NFL player George Kittle and his wife Claire were held up by airport mayhem while attempting to fly from Nashville to New York on Wednesday ahead of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding at Madison Square Garden.
Kittle confirmed last week that he and Claire had received an invite to the big day on Friday while at the ‘Tight End University’ NFL networking camp he hosts with Kelce.
Swift also dedicated her performance of ‘Love Story’ to Kittle during her appearance at the annual concert that her fiance Kelce helps to stage as part of the three-day event.
But on Wednesday night, the San Francisco 49ers star and his glamorous wife were left stranded in Nashville when they were meant to be in New York preparing for the wedding that the whole world will be watching.
Claire shared a selfie alongside her husband with the caption: ‘Just at BNA (Nashville International Airport) all evening. Was supposed to depart at 5:30am now it’s 8am lol.’
Flight records show that a plane was due to fly from Nashville to New York on Wednesday night but is now rescheduled for an early takeoff on Thursday morning, exactly as Claire had said on social media.
George and Claire Kittle’s flight to New York for Travis and Taylor’s wedding was badly delayed
Swift and Kelce were with Claire and George Kittle (center) in Nashville just last week
NFL stars Kittle and Kelce have remained good friends away from the football field, even in spite of their rivalry on it with Kelce playing for San Francisco’s Super Bowl competitors, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kittle, 32, was even a guest on Kelce’s New Heights podcast on Wednesday, which he co-hosts with his older brother Jason.
And George’s friendship with Swift was clear for all to see last week when the singer made a point of dedicating her performance of Love Story to him on stage last week.
‘This was a very special request from a very special tight end,’ Swift told fans, per footage shared on social media. ‘He wanted to hear this particular song and that tight end … is named George Kittle.’
Kittle joked last week that Kelce was ‘warming up’ for the wedding by hosting their Tight End University event so close to tying the knot.
‘He’s got the great energy and love for the boys’ Kittle said. ‘We’ll be there (at the wedding), I’ll be there.
‘I am wearing a blue suit. So that’s all I got, I got nothing else.’
But Kittle did then reveal one of the few rules that Swift and Kelce are imposing on guests for the big day.
Kelce and Kittle are rivals on the football field but remain good friends outside of the game
‘I don’t have expectations but I know it is going to be amazing,’ he added. ‘They said absolutely no gifts.
‘But I was thinking, Travis, for some reason, really likes old coins, so I might get him an old coin. Sounds expensive, too.’
All being well, they should both now touch down in New York on Thursday morning.
There is a rehearsal dinner Kelce and Swift are hosting on Thursday night – it is unclear if the Kittles would attend that – before the main event is held on Friday evening.
