Ryan Seacrest reveals why he backed out of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding at the last minute

A longtime TV personality came painfully close to attending one of Hollywood's most exclusive celebrations before a scheduling conflict derailed his plans.Ryan Seacrest revealed he reluctantly skipped Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding after a scheduling conflict left him with "no choice.""I RSVP’d to go, and then Disney hired me to do the Fourth of July 250 special on the 3rd and the 4th," the radio host confessed Monday during his show, "On Air With Ryan Seacrest." "So I had to cancel."TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE'S WEDDING LEAKS SNOWBALL AS GUESTS REVEAL INSIDE DETAILSTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce married at Madison Square Garden on July 3.(Getty Images)His co-hosts, Sisanie and Tanya Rad, were shocked to hear about Seacrest's invite after the 51-year-old kept it a secret.
Sisanie even joked it was a "waste of an invite."Seacrest defended himself, saying, "I was actually really excited.I was kind of torn.""I'm like how – I tried to do both ...
I tried to go to the wedding and prepare for that show, but we started live on the third so I couldn't."The "American Idol" host said he even mapped out the logistics before throwing in the towel."Trust me, Tanya.I went through the minutes," Seacrest explained.
"I couldn't have done both.And the actual wedding was in the afternoon.
I went through the minutes."Ryan Seacrest's work schedule kept him from attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.(Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images)TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE'S WEDDING: LEAKED DETAILS REVEAL INSIDE LOOK AS PHOTOS CAPTURE A-LIST DEPARTURESTravis Kelce and Taylor Swift began dating in 2023.
(Getty Images)Although he couldn't make it, Seacrest recalled one conversation with the bride that made canceling even harder."But I was so honored and thrilled to be invited," he said."And you know the irony was, after I RSVP'd to the wedding, I saw them at dinner at a restaurant, and we talked about the 'event' – because we didn't say it out loud – the 'ev...