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NEW YORK — Grammy-winning music producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee accidentally deleted a digital invitation to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding after mistaking the message for spam or a phishing attempt, according to a personal essay by his wife, Melissa Garner Lee, published by HuffPost on July 10, 2026. The couple ultimately missed the high-profile ceremony, which took place on July 9, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York City and drew extensive media coverage of celebrity arrivals. Melissa, a licensed marriage and family therapist, wrote that she only realized they were not at the event while watching television coverage and noticing the size and prominence of the guest list. In the essay, Melissa recalled asking her husband why they had not been invited, prompting Garret Lee, 59, to admit that he had received a text message with the invitation from Swift’s manager weeks earlier but had deleted it without responding. He told her he believed the wording of the message suggested it had not been written directly by the manager and might have been an attempt to access his address book. Melissa wrote that she pointed out the invitation had likely been sent by an assistant and described feeling intensely frustrated, saying she briefly left the room to calm down. She also noted the irony of the oversight given Lee’s professional history with Swift, including his work as a producer on her 2012 album “Red,” where he co-produced the track “The Last Time” featuring Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody.

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