Shunned by Taylor and Travis: The West End's 7 most undesirable wedding guests!
Published on 9 July 2026
If the hulking glass drum that is Madison Square Garden was dropped in the heart of London’s West End for T&T's glittering starry wedding, and naturally, every musical theatre icon was in attendance, which loose cannons might find themselves left off the exclusive guest list; shooed away to the suburbs on a train with Blake Lively? We've rounded up the 7 charmingly chaotic characters that most definitely fit the bill of undesired guest at the pop-culture wedding of the century.
**The Phantom **
Obsessive, manipulative, and incapable of respecting boundaries, he’s just about the blueprint of a Tortured Poets anthem. And while we like to think Taylor would be taking a break from musical genius on her big day, we fear the Phantom provides too much fodder for lyrical inspiration - not only an undesirable guest but an unwelcome distraction.
Lucy the Slut
It’s safe to say she might not blend seamlessly into the Gen Z girlboss feminism that Taylor strives so hard to embody. Albeit Lucy is an excellent Showgirl in her own right, so maybe there’s a more appropriate stage for a meeting of the minds – less veils, more fishnets.
**Celine Dion **
Titanique’s very own Celine boasts an obvious lack of wedding etiquette in the sheer volume of her sexual innuendos and cringe-worthy lack of self-awareness. Likely just a touch too crass for this story-book affair. That being said, she might make a perfect MC should Sabrina Carpenter ever decide to tie the knot.
**Mormon Missionaries **
While something tells us this wedding party might be swarming with some Kansas Chiefs who are all about a bit of light-hearted Christian missioning, we fear these un-PC Mormons might fair less well; from a PR standpoint at least.
F**rancis Begbie **
This uncut, rough around the edges Leither might not assimilate as easily as the home-away-from-home Scotland fans who recently overtook the streets of Boston in the throes of the World Cup. Safe to say Begbie wouldn’t be neatly collecting the smashed pint glasses and other nefarious rubbish left in his wake...
**Beetlejuice **
While a near perfect anti-hero (wink), the death, the mild drug addiction, and the outright disregard for personal space would arguably make Beetlejuice an undesirable wedding guest for just about anyone.
**Jesus **
Plainly, you can’t have two Jesus’ at one wedding - Taylor wouldn’t attend his...Jesse Ferguson’s camped up Herod might be more welcome.
Taylor and Travis' glamorous big day might have been the social event of the millennium (yes, we've superseded century), with a guest list to rival any West End press night, but it is clear not every West End hero would make the perfect plus-one. Some are better suited to their own Madison Square Garden stage, or for Beetlejuice, maybe more partial to an upstate getaway with Blake and Ryan Reynolds. It's true that some musical theatre icons are less Lover/Evermore agreeable and more Tortured Poets/Reputation coded, and we surely love them for it. A world exclusively made up of ballad-singing good witches and romantic heroines would eventually tire. We do hope Lucy the Slut doesn't retire as Shaftesbury Avenue's resident Showgirl any time soon!
