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- BBC Radio 1 host Greg James initially believed Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding invitation was fake
- James said the electronic invite arrived unexpectedly and without a paper version to confirm it
- The broadcaster later attended the couple's star-studded New York City wedding and called it one of the best nights of his life
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's lavish New York City wedding featured more than 1,000 guests, but one invitee almost believed he had fallen for an elaborate prank before ever arriving at the venue.
BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James has revealed that he spent weeks questioning whether the couple's digital invitation was genuine, admitting he feared he and his wife, author Bella Mackie, had flown from England to New York "for nothing."
A digital invitation sparked doubts
Speaking on his BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, James said he received the invitation through a link sent in the middle of the night on March 12.
Unlike traditional celebrity wedding invitations, there was no printed card to follow, leaving him unsure whether the message was authentic.
James said he chose not to tell anyone about the invitation for days because he suspected it could be an elaborate joke.
Even after traveling to New York with Mackie, he admitted they were not convinced they had been invited until they arrived at the wedding venue.
Taylor Swift had already promised him an invitation
James' surprise began months earlier during an interview with Swift in October 2025, shortly after her engagement to Kelce.
While joking that the NFL star might greet him with a wrestling move, Swift replied that it would happen "at our wedding." When James asked whether he was actually invited, the singer simply answered, "Obviously."
That conversation ultimately turned into a genuine invitation.
The couple married at Madison Square Garden on July 3 in front of more than 1,000 guests.
James described the celebration as one of the best nights he had experienced, praising the atmosphere, the food and the multiple wedding cakes served throughout the evening.
Although he briefly spoke with both Swift and Kelce, he noted that the newlyweds were busy enjoying the celebration with family and friends.
Guests received a personalized digital invite
A glimpse of the invitation later surfaced on social media, revealing a forest-themed design featuring a custom double "T" monogram and a personalized watermark displaying each guest's name.
The invitation included the date, Manhattan location and a black-tie dress code, confirming that the all-digital format was a deliberate choice for the couple's wedding.
James later joked on Instagram that the experience had changed his opinion about destination weddings, while adding that he was careful not to reveal too many personal moments from the ceremony out of respect for the newlyweds.
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Actor Aziz Ansari, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by a woman with whom he went on a date last year, has responded to the claims saying the two engaged in "sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual".
The 34-year-old actor's statement comes after a 23-year-old Brooklyn-based photographer recounted a date with him that she called "the worst night of my life" in an interview with Babe.net.
"In September of last year, I met a woman at a party. We exchanged numbers. We texted back and forth and eventually went on a date.
"We went out to dinner, and afterwards we ended up engaging in sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual," Ansari said in a statement given to People magazine.
The Master of None actor further said a text by the woman, named as 'Grace' in the article, said that she felt uneasy with how things transpired the night before and responded to her privately as he was "concerned" about her.
"The next day, I got a text from her saying that although 'it may have seemed okay,' upon further reflection, she felt uncomfortable. It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and concerned. I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said," he said.
Ansari, who became the first man of Asian descent to win Golden Globe recently for his performance in the Netflix show, added he supported the movement that has given women a chance to speak up about the injustice they have been subjected to till date.
"I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue," he said.
In the interview, the woman vividly described how she exchanged numbers with Ansari at the 2017 Emmy Awards after- party and went on a date with him on a bar on the banks of the Hudson river, which escalated quickly to a sexual encounter at his apartment.
The woman said she voiced her hesitation explicitly during their encounter.
She said she "used verbal and non-verbal cues to indicate how uncomfortable and distressed she was". The woman added that her reticence to engage in the act was "ignored" by the actor.
Grace alleged Ansari called her a cab when she wanted to leave and texted her the next day.
She shared a screenshot of the alleged conversation, in which she said, "Last night might've been fun for you, but it wasn't for me. You ignored clear non-verbal cues; you kept going with advances."
To this the actor allegedly replied, "I'm so sad to hear this. All I can say is, it would never be my intention to make you or anyone feel the way you described. Clearly, I misread things in the moment and I'm truly sorry."
Grace said she decided to come forward with the incident after she saw Ansari wearing a Time's Up pin at the Golden Globe Awards last week, where he won best comedy actor in a TV series.
"It took a really long time for me to validate this as sexual assault. I was debating if this was an awkward sexual experience or sexual assault. And that's why I confronted so many of my friends and listened to what they had to say, because I wanted validation that it was actually bad," she said in the interview.