Why Taylor Swift’s Ex Joe Alwyn Was Barely in Her Miss Americana Documentary

Taylor Swift ex Joe Alwyn and their past love story did not get much screen time in the 2020 documentary about the singer’s life.

And, four years later, Miss Americana director Lana Wilson revealed why.

“Because her relationships have been through the microscope, I didn’t really have any interest in filming that,” she said at a Nov. 23 screening of the film at New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image, per the Daily Mail. “She’s been through so much, this should be private, it’s not related to the themes in the film or what I thought she was going through right then.”

As such, Alwyn—whom Swift dated from 2016 to early 2023—is largely absent from the story.

“I thought she was going through something so profound and powerful, this real change that didn’t really have anything to do with her relationships,” Wilson continued, “so it was never something I wanted to film, actually. It felt disrespectful and weird to me.”

However, that’s not to say the Conversations with Friends star doesn’t make any appearances. Alwyn pops up in the middle of the documentary, in a scene that sees Swift running backstage after a performance and into his arms. Their embrace is also featured in the film’s trailer.

Also in the documentary, the “Cruel Summer” singer also reflected on her dating life during a hiatus from the spotlight after 2016, noting, “I was also falling in love with someone who had a really wonderfully normal, balanced, grounded life.”

Swift and Alwyn largely kept their six-year relationship private and never walked a red carpet together. The only joint appearance the Grammy winner and actor ever made at a celebrity event was inside the 2020 Golden Globes.

“As everyone knows, we together—both of us, mutually—decided to keep the more private details of our relationship private,” Alwyn told The Sunday Times in June. “It was never something to commodify and I see no reason to change that now.”

Swift has since moved on with boyfriend Travis Kelce, who she has been dating for more than a year.

While they have also never made a joint red carpet appearance, the two have shown a lot of public support for one another, as the NFL star has been to several of her Eras Tour concerts and she has equally cheered him on at his football games. In fact, they even put on some sweet PDA when the Kansas City Chiefs won the 2024 Super Bowl.

Look back at their romance…