Blake Lively Follow in the wolf’s mouth. After months of comings and turns with Justin Baldoni for the controversy around the filming of Break the circlethe legal conflict that seemed to limit itself to the courts has begun to spill towards the personal life of its protagonists. What was previously a scandal among colleagues now threatens with fracturing friendships that seemed indestructible.
According to documents recently presented by the legal team of Baldoni, Lively would have pressed her friend Taylor Swift to be publicly positioned in his favor. The accusation, which is already part of the judicial file, argues that the actress not only demanded that the singer delete compromising messages, but also threatened to filter private conversations if she refused to cooperate. “He hinted at the singer to refuse, the private text messages of a personal nature would be published,” said Bryan Freedman, Baldoni’s lawyer, who said she received that information from the legal representatives of Swift.
These maneuvers, according to Wayfarer Studios, the producer of BaldoniThey are part of an alleged attempt to intimidate the key witnesses of the trial. Therefore, they requested the singer’s formal citation. Given this, the singer’s team responded with forcefulness: “Taylor Swift never stepped on the set of this movie (…) He didn’t even see Break the circle until weeks after its premiere. ”They clarified that his only link with the film was the assignment of his song My Tears Ricochet For final credits, as 19 artists did.
“They are really no longer friends”
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The personal conflict soon reflected in the public sphere. Although for years Swift and Lively They were inseparable, a source close to the singer confirmed People That friendship ended. “Taylor does not want to be part of this drama,” he explained, noting that the interpreter of Blank Space It is hurt and surprised by having been used in an issue that does not concern it. “They are taking distance, but they are not really friends,” concluded that same source.
This deterioration of the link between the two was not spontaneous. In 2024, Blake Lively had defined a Taylor Swift Like her “dragon” during a private conversation, ensuring that the singer was willing to defend it “cost what it costs.” However, that loyalty seems to have been broken by being directly involved in the legal battle. The artist herself would have tried to stay out, but the actions of the actress caused her name to end up stamped in a media and judicial cause that, according to her representatives, seeks to “attract the attention of the public rather than focus on the facts.”
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on It Ends with Us
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni on It Ends with Us
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Without official pronouncements of either, so far, silence speaks for itself. A friendship of a decade seems to have crumbled in the middle of a case that, rather than closing, seems to multiply its consequences. And although the cameras are no longer rolling, the drama is far from saying “cut.”
