Why Didn’t Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Attend the Oscars 2025?

Despite some chatter, neither Taylor Swift nor Travis Kelce attended the 2025 Oscars ceremony. Officially capping off awards season, the 97th annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday, March 2, and despite what some might have hoped, the couple of the hour skipped the event.

Before the Oscars, people speculated that Taylor Swift could very well be a guest during Hollywood’s biggest night. Though the star was not tapped as a performer or presenter this year, her close friend Emma Stone did present at this year’s ceremony — given that she won the Best Actress statuette for Poor Things at last year — and so did her other longtime bestie Selena Gomez. (Swift’s ex Joe Alwyn also served as a presenter during the ceremony… we’ll just leave that information there.)

Swift skipping the Oscars comes as no surprise though. Despite its massive popularity, the Eras Tour documentary was not nominated for an Oscar this year as it failed to meet nominee criteria as a promotional concert film.

Swift has attended a handful of film-and-TV awards shows in the past, most notably the 2024 Golden Globes, when she stepped out in a gorgeous green Gucci dress and hung out with pals Selena Gomez and Keleigh Teller. (Yes, that was Whispergate.)

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been photographed together plenty of times, including on date nights, at Kelce’s games, and that time he performed onstage at the Eras Tour, but they have never made a big red carpet appearance together.