Inside Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss’ rocky friendship – as supermodel is seen at Eras tour but NOT in the VIP suite… four years on from epic fall-out
Karlie Kloss’ surprise appearance at ex BFF Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Wednesday sent shockwaves around the world – years after the pair were embroiled in lesbian romance rumors and fell out in 2019.
The songstress, 33, and the supermodel, 31, had become fast friends back in 2013 with their friendship going from strength-to-strength courtesy of appearances in music videos, attending gigs together, cozy nights at home and even a runway encounter.
In 2014, the pair were seen sharing an apparent steamy kiss as they watched The 1975 perform – but Taylor quickly laughed off rumors of a romance between the pair.
The alleged kiss came one month after their friendship was showcased as Taylor performed at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, with angel Karlie holding her hand on the runway.
Things took a turn in 2017 with the pair no longer photographed together and Taylor not showing up to Karlie’s 2019 wedding to Joshua Kushner amid a reported feud between the pair over the model’s close bond with the singer’s nemesis Scooter Braun
Now as Karlie signals her bond with Taylor has been renewed, DailyMail.com looks back on their rollercoaster friendship…
Plot twist: Karlie Kloss’ surprise appearance at ex BFF Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour on Wednesday sent shockwaves around the world – years after the pair were embroiled in lesbian romance rumors and fell out in 2019
Former pals: The songstress, 33, and the supermodel, 31, had become fast friends back in 2013 with their friendship going from strength-to-strength courtesy of appearances in music videos, attending gigs together, cozy nights at home and even a runway encounter (seen 2014)
2012/2013 – BEGINNINGS AND FIRST MEET
The beginning: They were first photographed together in November 2013 when the Grammy Award-winner served as the musical entertainment for that year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which Kloss walked in
Swift and Kloss’ worlds first collided in 2012 when the Anti-Hero singer admitted to Vogue that she ‘love[s]’ Kloss and wanted nothing more than to ‘bake cookies with her!’
Kloss got wind of the compliment and tried to get the ball rolling on a future hangout by tweeting out: ‘Hey @taylorswift13 love the @voguemagazine cover! Your kitchen or mine? :)’
They were first photographed together in November 2013 when the Grammy Award-winner served as the musical entertainment for that year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which Kloss walked in.
2014 – RUNWAY MOMENT, THAT ALLEGED KISS AND LESBIAN ROMANCE DENIAL
Epic: In November 2014, the besties shared an epic runway moment as Swift performed at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for a second time (pictured)
Swift was forced to shutdown speculation that the pair were romantically involved after a grainy picture emerged on social media that appeared to show them kissing at a concert
Their friendship continued to grow in 2014 as they embarked on an epic cross-country road trip together and enjoyed countless nights out in New York City; seen in November 2014
Their friendship continued to grow in 2014 as they embarked on an epic cross-country road trip and enjoyed countless nights out in New York City.
The duo even got ready together for the 2014 Met Gala, which they documented on Instagram.
Swift revealed to Rolling Stone that Kloss even had her own room in her NYC apartment that was decorated with pictures of the model and included a basket of her favorite Whole Food treats by the bed.
In November 2014, the besties shared an epic runway moment as Swift performed at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for a second time.
They held hands while making their way down the catwalk and shared several fun moments throughout the televised show.
The following month, Swift was forced to shutdown speculation that the pair were romantically involved after a grainy picture emerged on social media that appeared to show them kissing at a concert.
A spokesperson for the Folklore songstress was quick to nix the rumor to Gossip Cop, branding it ‘hilarious’.
2015/2016 – JOINT VOGUE COVER AND BAD BLOOD COLLABORATION
Destiny: Swift revealed that people in her inner-circle predicted that she’d one day be ‘best friends’ with the now mother-of-two
She starred in the epic production with the rest of Swift’s now-defunct ‘model squad’ that included of Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevingne and Lily Aldridge; It went on to win a VMA for Video Of the Year
Taking their friendship to a whole new level, Kloss and Swift teamed up to pose for a joint Vogue cover in February 2015.
Speaking to the outlet, Swift revealed that people in her inner-circle predicted that she’d one day be ‘best friends’ with the mother-of-two.
They also marveled at the physical resemblance between the pair.
‘People had been telling us for years we needed to meet,’ said the Pennsylvania native.
‘I remember makeup artists and hair people going, ‘Doesn’t she remind you of Karlie? God, she and Karlie would be best friends. They’re the same.”
Fans will remember Kloss’ cameo in Swift’s Bad Blood music video that was released in May 2015.
She starred in the epic production with the rest of Swift’s now-defunct ‘model squad’ that included of Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevingne and Lily Aldridge.
Kloss portrayed the leather-clad boxer ‘Knockout,’ who faces off with Swift in the ring before being recruited to her villainous crew.
Bad Blood won the coveted Video Of The Year award at the MTV Video Music Awards and the Grammy for Best Music Video in 2016. Karlie and the rest of the gals walked the VMAs red carpet with Swift.
Karlie has attended all of Swift’s tours since 2012, including a London stop on the singer’s 1989 tour in the summer of 2015.
Kloss and her ‘ride or die’ continued to flourish in 2016 as they attended Coachella together, spent Fourth Of July at Swift’s house in Rhode Island and continued to dine out in NYC.
2017 – RUMORS OF STRIFE EMERGE
But things seemingly took a turn in 2017 as they were no longer photographed together in public and stopped appearing on each other’s social media accounts; seen in 2014
Things seemingly took a turn in 2017 as they were no longer photographed together in public and stopped appearing on each other’s social media accounts.
Kloss did her best to quash the speculation by telling the NYT in March 2018 that she and Swift are still ‘good friends’ and ‘talk frequently.’
Months later, Kloss tried to prove that all is well in the world of ‘Kaylor’ as she snapped a selfie with Swift backstage at her Reputation Tour concert in Nashville, Tennessee.
2018/2019 – TAYLOR FAILS TO ADDRESS FRIENDSHIP, KARLIE SAYS PAIR ARE ‘FRIENDS’
All good: Kloss did her best to quash the speculation by telling the NYT in March 2018 that she and Swift are still ‘good friends’ and ‘talk frequently’
Swift stayed silent on the state of her friendship with Kloss so the model was left to tackle the speculation on her own.
She gushed over Swift while appearing on WWHL in 2019, telling host Andy Cohen that she ‘[feels] really lucky to call her a friend’ and that Swift is ‘one of the hardest working women.’
2019 – TAYLOR FAILS TO ATTEND KARLIE’S WEDDING AMID SCOOTER BRAUN FEUD
Kloss got engaged to business man Joshua Kushner in 2018 and they held two wedding ceremonies in the summer of 2019 — both of which Swift failed to attend.
The guest list included the likes of Swift’s former enemy Katy Perry and Kloss’ manager Scooter Braun.
She tried to clear things up by having her rep reveal that Swift was invited but that work commitments prevented her from going.
But a month prior, it was revealed that Braun had purchased Taylor Swift’s original label Big Machine Label Group from then-owner Scott Borchetta, 60, for a $330 million sum via his Ithaca Holdings company.
Swift reacted the news with a blog post saying that for years she pleaded for a chance to own her work but was only given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, ‘one for every new one I turned in’.
She claimed in the post that she ‘walked away because I knew once I signed that contract, Scott Borchetta would sell the label, thereby selling me and my future.’
Braun faced furious backlash over a now-deleted Instagram post that bragged about him ‘buying Taylor Swift’ as he claimed he tried to have a mature conversation with her about the purchase of her catalog of past albums.
MIA: Kloss got engaged to business man Joshua Kushner in 2018 and they held two wedding ceremonies in the summer of 2019 — both of which Swift failed to attend; seen in May 2023
Swift’s lawyer denied Borchetta’s claim that she had an opportunity to buy her masters before it was eventually sold to Braun.
The following years Braun sold the catalogue for over $300 million and Swift accused him of denying her the chance to own her old masters.
The singer also claimed the masters were sold without her knowledge, and she revealed the name of private equity company Shamrock Holdings as the new owners of her work.
Kloss never publicly addressed the intense back-and-forth between Swift and Braun.
Now it appears the pair have mended their friendship after Kloss took her seat in the audience at LA’s SoFi Stadium – but notably initially took her seat in the bleachers and not the VIP suite, before moving.
The runway maven was joined by two female pals — one of which is Misha Nonoo, a close friend to Megan Markle who is married to billionaire Mike Hess.
Kloss tried to keep it low-key by wearing a casual look that consisted of a cream vest, baggy jeans and Adidas sneakers.
She was first photographed arriving to the show and later filmed by a fan inside of the venue, which was shared to social media.
‘Swifties’ flocked to social media to react to Kloss’ surprise appearance, with one writing: ‘I’ve been waiting for this moment.’
They also called out the fact that Kloss was not in the venue’s VIP section.
‘karlie paid to get a ticket to attend the eras tour???? she’s not in the VIP tent????’ wrote one fan.
‘IF karlie just went to eras tour without talking to taylor, without taylor inviting her which her seating in a random place suggests. if karlie just bought a ticket and went… that’s so funny,’ read another tweet.
They added: ‘like she’s kinda crazy and obsessed and tay needs a restraining order’
Some fans noted that Karlie hasn’t ‘missed a single [Swift] tour’ since the duo met way back in 2012.’
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