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All the Famous Exits: Photos From the Elite Exodus After Taylor Swift’s Wedding

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A man in a suit and dark tie sits in the front passenger seat of a rain-speckled SUV at night, with a driver beside him.
A contemplative Tom Brady sits in the passenger seat of an SUV while departing Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 4, 2026. Photo by Carlos Barria / Reuters.

About 1,000 guests packed Madison Square Garden on July 3, and the exits ran from 10 p.m. to past 2 a.m.

A blonde woman in a cream top waves while seated next to a dark-haired man in a suit inside a car at night, image shot through a rain-speckled window.
Gigi Hadid waves through a rain-dotted car window as she and Bradley Cooper slip away together from Madison Square Garden after the Swift-Kelce wedding on July 4, 2026, in New York. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

Tom Brady was one of the first major names out around 10 p.m., with George Stephanopoulos following shortly after.

Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez seated in the back of a black Cadillac SUV at night outside Madison Square Garden.
Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez ride in a black Cadillac SUV as they depart Madison Square Garden following Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations in New York City on July 3, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

Earlier in the evening the paparazzi also caught Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez slipping out, Hugh Grant and Anna Eberstein leaving on foot, and Chris Rock heading out solo.

A man and a smiling woman seated in the back of a car at night, with a driver in the front seat wearing glasses.
Adam Scott, accompanied by a smiling woman in the back seat, heads out from Madison Square Garden after the Swift-Kelce wedding festivities on July 4, 2026, in New York. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

Steven Spielberg, Michael Strahan and Stephen A. Smith were spotted leaving in the same stretch.

Dark-haired woman with red lipstick smiling from the back seat of a car at night.
St. Vincent — born Anne Erin Clark — peers into the camera from inside a car as she leaves Madison Square Garden following the July 4, 2026, wedding celebrations in New York. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

The 1 a.m. wave brought Selena Gomez in a sparkly one-shoulder gown, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper sharing a car, and a cluster of Chiefs including head coach Andy Reid, Chris Jones and Khalen Saunders.

Around 2 a.m., Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes flagged a yellow cab, and Laura Dern was still inside as one of the last A-listers partying.

A person with long bright orange hair seated in the back of a dark SUV, head bowed, photographed through the vehicle window at night.
Ice Spice, her vivid orange hair cascading forward, looks down as she rides in the back of an SUV leaving Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden on July 4, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney rode out together in what may have been the last car of the night. McCartney reportedly performed during the reception, alongside Taylor Swift herself and Stevie Nicks.

Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney seated in the back of a car at night, with a driver visible in the front seat.
Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney ride together in a car as they depart Madison Square Garden following Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations in New York on July 4, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan / Reuters.

Brad Pitt was also seen leaving with his current girlfriend, Ines de Ramon.

Security was tight enough (NYPD detail, closed streets, curtained exits) that these were the departures paparazzi actually managed to catch.

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Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney seated in the back of a car at night, with a driver visible in the front seat.
REUTERS/Bing Guan
A man in a suit and dark tie sits in the front passenger seat of a rain-speckled SUV at night, with a driver beside him.
A contemplative Tom Brady sits in the passenger seat of an SUV while departing Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 4, 2026. Photo by Carlos Barria Reuters.
A blonde woman in a cream top waves while seated next to a dark-haired man in a suit inside a car at night, image shot through a rain-speckled window.
Gigi Hadid waves through a rain-dotted car window as she and Bradley Cooper slip away together from Madison Square Garden after the Swift-Kelce wedding on July 4, 2026, in New York. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.
Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez seated in the back of a black Cadillac SUV at night outside Madison Square Garden.
Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez ride in a black Cadillac SUV as they depart Madison Square Garden following Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding celebrations in New York City on July 3, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.
A man and a smiling woman seated in the back of a car at night, with a driver in the front seat wearing glasses.
Adam Scott, accompanied by a smiling woman in the back seat, heads out from Madison Square Garden after the Swift-Kelce wedding festivities on July 4, 2026, in New York. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.
Dark-haired woman with red lipstick smiling from the back seat of a car at night.
St. Vincent — born Anne Erin Clark — peers into the camera from inside a car as she leaves Madison Square Garden following the July 4, 2026, wedding celebrations in New York. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.
A person with long bright orange hair seated in the back of a dark SUV, head bowed, photographed through the vehicle window at night.
Ice Spice, her vivid orange hair cascading forward, looks down as she rides in the back of an SUV leaving Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden on July 4, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.
Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney seated in the back of a car at night, with a driver visible in the front seat.
Tom Hanks and Paul McCartney ride together in a car as they depart Madison Square Garden following Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding celebrations in New York on July 4, 2026. Photo by Bing Guan Reuters.

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