in the stadium.
Dianna Agron
Swift and Glee alum Dianna Agron were frequently photographed together in the early 2010s, and fans long theorized about the depth of their bond — including reading capitalized letters in the lyrics of “22” as a hidden nod to Agron.
“That is so interesting,” Agron told Rolling Stone in May 2023 of the romance speculation before addressing the “22” theory itself. “That’s more because of a friendship than being the inspiration for the song. But I would not be the person to ask about that.”
Since then, Agron and Swift haven’t publicly been spotted together.
Keleigh Teller
Swift bonded with Miles Teller’s wife, Keleigh Teller, after the couple appeared in her “I Bet You Think About Me” music video in 2021. Keleigh also accompanied Swift to the 2024 Golden Globes and gave the singer an opal ring for her birthday later that year.
While Swift and Keleigh never addressed whether their bond fractured, Miles wasn’t sure that he and the model would be present for Swift and Kelce’s wedding ceremony.
“I don’t know. That is going to be, I imagine, one impressive wedding,” Miles told Parade in November 2025. “[I’m] just very happy for them. I’ve known Trav for a while too, and I think they’re having a blast. That’s the point.”
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