Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce make headlines at George Karlaftis’ wedding in Greece
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- George Karlaftis married longtime girlfriend Kaia Harris in Greece in a discreet ceremony.
- Reports say Taylor Swift arrived by private jet and danced at the celebration.
- Reports say the three-day event honored Greek traditions and guests turned off phones.
Ahead of last year’s Chiefs-Chargers game in São Paulo, defensive end George Karlaftis said he wasn’t worried about the length of the flight to Brazil.
I’m kind of almost used to it,” Karlaftis told The Star’s Blair Kerkhoff last year. “I’ve been going back and forth to Greece since I was a kid.”
Karlaftis’ father was Greek and his mother an American. After his dad died when Karlaftis was young, he moved to the United States. Karlaftis has family in Greece, and they likely were on hand for a special ceremony this weekend.
According to multiple websites in Greece, Karlaftis married longtime girlfriend, Kaia Harris, who at one time was a discus thrower at Mizzou. The two began dating when he was a freshman at West Lafayette High School, ESPN said.
The couple tied the knot “in a ceremony that deeply honored his Greek family and roots. And Taylor Swift were there, dancing late into the night at the big party that followed,” Huffington Post Greece reported.
Yep, Swift made headlines in multiple Greek news outlets as she attended the nuptials with her beau, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
That website added the wedding was “a three-day celebration that was organized with absolute discretion. The guests kept their mobile phones turned off and had even handed them over for safekeeping. The publicity was left outside the door and all that was left was the emotion, the joy and the feeling that the groom returned to Greece for a reason much greater than a secular event.”
Despite the secrecy, television broadcaster Emi Livaniou shared a photo of herself with Karlaftis.
Karlaftis danced a Greek “Hasaposerb dance,” the Huff Post story reported, and Swift joined in with others.
The Greek Times said the wedding took place at the “luxurious One&Only resort” in Glyfada, which is on the outskirts of Athens.
That Huff Post story said Swift “came to Athens by private jet and that during these days in Athens, Taylor Swift stayed on a boat near the hotel where the big party took place, keeping a low profile there as well. The information says that it is her personal boat.
“This, perhaps, was the most impressive element of the entire three-day event: that despite the big names, despite Taylor Swift, despite the NFL stars, despite the famous guests, the wedding of George Karlaftis and Kaia Harris maintained the character they wanted. It was a wedding with a Greek soul, family emotion and international glamour, but without the noise.”
Although phones were not allowed at the nuptials, a couple of photos were shared on social media.
