Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married in a tightly guarded ceremony at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday, but within 24 hours the high-profile wedding was being publicly branded a 'tacky, childish, narcissistic spectacle of utter trash' by a newspaper columnist who also predicted the couple would one day divorce.
The months of breathless coverage of Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce as the world's most-watched celebrity pairing. The pop star and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who reportedly became engaged in August, chose one of the most recognisable arenas in the United States for their private nuptials, shutting down surrounding streets and ramping up security. That decision, as much as the marriage itself, has now become the flashpoint for a fierce media backlash that says as much about the culture around them as it does about the couple.
