Charissa Thompson said her jeweled gown left her forearms bleeding during the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. The Fox Sports broadcaster described the problem on Thursday’s episode of Calm Down, turning a guest-list anecdote into the kind of wardrobe malfunction that changes how people think about a look after the night ends.
The dress was a gem-encrusted Valdrin Sahiti gown, and Thompson said the prongs were holding in all of the individual jewels. “And the dress was super heavy and I loved the way it looked and everything. However, halfway through the night, I’m looking down and my forearms are bleeding. Bleeding,” she said. She added that the sharp bits were “slicing [her skin] open.”
Madison Square Garden on July 3
The wedding took place at Madison Square Garden on July 3, and Thompson said she and Erin Andrews were “very, very mindful” in selecting their looks. Andrews wore a black backless Gucci halter gown, while Thompson said the pair were “very much concerned about how the dresses would hold up.”
That caution did not keep the damage to a minimum. Thompson said the dress also damaged Steve Cundari’s really nice tux, explaining that “each prong would grab a little bit of his tuxedo.” She compared it to a run in pantyhose, the kind of snag that keeps pulling once it starts.
Thompson and Andrews at the wedding
Thompson and Andrews both attended the wedding and described the ceremony as magical. Thompson said watching Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married made her think that when you find your person, everything else in the world is right.
Her point lands because the night carried both glamour and wear and tear. A dress can look right under bright lights and still punish the person wearing it; Thompson’s account makes the trade-off plain, and it also leaves one sharp question hanging over the whole event: why the celebration was held at Madison Square Garden in the first place.
