Aug. 31, 2025

👰 INTIMATE WEDDING CONFIRMED: Only close friends & family - Selena, Haim sisters, Mahomes on guest list!

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👰 INTIMATE WEDDING CONFIRMED: Only close friends & family - Selena, Haim sisters, Mahomes on guest list!

💍 TRAVIS PLANNED EVERYTHING: Asked parents' permission first - "Taylor always wanted to get married"!

🏠 PROPOSAL DETAILS REVEALED: Ed Kelce spills - happened 2 weeks ago at Travis's Missouri home over wine!

🏈 FIRST APPEARANCE AS ENGAGED: Taylor & Travis at Cincinnati game - someone yelled "Congratulations!"

📱 DONNA'S FACEBOOK CHANGE: Travis's mom updates cover to childhood photos of Travis & Taylor!

💔 JOE ALWYN'S REACTION: "Final nail in coffin" - hopes she's happy but won't reach out!

🏆 JD VANCE CONSPIRACY: VP worried NFL will rig season for "Super Bowl wedding"!

💎 GET THE LOOK FOR $129: Sterling Forever selling Taylor's ring dupe - 6-carat equivalent!

👫 "MR. TAYLOR SWIFT": Friends reveal Travis said she's "the girl he'll marry" from DAY ONE!

🎥 FACETIME CELEBRATION: Immediately called both sets of parents after proposal - "it was beautiful"!

🏠 WEDDING VENUE SPECULATION: Could happen sooner than expected - spring wedding possible?

🚨 SUNDAY EPISODE: Extra long coverage of all engagement updates - bonus Thursday episodes continue!

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Calarugashawk Media. Hey Swifties, welcome back to Taylor Swift Today.

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It's Sunday, which means it's time for our regular weekly episode.

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And oh my god, do we have updates from exclusive

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wedding planning details to Taylor and Travis's first public appearance

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as an engaged couple, plus some family reactions that are

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making me emotional. And wait for it, you can now

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get a dupe of Taylor's engagement ring for one hundred

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and twenty nine dollars. We've got so much to cover today,

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so settle in because this is going to be a

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long one.

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Let's dive right in.

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First up, Daily Mail has exclusive details about the wedding

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planning and you guys, it's going to be intimate. A

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source revealed that Taylor and Travis have already finalized several

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key decisions, including keeping their guest list small. The insider

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said it will just be close friends and family and

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that they are already planning and have.

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A lot of details decided already.

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Let's talk about who's making the cut for this exclusive

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guest list. From Taylor's side, obviously, her parents Andrea and

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Scott will be there, along with her brother Austin. For

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her friends, we're expecting Selena Gomez, Ashley Avignon, Zoe Kravitz,

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and Abigail Anderson her absolute core squad. The ham sisters

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are basically family at this point, so they're definitely in.

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And Brittany Mahomes has become one of Taylor's newest confidants,

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so she'll be there representing the chief's Wag connection. From

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Travis's side, his parents Donna and Ed will be there,

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plus Jason and Kylie with their four daughters. How adorable

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are those girls going to be? As flower girls for

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his friends. Childhood friend Kumar Ferguson and kindergarten hockey team

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mate Eric Jones are sure to be there. Ross Travis,

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who's been one of Travis's best friends since twenty fifteen,

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is also expected. These are the people who've been with

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them from the beginning. Now here's the tea About the

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proposal itself. Travis planned everything himself, the source told Daily Mail.

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Travis one hundred percent planned this by himself. He wanted

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it to be completely traditional that he would choose the

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ring and ask for her to marry him, and Taylor

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apparently wanted it traditional too. She would want the whole

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thing to be traditional. She wants him to take the lead.

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But here's the part that's making me cry. Travis asked

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Taylor's parents for permission first. The source said it was

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of extreme importance to do that because he wanted it

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to mean.

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Something for everyone involved.

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This is a dream for him, and he knows that

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Taylor always wanted to get married. Ed Kelsey just revealed

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even more details in an interview with News five Cleveland.

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He confirmed Travis proposed about two weeks before the announcement

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at his home in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Ed said Travis

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wanted to make it a big, special event, but Ed

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told him, you could do it on the side of

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the road, do it any place that makes it a

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special event when you get down on one knee and

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ask her to marry you.

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Here's exactly how it went down a course to Ed.

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He got her out there.

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They were about to go out to dinner, and he said,

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let's go out and have a glass of wine. They

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got out there and that's when he asked her, and

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it was beautiful. Then they immediately facetimed both sets of parents.

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They started facetiming me and their mother and her folks

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to make sure everybody knew. So to see them together

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is great, and the reporter asked ed the best question

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as father of the groom, is he on the hook

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for the rehearsal dinner? Ed laughed and said, I think

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he'll help me out on that one. I mean, considering

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Travis's ninety million dollar net worth and Taylor's billion dollars,

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I think Ed's safe.

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Friends of the couple saw this coming from day one.

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A source said, Travis literally always said she's the girl

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he's going to marry. He's been saying that for a

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long time, really since the beginning. His friends have been

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jokingly calling him mister Taylor Swift, and he's happily embraced it.

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One friend predicted it's going to be the wedding of

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the century. Now, let's talk about their first public appearance

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as an engaged couple. Taylor and Travis attended the Cincinnati

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Bearcats versus Nebraska Cornhuskers game at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night.

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This was Travis's alma maters season opener, and Jason was

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there too, since they're both Cincinnati alums. At first, it

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looked like Taylor was skipping it. But she made her

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signature belated entrance. Midway through the first quarter, she showed

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up in a short, pleated skirt and sweater vest, very

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preppy chek. The Bearcat's social media team caught her walking

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off the elevator and someone could be heard saying congratulations

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as she walked through. Patrick and Brittany Mahomes joined them

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in the VIP suite, and for all the talk about

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political divide between pro Trump Brittany and anti Trump Taylor,

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they were engaged in conversation and seemed totally fine.

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Love conquers politics.

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Apparently, before the game, Travis was on the Bearcat's sideline

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giving love to young Swifties. Lauren Michaelson from k ETV

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posted video of him interacting with Taylor's young fan, writing,

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no Taylor Swift sighting at Arrowhead Stadium, but Travis Kelcey

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is still giving some love to the Swifties. Then Taylor

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showed up and made everyone's night. Travis had actually bet

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on this game during a podcast appearance, saying his Bearcats

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would win and the host would have to wear Cincinnati

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gear on New Heights. Unfortunately, Cincinnati lost twenty seventeen, so

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Travis lost the bet, But honestly, who cares when you

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just got engaged to Taylor Swift? Speaking of reactions, Donna

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Kelsey just did the sweetest thing. She changed her Facebook

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cover photo to side by side childhood pictures of Travis

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and Taylor. Can you imagine being Donna right now? She's

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going from Chief's mom to Taylor Swift's mother in law.

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Two days before the engagement announcement, Donna made a tantalizing

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comment that now seems like a huge hint. When asked

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about Travis's happiness, she said, I think his mind is settled.

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That's about all I can tell you. She knew, of

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course she knew.

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Remember when Taylor forirc went public with Travis by sitting

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with Donna at that Chief's game in September twenty twenty three.

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Donna said afterward, I feel like I'm in an alternate

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universe because it's something I've never been involved with before.

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Now She's fully embraced being part of Taylor's world. Donna

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was described as delighted by sources who said everyone in

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her family adores Taylor, and they love her family as well.

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This was a family affair.

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Both families love and respect the other and both knew

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ahead of time what was up. Now we need to

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address the X factor. How's Joe all when handling this news?

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According to a Daily Mail source, there's no bad blood,

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but he's definitely moved on. The source said, Taylor's engagement

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is the final nail in the coffin to any thoughts

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Joe will ever have about her again. They added, sure,

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he genuinely hopes she is in a good place and

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doing well, but he doesn't think about her anymore on

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any consistent basis and hasn't reached out, nor will he

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to offer congratulations, which honestly fair. They dated for six years,

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and their split was attributed to differences in their personalities

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and Joe struggling with Taylor's level of fame. Remember that

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Joe only addressed their breakup over a year later. In

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that Sunday Times interview, He said, I would hope that

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anyone and everyone can empathize and understand the difficulties that

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come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed

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relationship of over six and a half years. He pointed

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out how unusual it was that their private breakup became

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public domain within a week. He made valid points and

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it sounds like he's truly moved on.

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Oh and here's something wild.

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Vice President j d Vance is worried the NFL will

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rig the season for a Super Bowl wedding. He told

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USA Today, I hope that the NFL does not put

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a thumb on the scale for the Kansas City Chiefs

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just because Travis Kelcey is now getting married to maybe

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the most famous woman in the world. He said, you

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guys can't sort of have this. I'm worried they're going

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to have a Super Bowl wedding thing this season. Sir,

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with all due respect, the Chiefs have won two Super

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Bowls with Tailor in attendance. They don't need the NFL's help.

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But a Super Bowl wedding, now, that would be iconic

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for all the swifties who are obsessed with Taylor's engagement ring.

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And let's be honest, that's all of us.

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Sterling Forever is selling a dupe for just one hundred

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twenty nine dollars.

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The real ring is.

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An eight carrot diamond valued at up to one million dollars,

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but this alternative features a cushion cut cubic zirconia equivalent

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to six carrots.

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The dupe captures the.

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Key elements, the engraved band, creating that vintage esthetic tailor loves,

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and it comes in both gold and silver. They're having

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a Labor Day sale with twenty percent off when you

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spend one hundred dollars or more. It comes in sizes

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five to ten, and apparently it's in high demand, so

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if you want one, grab it fast. The cushion cut

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is so romantic and timeless, with rounded edges and a

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soft appearance.

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While we can't all afford million dollar rings, this.

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Lets fans capture some of that tailor magic without the

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celebrity sized investment. More in a moment, looking at everything

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we've learned this week, what strikes me is how ready

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both families are for this wedding. The fact that Travis

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asked for permission, that both families knew ahead of time,

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that Donna's changing her Facebook photos, that Ed's joking about

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the rehearsal dinner. This isn't just two celebrities getting married.

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This is two families coming together. And can we talk

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about how Travis has been saying from the beginning that

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Taylor's the girl he's going to marry, his friends calling

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him mister Taylor Swift and him embracing it. This man

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has been all in from day one. No wonder Taylor

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feels safe enough to explore new sides of herself with him.

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The intimate wedding plans make so much sense to after

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the spectacle of the Heiress tour and the constant public attention,

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Having a small, private celebration with just their closest.

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People feels so right though.

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Knowingaylor, even a small wedding will be absolutely spectacular. I

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keep thinking about ed Kelsey saying they immediately facetimed both

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sets of parents after the proposal. That detail is so sweet,

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making sure everyone was included in that moment, and Travis

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planning everything himself, making it traditional because that's what Taylor wanted.

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He really knows her.

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The fact that they've already decided so many details tells

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me this wedding might happen sooner than we think. Some

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sources are speculating it could be much sooner than expected,

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with the NFL season running through potentially February. Maybe a

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spring wedding, or could they surprise us with something even sooner.

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That's all for today's Sunday episode of Taylor Swift Today.

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What do you think about the intimate wedding plans, are

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you getting the ring Dupe? And how sweet is Donna's

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Facebook photo change. We now have an official Facebook community

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connect with fellow Swifties to discuss all the wedding details

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and engagement updates. We're only just starting out on social

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media and we're kind of small, so we really appreciate

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you just dropping by and say hi and hit follow.

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It means a lot to us.

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Just search for Taylor Swift Today in Facebook pages or groups,

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or just hit the link in the show notes. Make

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sure you're following on your favorite podcast player so you

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don't miss anything. This is Ali, still emotional about childhood

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photos and FaceTime calls, signing off, Stay fearless, Swifties