A Complete Timeline of Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss’ Friendship, Fallout, and Reunion

When it was first rumored that Taylor Swift’s ex-friend Karlie Kloss would be attending her wedding to Travis Kelce, I didn’t quite believe it. But then on July 3, there she was making her way to Madison Square Garden, dressed in gold and with her husband Josh Kushner in tow. And in case you thought that was a blip: The two were most recently spotted sitting side-by-side at a Chiefs game to cheer on Travis, so their friendship is, once again, under a full-on microscope.And in case you’re new here—i.e. you weren’t obsessing over all things Karlie + Taylor in the mid-aughts—we have a timeline to get you caught up. In other words, find out how these two went from being best friends (they were featured on a Vogue cover together!), to pretty much estranged, to cordial (if not downright friendly) again. Starting with...Jump to:January 2012November 2013March 2014April 2014May 2014July 2014September 2014October 2014November 2014December 2014February 2015May 2015June 2015August 2015April 2016July 2016August 2016October 2016December 2016July 2017August 2017October 2017December 2017January 2018February 2018March 2018April 2018August 2018October 2018October 2018March 2019August 2019January 2021August 2023June 2026July 2026November 2026January 2012Karlie and Taylor’s friendship starts in 2012, when Taylor mentions she wants to bake cookies with Karlie during her Vogue cover story, prompting the model to tweet this:November 2013Taylor performs at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and has a moment with Karlie:Randy Brooke//Getty ImagesAnd Karlie just gushes, telling Hollywood Life, “We met at the show. We’d never met before but we’re BFFs now.”March 2014Taylor and Karlie become pretty much instant best friends and go road-tripping together.April 2014The BFFs are snapped while out and about together in NYC:Raymond Hall//Getty ImagesRaymond Hall//Getty ImagesMay 2014Then they chill at the Met Gala together.July 2014Karlie and Taylor are spotted in NYC again!Alo Ceballos//Getty ImagesSeptember 2014Taylor tells Rolling Stone she has a guest room where “Karlie usually stays.”October 2014And then they take in a game with...Ben Stiller?Alex Goodlett//Getty ImagesNovember 2014They spend pretty much all of November chilling:Raymond Hall//Getty ImagesKevin Mazur/AMA2014//Getty ImagesDecember 2014Taylor performs at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show again, and Karlie documents the moment on Insta.Soon after, fans become convinced Taylor and Karlie are dating (a conspiracy theory that begins with a blurry photo published by TMZ of the two at The 1975’s concert), even coining the couple’s name “Kaylor,” but Tay’s rep calls a story of them making out “crap.” More specifically, she tells Us Weekly, “It’s sad that on the day it’s announced Taylor has three Grammy nominations for ‘Shake It Off,’ I have to shake off this crap.”A few days later, Tay tweets, “As my 25th birthday present from the media, I’d like for you to stop accusing all my friends of dating me. #thirsty.”Then Taylor invites a fleet of other celebs—including Karlie—to celebrate her birthday:February 2015Taylor and Karlie share a Vogue cover, which like...what best friends haven’t? (Obviously JK, this is a huge deal.)May 2015Karlie appears in Taylor’s "Bad Blood" music video:June 2015Karlie and the rest of the Squad™️ join Taylor on tour:Brian Rasic/LP5//Getty ImagesAugust 2015And then at the VMAs!Kevin Mazur//Getty ImagesApril 2016Karlie and Taylor hit up Coachella:July 2016Karlie attends Taylor’s notorious July 4th party:August 2016Amid Taylor’s feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Karlie is asked by the Sunday Times if she thinks Kim is a “good person” and says, “I think she’s been a lovely person to me in the past. Look, I really don’t know her that well.”The next day, she takes to Twitter and writes, “I will not allow the media to misconstrue my words. Taylor has always had my back and I will always have hers.”October 2016The pair celebrates Drake’s birthday together:December 2016And then it’s Tay’s b-day, so Karlie goes ahead and celebrates on Instagram:July 2017Karlie hangs with Kendall Jenner instead of Taylor for July 4th, which Swifties take very personally.August 2017Taylor drops the video for “Look What You Made Me Do,” and fans immediately notice that Karlie’s name isn’t on a T-shirt that features other members of her Squad.YouTubeOctober 2017The Blast reports Taylor “politely declined” being on Karlie’s new show Movie Night With Karlie due to “scheduling issues.”December 2017Amid rumors of tension between them, Karlie drops a HBD post to Taylor:January 2018Karlie posts this video of herself dribbling a basketball on Instagram, which you might think means nothing:But actually means everything because she initially captions it “swish swish”—a phrase Swifties interpret as being a direct reference to Katy Perry’s song of the same name, which is universally considered to be about Katy’s feud with Taylor.February 2018Karlie is seen hanging with Katy Perry, causing Swifties to spiral even further. As in, people are straight-up leaving rat emojis on Karlie’s Insta.InstagramEven Jennifer Lawrence asks the question on everyone’s mind during a TimesTalks:March 2018The New York Times profiles Karlie and writes, “Her closest friends include Taylor Swift. They have vacationed together and have sat courtside at a New York Knicks game. Despite internet gossip suggesting otherwise, the pair continues to be good friends and they talk frequently. ‘Don’t believe everything you read,’ Ms. Kloss said.”April 2018The following month, Karlie gives an interview with Porter shouting out all her best friends...and doesn’t mention Taylor.“I’ve built really amazing friendships—some that last, some that don’t,” she says. “A couple have become some of the most important relationships in my life. In particular, those I’ve been in the trenches with, such as Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, Toni Garrn, and Lily Aldridge. We started as girls and we've grown up together, and I know if I need anything, I can call them up and they will be there for me, just like my friends from kindergarten.”August 2018Karlie shuts down feud rumors with a BTS post from Taylor’s Reputation World Tour:October 2018Karlie films 73 Questions and is asked about Taylor, saying, “The world needs to know? Well, Jennifer Lawrence was interested. Jen, don’t worry, Taylor and I are still really good friends.”October 2018Karlie gets married, and Taylor doesn’t show. Page Six reports that Karlie’s rep says Tay was “unable to attend due to prior commitments.”March 2019Karlie is asked about Taylor on Watch What Happens Live (specifically about an essay Tay wrote about friendships for Elle), and says, “Taylor is incredible, and I feel really lucky to call her a friend, and she’s one of the hardest working women, and I loved her essay.”August 2019Karlie appears on Scooter Braun’s Instagram, a huuuuuuuge yikes considering Scooter’s ongoing drama with Tay.January 2021Taylor drops “It’s Time to Go,” and fans think these lyrics specifically are about Karlie. Ahem: “When the words of a sister come back in whispers / That prove she was not in fact what she seemed / Not a twin from your dreams / She’s a crook who was caught.”August 2023Karlie shocks literally everyone by showing up at Taylor’s Eras Tour stop in Los Angeles—notably in the stands and not the VIP tent.June 2026The Crazy Days and Nights blog drops a blind item reading, “I guess talking almost every day during the pregnancy brought the model and the singer close enough again to get the wedding invite.”Soon after, TMZ reports that the former best friends have “officially buried the hatchet” and that “Taylor wants Karlie at her wedding.” The outlet also confirms there were “real issues between them,” but that they made up “quite some time ago” and it’s “all water under the bridge.”July 2026And the rumors are true! Karlie shows up to Taylor’s wedding in gold, and fans are both shocked and delighted.TheStewartofNY//Getty ImagesNovember 2026Fans are once again shook when Taylor rolls up to the November 8 Chiefs game to cheer on Travis with Karlie in tow.David Eulitt//Getty ImagesNature really is healing.