May 1, Ryan Reynolds He helped the beloved rock band Green Day to celebrate his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with an emotional speech on his musical impact. When the star of Deadpool He approached some fans waiting to sign autographs, a photographer in the crowd began to bother him with questions about his friendship with the NFL star boyfriend of Taylor Swift, Travis Kelcewho recently seems to have stopped following Reynolds on Instagram. The actor ignored the questions before finally moving away.
Kelce’s apparent desire in social networks is the last development in the increasing distancing between Reynolds’s wife, Blake Livelyand Swift, her best friend for a long time. In December 2024, Lively demanded its director of It ends with us, Justin Baldonifor accusations of sexual harassment; He contradicted Lively and Reynolds by defamation. Swift was dragged into the case when Baldoni said in judicial documents that Lively used his friend Superstar to persuade him to allow changes in the script of the film. Now, Swift – who will be summoned for a trial that will begin next March – maintains its distance from Lively. “Taylor and Blake have spoken, but the relationship is tense,” says an informant, adding that they no longer speak regularly. “Your friendship is no longer what it used to be.”
On another page
Lively, 37, and Swift, 35, have been close since 2015; Swift is a godmother of three of Lively’s four children (she shares the 10 -year -old James, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5, and son Olin, 2, with Reynolds). Shortly after Kelce, also 35 years old, entered the scene in July 2023, the two couples formed a narrow link. Last summer, Lively and Reynolds, 48, joined Swift and Kelce in the beach house of $ 17 million of the singer at Rhode Island, and the quartet went out to a double appointment in The Corner Store in New York in October 2024.
Swift’s name has emerged repeatedly since Lively’s legal drama began with Baldoni, 41. In judicial documents, Baldoni said he was ambushed during a meeting at the Penthouse of Lively and Reynolds in New York with Swift present; In subsequent text messages, Lively referred to herself as Khaleesi of game of Thrones and called Swift one of his “dragons.” The informant says: “Taylor feels very uncomfortable for being dragged to the trial. It is a big problem now. His friendship with Blake is tense.” Add a second informant: “Taylor was surprised to be mentioned in work messages sent to the director of Blake and to be involved in this.”
For a while, they were not talked at all. “They needed space,” says a source from Lively, noting that Swift – who concluded his You were tour In December 2024— “I was trying to decompress and enjoy your free time.” (Swift has maintained a low profile since Kelce’s defeat in the Super Bowl. They furtively left for a quiet date of the Frisco’s Grille in New York on March 14, already end of April, Kelce went only to Las Vegas to play in the annual golf tournament of celebrities of Justin Timberlake. The couple was seen on Sunday, May 11 in Philadelphia). Add the first informant: “Taylor doesn’t want to be at the center of attention (right now).”
While the second informant mentions that Swift “is not worried about the citations,” she is trying to stay away from the judicial case that generates holders. (In addition to Swift, Reynolds’s good friend and co -star of Deadpool vs. Wolverine Hugh Jackman It could supposedly be summoned.) “Taylor’s biggest problem seems to be protected emotionally and legally,” says the first informant. “It has always been someone who values loyalty, and right now, he is sailing how to preserve that while also setting limits in a complicated and high risk situation.”
It has been difficult for both women. “Blake was one of Taylor’s closest friends, and any change in a link as narrow as that inevitably hurts,” says the informant, highlighting that for Swift, it is less about not trusting Lively and more of feeling insecure after everything that has happened. While the actress seemed to be in a good mood by promoting recently Another Simple favorLively’s source says it is still “devastated by everything that has happened in the last two years, including raising the voice and repercussions of fileing the demand.”
After it was learned that Swift would be cited, a pop star representative criticized Baldoni’s lawyers for involving her.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this film, she was not involved in any casting or creative decision, she did not compose the music of the film, never saw an edition or made any annotation about the film,” said the representative in a statement to US on Friday, May 9. “He didn’t even see It ends with us Until weeks after its public premiere, and was traveling all over the world for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history. ”
The statement continued: “The connection Taylor had with this movie was to allow the use of a song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Since his participation was to license a song for the film, which also made another 19 artists, this documentary citation is designed to use the name of Taylor Swift to attract public interest creating Clickbait of Tabloid instead of focusing on the facts of the case. ”
Making peace
Taylor Swift, Blake Lively.
Getty Images (2)Lively has apologized to Swift for causing unnecessary stress. “Taylor and Blake have spoken, and Blake (he said he feels it),” says the first informant, noting that Swift does not hold a grudge. “Taylor is very indulgent, already her eyes, still considers Blake a friend. But the demand is still ongoing, and until it is resolved, (things are) difficult.” Lively is trying to stay positive. “Blake has considered Taylor as a sister for many years,” says Lively’s source. “Now they are in good terms, but friendship is still injured. She has the hope that they are again as before in due time.”
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