Taylor Swift Narrowly Misses Ex-Boyfriend at Paul McCartney Concert

Taylor Swift’s weekend involved a little bit of everything—a star-studded concert, a viral moment with her fiancé, and a very deliberate exit strategy.

The pop superstar was spotted at Paul McCartney’s show at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 28, where she was seen chatting with Olivia Rodrigo and other guests. Also in attendance? Ex-boyfriend John Mayer. 

According to TMZ, the two were photographed mingling separately at the event, but Swift made sure to keep it that way—slipping out through a different exit than Mayer to avoid what would have been a notably awkward run-in.

The history between the two is well-known and pretty well documented. Swift, 36, and Mayer, 48, were romantically linked in 2009, when she was 19 and he was 32. After their split, Swift reportedly penned her track “Dear John” about the relationship; a song whose title alone has never exactly been subtle.

The McCartney sighting came just days after Swift had a much warmer evening out with her man. On Thursday, March 26, she hit the iHeartRadio Music Awards red carpet at the Dolby Theatre, marking her first major red carpet appearance since her engagement to Travis Kelce last year. The night turned into a full sweep, with Swift taking home Artist of the Year, Pop Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year, presented by Olympian Alysa Liu.

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But it was a candid moment that had social media talking. A video circulating on X shows Swift hugging Kelce, 36, during RAYE’s performance, right as the lyric “Where the hell is my husband? What is taking him so long to find me?” played out. It’s safe to say it sent fans into a frenzy.

With a wedding reportedly scheduled for June 13 at the Ocean House in Rhode Island, it seems like Swift’s next chapter is very much underway.