Taylor Swift may be best friends with Blake Lively and Selena Gomez, but they never spend time together as a threesome, and insiders now reveal the surprising reason why the three women rarely hang out as a group.
Suspicions arose when football fan Selena, 31, was missing from Taylor’s top squad at this year’s Super Bowl final, where Lana Del Rey, Ashley Avignone, Kaleigh Sperry and Blake cheered on Travis Kelce as the Kansas City Chiefs romped to victory. .
Now insiders have claimed there is bad blood between Blake, 36, and Selena, who are reportedly not friends, don’t “mix” and choose to spend time with the pop superstar separately.
“This is why neither of them are ever with Taylor at the same time and constantly avoid clashing with each other,” a source exclusively told DailyMail.com.
Taylor Swift may be best buds with Blake Lively and Selena Gomez – but they never spend time together as a trio – Taylor and Blake pictured at the 2024 Super Bowl finals, sans Selena
Selena, 31, pictured with Taylor, 34, at the 2023 Golden Globes, and Blake, 36, are ‘not friends’, insiders have told DailyMail.com
On December 12 last year, Selena – who has been best friends with Taylor since 2008 – went out for dinner in New York (pictured) to celebrate Taylor’s birthday.
The next day, which marked Taylor’s 34th birthday, Selena was absent from her big party, as the singer was pictured celebrating with Blake (pictured)
Instead, Selena posted a birthday tribute on Instagram, writing, “I love you.” A source told DailyMail.com: ‘Selena plays a different role in Taylor’s life than Blake’
Selena was absent from Taylor’s Super Bowl girls team, which also included Blake, in February and instead commented on a photo of the group on Instagram with a crying emoji and a black heart
Selena and Taylor were friends by the time Blake came onto the scene in 2015, having first struck up a friendship in 2008, but it appears the two were never photographed together.
‘Swiftie’ sleuths have been desperately trying to find out why Selena, an avid football fan, was not at the Super Bowl. Instead, she simply placed a sad face emoji and a black heart on a photo of the singer with her friends during the finale.
She also never accompanied Taylor to cheer on Travis, unlike Blake who was pictured next to her during three games last season.
DailyMail.com tallied up dozens of occasions, including all of Taylor’s birthday parties, her Fourth of July parties and her New Year’s Eve celebrations, and found that Selena and Blake have never attended them together.
On the eve of her 34th birthday on December 12, Taylor skipped the TIME Person of the Year Gala in New York for dinner at Zero Bond with Selena and Kaleigh and her actor husband, Miles Teller, 37.
Blake wasn’t in attendance, but she was there to celebrate during Taylor’s blowout the following night, where she partied with the singer’s famous friends, including Kaleigh and Miles, as well as Zoe Kravitz, 28, and Gigi Hadid, 25.
However, Selena was noticeably absent.
Instead, the former Disney star shared a birthday message on Instagram, alongside a photo of Taylor kissing her on the cheek.
In 2023, Selena shared photos from her Fourth of July celebration with Taylor (pictured) – Notably absent was Blake, who has watched the fireworks with Taylor in recent years
Taylor, photographed with Blake and other members of the girls squad including Gigi Hadid, 35, and Cara Delavigne, didn’t include Selena in this recent 4th of July photo
“Happy birthday to the goddess @taylorswift. I love you,” she wrote.
There was no mention of why she couldn’t make it to her best friend’s birthday party.
“For a good meeting place and a good party, you know who to invite and who not to invite,” a second insider told DailyMail.com. “Taylor knows he can’t mix Blake and Selena in the same room and that they have to be two separate nights.
“Blake enjoys the perks of being a celebrity. She likes to have fun.
‘When something fun happens, she wants to be there and that is contagious. This is something that everyone, including Taylor, loves about Blake. She knows that no matter what, she will have a good time and laugh a lot when she goes out with Blake.”
They continued, “If Taylor wants to stay loose, Blake will be in the mix. Selena just plays a different role in Taylor’s life. It’s that simple.’
On January 7, Selena and Taylor both attended the Golden Globes with Kaleigh and partied into the night — but Blake was not in attendance.
Three days later, Taylor went out to dinner in New York with Kaleigh, Zoe and Blake. Selena, who was still in New York, was not present.
It appears that Selena and Blake have never been photographed together at events, including the Met Gala and countless ceremonies from the Golden Globes to the Emmys and SAG Awards.
They both attended Saturday Night Live on November 14, 2021 when Taylor was the guest host and the remake of her song All Too Well (Taylor’s version) debuted — but there are no photos of them mingling.
Blake, pictured with Taylor and Gigi Hadid at the singer’s birthday, reportedly avoids ‘clashes’ with Selena
The insider said it was ‘strange’ that Taylor, pictured with Blake in January, never hangs out with her two close friends
Before the show, Taylor shared a TikTok video from her dressing room with Selena, who presumably saw her perform backstage.
Blake also attended the taping with her husband Ryan Reynolds, and the pair were in the audience for Taylor’s performance.
Blake directed the video for All Too Well, which was shot at the Westchester County home she shares with Ryan and their children. She also directed Taylor’s video, I Bet You Think About Me.
After the SNL taping, Blake and Ryan were photographed heading into the afterparty. However, Selena was not present.
In the past decade that Taylor and Blake have been hanging out, Selena has seemingly only made one reference to the Gossip Girl star.
In a 2016 interview with Elle magazineshe was asked about the actress for a beauty piece.
“I wish she was my girlfriend, but she’s not my girlfriend,” she said. ‘Blake Lively. I’ve never met her, but I just love her hair. I think she has beautiful, effortless hair. I think she’s super beachy.’
The trio both appeared to support Taylor when she performed All Too Well (Taylor’s version) on SNL on November 14, 2021 – but they were not pictured together
Taylor shared a TikTok video of her and Selena backstage (pictured). The actress did not appear to be watching the show in the audience or attending the after-party
Blake and her husband Ryan Reynolds were both pictured in the audience and appeared at the afterparty (pictured outside)
The insider finds it “still strange” that “no one has noticed that Selena and Blake have never been in the same room at the same time.”
“Blake is closer to the top girls than Selena,” they said. “Selena kind of does her own thing because she’s such a big star in her own right.
“No one ever questions Taylor’s friendships. She always has so many beautiful and famous friends around her that people are focused on. She always looks like she’s having a good time when she’s out with her girls.
“She also shared so many photos on her social media with Selena and photos with Blake. It is just the way it is and the way it has always been.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Blake, Selena and Taylor for comment.