“Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill is opening up about why he didn’t attend Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s star-studded wedding. On July 3, the couple exchanged vows at Madison Square Garden in Latest York City. Although over one thousand guests were in attendance, Hamill revealed why he didn’t attend the lavish event.
In August 2025, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement with a photograph of them posing in a floral garden. Hamill used that photo when he explained why he didn’t attend their wedding, as guests weren’t allowed to bring their phones into the event and Swift has yet to publish any highlights from her big day.
“Congratulations to the newlyweds!” he wrote within the caption of his Instagram post. “I declined to attend the marriage for a wide range of personal reasons, but mainly because I wasn’t invited.” He capped off his caption with a church emoji.
Fans React To Mark Hamill’s Wedding Invite Snub
It stays to be seen how well Mark Hamill actually knew the couple with a purpose to rating an invitation, but that didn’t stop fans from sticking up for him within the comments.
“They invited a thousand people and never Mark Hamill. Mark, you’d be on my guest list before 99% of my family,” one comment read. It got over 10,000 likes in just three hours.
“I wasn’t invited either; it’s not too big of a deal anyway. If I ever get married, I’ll invite you and the remaining of the Star Wars solid and crew, and we are able to blast some Mos Eisley Cantina music and have some Blue Milk!” one other follower joked.
“I bet you might have used your Jedi mind tricks to get into the marriage ceremony,” a 3rd user chimed in while one other follower joked, “I assume the Fourth wasn’t with you on this one.”
Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Stunning Engagement
Just a few weeks after the couple got engaged, the “Mirrorball” singer opened up concerning the surprise proposal on an October 2025 episode of “The Graham Norton Show.”
“We had actually filmed a podcast episode — he has a podcast called Latest Heights — so we filmed the podcast for about three or 4 hours … and meanwhile behind his house, he was having the entire back garden become this,” she explained on the time.
“And one among the things that he put in there, very strategically, was a wall of hedges that weren’t there before. And contained in the hedges was my tour photographer hiding in bushes that had not previously been there,” she continued, adding, “He went all out — 10 out of 10.”
Travis Kelce’s Father Shares His Thoughts On The Proposal
Shortly after they went public with their engagement announcement, Travis Kelce’s father Ed talked concerning the proposal during an interview with News 5’s John Kosich on August 26, 2025.
“He got her on the market, they were about to exit to dinner, and he said, ‘Let’s exit and have a glass of wine’ … they got on the market, and that’s when he asked her, and it was beautiful,” he said on the time. The couple then FaceTimed their family to substantiate the blissful news following the proposal.
The “So High School” singer announced the engagement in a joint Instagram post, captioning it, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”
Donna Kelce Shares Her Thoughts On The Wedding
As The Blast previously reported, Donna Kelce, the mother of each Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce, called the marriage “magical” when asked about it while attending Macy’s 50th Fourth of July Celebration.
“I actually can’t say a heck of rather a lot except it was magical, man, magical,” she said in an interview posted on Macy’s Instagram on Sunday, July 5.
She also opened up about her own Fourth of July memories together with her sons, recalling, “I remember I used to take the boys right down to Lake Erie and we might watch the fireworks in Euclid, Ohio, and we had the most effective time.”