Taylor Swift may have been in New York City tonight, however, she didn’t attend the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to cheer on her BFF Gigi Hadid from the front row—but according to the supermodel, she had a good excuse.
While getting ready backstage ahead of Tuesday’s show, Hadid told Entertainment Tonight that Swift was probably going to skip the runway event to squeeze in some quality time with her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, before he heads back to Kansas City for football practice. Swift’s Eras Tour also starts back up again on Friday (Oct. 18) in Miami.
“I think if they have one more night before he goes back they’ll probably be cozy on the couch,” the supermodel said in a video shared to ET‘s Instagram, adding: “That’s just my guess. But she will also be supporting, I can feel it.”
Despite Swift not physically being in the audience, she did help influence Hadid’s moves on the runway. Kicking off the show in silky pink lingerie and a matching set of angel wings, the model emerged onto the catwalk after being raised from a platform underneath. She then proceeded to raise her arm above her head and wave to the crowd with her hand tilted in the air—similar to Swift’s signature “oh, hi” moment when opening her Eras Tour concerts.
Hadid teased the move before the show, telling ET: “There’s something on the runway tonight that is new for at least me on this runway. There’s an aspect to it that I was trained to do by Taylor on her tour,” she shared. “In one of her rehearsals she was like, ‘I’m gonna show you how we do this.’ Did that, and now I’m using it tonight.”