Fans stunned as Father of the Bride star pops up at Taylor Swift’s wedding, see her now at 54
Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s fans were stunned when they realized she was one of the 1,000 guests who attended Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden wedding to Travis Kelce over the weekend.
The actress famously starred in the beloved 1991 movie Father of the Bride and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II in 1995 opposite Steve Martin and the late Diane Keaton.
Williams-Paisley, 54, got a golden ticket to the star-studded ceremony alongside her husband, country singer husband Brad Paisley, 53, who is a long-time friend and former tourmate of Swift’s.
In a video posted to Instagram by her sister Ashley Williams on Saturday, Williams-Paisley gave viewers a peek at her wedding outfit as she strutted around the living room to Swift’s song Lover.
She looked ravishing in a floral print, off-the-shoulder dress by Theia that fit her waist snugly and ended with a flourishing hemline, while her hair was parted to the side and curling past her shoulders.
Her sister, 47, who is also an actress known for playing Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother, was seen parading around in the background.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s fans were stunned when they realized she was one of the 1,000 guests who attended Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce over the weekend
The actress famously starred in the beloved 1991 movie Father of the Bride with Steve Martin
‘My invitation might have gotten lost in the mail, no idea why,’ Ashley quipped in the caption.
Williams-Paisley and her husband also took time out to thank Swift and Kelce for their generous donation to their non-profit, free-referral grocery store in Nashville, Tennessee before heading to what might be the American equivalent of a royal wedding.
Prior to tying the knot, Swift and Kelce, both 36, donated $26 million to over 20 charities across the US, and The Store was one of them.
The grateful couple, who have been married 23 years, were dressed in their formal attire in a clip posted to their Instagram accounts.
‘On the eve of the wedding of Tay and Trav, this is really an amazing thing to think about, the gift they gave The Store,’ Brad said in the video.
‘We just wanted to take a second and say it’s transformative. It will feed so many families, and what a way to start a marriage. I’m very excited.’
Williams-Paisley chimed in: ‘We are so, so grateful for your donation. This is gonna go such a long way, as Brad said.
‘Food insecurity is at a 10-year high in Nashville and the timing is just so critical.’
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In a video posted to Instagram by her sister Ashley Williams on Saturday, Williams-Paisley gave viewers a peek at her wedding outfit while her sibling danced around the room
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Williams-Paisley was thrilled to attend the spectacular event with her husband Brad Paisley, who is a close friend and former tourmate of Swift’s
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They thanked Swift and Kelce for their generous donation to their non-profit organization The Store prior to the ceremony
‘We’re just really, really grateful for your generosity. And congratulations on your upcoming wedding.’
Others on the receiving end of the Opalite singer and NFL star’s generosity were City Harvest, New York Cares, Feeding America, the Food Bank for NYC, Harvesters in Kansas City, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the ASPCA and Grammy in the Schools.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was given a $2 million donation, and the country queen, 80, also thanked the bride and groom in an Instagram video that included a tongue-in-cheek request for their first-born child.
The country couple’s New York City outing, meanwhile, comes on the heels of Williams-Paisley’s revelation on what it takes to keep her marriage to Brad alive.
The 9-1-1: Nashville actress said it actually boils down to two words, ‘Don’t leave.’
She admitted the two-word phrase was actually borrowed from another big-name star’I heard Jamie Lee Curtis say recently, the secret is ‘Don’t leave.’ I thought that was really, actually brilliant,’ Williams-Paisley told Fox News Digital at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood earlier this year, where she spoke at a screening of Father of the Bride.
‘Yeah, just know there’s gonna be ups and downs and don’t give up. That was our secret,’ she added.
Williams-Paisley and her Grammy award-winning spouse both juggle busy careers, but they work at carving out time to be together.
Father of the Bride was a massive hit when it came out in 1991 and was a breakout role for Williams-Paisley, known as Kimberly Williams back then
Williams-Paisley’s starry outing in NYC comes on the heels of her revelation on what it takes to keep her marriage to Brad alive: ‘Don’t leave’; pictured on May 12
‘We find time, we have to be deliberate about it,’ she said. ‘And I mean, we’re married 23 years now. And we’ve also, there’s times when we’re busier and times when we’re not.
‘And right now I’m busier and, you know, he’s about to start a tour this summer, which will make him busy. But when we have the downtime, we really make the most of it.’
The couple, who have two sons, William ‘Huck’ Huckleberry, 19, and Jasper Warren, 17, celebrated their anniversary on March 3 and it arrived with a sweet surprise from her husband.
‘He wrote me a letter that was really sweet, and that was a surprise, because he hadn’t written me a romantic letter in a long time, and it meant a lot to me,’ she told the outlet.
