For more than a decade, Taylor Swift and Blake Lively They cultivated a friendship that seemed unwavering. Shared moments in red carpets, affectionate mentions on social networks and getaways between friends wove a narrative of complicity that, Until recently, it was believed intact.
However, the recent judicial scandal that involves Lively and the actor Justin Baldoni It seems to have marked a before and after. As revealed a source to Daily MailSwift He would have decided to definitely move away from his friend. After his name was involved, without his consent, in the legal dispute.
“If Taylor could ask for a wish at this time, it would be never to have met Blake”the source said. And he added that, despite good memories, “current problems related to the Baldoni case have weighed more than that.”
The Lover singer, according to the same source, would have reached the point of recognizing that “friendship was not worth all the stress that Blake caused him.” And now “You can see all the warning signals that you ignored.”
The breakdown would have occurred during the controversy generated by the film adaptation of It ends with usstarring and produced by Baldoni, a film in which Lively was also involved.
The actor, sued by Lively for sexual harassment in December 2024, said in his own contrademanda that she used her friendship with Swift to gain influence on the set. Even, according to legal documents, the Baldoni team said that Lively’s lawyer would have threatened with filtering private messages between them if the singer did not support her publicly.
An accusation that was categorically denied by the lawyer Michael Gottlieb. “We categorically denied all these supposed accusations, which cowardly come from anonymous sources and are completely disconnected from reality.”
Since the beginning of this conflict, they have repeatedly mentioned the name of Swift. Although his representative made it clear that the artist He had no relationship with the production or creative decisions of the project.
“Taylor Swift never stepped on the set of this film, it was not involved in the cast or in creative decisions. He did not compose the soundtrack, he did not see any assembly or comment on the film. In fact, he did not see it ends with us until weeks after its public premiere. Since he was on world tour for 2023 and 2024 leading the biggest tour in history“
Amid the conflict, another gesture caught attention. Travis Kelcecurrent swift partner, stopped following Ryan Reynolds On Instagram. As commented, both Taylor and Travis “are outraged with Blake and Ryan. And with the way they tried to use Taylor in their conflict with Justin Baldoni,” ensuring that the break with the couple of actors “is definitive.”
