Taylor Swift’s friendship with Blake Lively ‘halted’ as singer ‘wants no part’ of Justin Baldoni drama

Taylor Swift’s friendship with Blake Lively is under strain as leaked texts pulled the singer further into Lively’s messy legal clash with Justin Baldoni.

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Taylor Swift and Blake Lively’s friendship has reportedly “halted” as the singer continues to get dragged further into the actress’ “It Ends With Us” legal mess with Justin Baldoni.

After being subpoenaed as a witness by Baldoni’s legal team last week, Swift has allegedly let her friendship with Lively take a backseat.

“Their friendship has halted,” a source told People, adding, “Taylor wants no part in this drama.”

Another insider claimed that the Grammy winner and Lively are “taking some space,” but said the superstar pair are “not no longer friends.”

The Post reached out to Swift and Lively’s reps for comment.

The friends’ relationship, which dates back to 2014, was already rumored to be in a “fragile” place.

Swift, who is the godmother to Lively’s four children with Ryan Reynolds, was “really hurt” when she was implicated in the “It Ends With Us” legal dispute, a source told People in April.

In court documents obtained by Page Six, the lawyers claim the “It Ends With Us” actress’ lead counsel, Michael Gottlieb of Willkie Farr, allegedly made the demand to Venable, the law firm that represents Swift.

They were allegedly working to “put it all behind them” until the subpoena “fractured” the progress they made, another insider shared.

In response to the subpoena, a Swift representative told The Post, “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see ‘It Ends With Us’ until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.”

Lawyers for Baldoni believe Taylor Swift was involved in his former co-star’s attempts to assert her control over their film.

Meanwhile, Judge Lewis J. Liman granted Lively’s motion to strike the letter written by Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, in the ongoing legal case.

In the letter, Freedman claimed he was told by an anonymous source that Lively’s lead lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, allegedly threatened to release Swift’s text messages if the “Bad Blood” singer didn’t publicly support Lively.

Baldoni and his company Wayfarer Studios’ lawyers also claimed in their filing — citing information from an anonymous source “who is highly likely to have reliable information” — that the “Gossip Girl” alum requested that “Taylor Swift delete their text messages.”

Justin Baldoni’s legal team is accusing Blake Lively’s lawyer of threatening to release private texts if the Swift did not publicly support the actress in her ongoing legal battle with her co-star.

Gottlieb denied the allegations from the start — and the judge agreed, noting that Freedman’s filing was “improper” and “irrelevant” in the order obtained by The Post.

“It took the court less than 24 hours to see through Mr Freedman’s irrelevant, improper and inflammatory accusations, strike them, remove them from the court and warn Mr Freedman that further misconduct may be met with sanctions,” a spokesperson for Lively told The Post.

Swift was also mentioned in Baldoni’s US$400 million ($A624m) countersuit against Lively and Reynolds, in which he accused Blake of calling Taylor one of her “dragons” and referring to herself as Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones” in an alleged text conversation.

The bombshell court filing was in response to Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds’ motion to squash a subpoena Baldoni’s team filed for Swift’s lawyers at Venable. Picture: Getty Images

In the suit, he claimed the “You Need to Calm Down” singer was present at a pivotal meeting he had with Lively at the NYC penthouse she shares with Reynolds.

The “A Simple Favor” sued Baldoni in December 2024, claiming he sexually harassed her while filming “It Ends With Us.” She also accused him of spearheading a smear campaign against her.

Both denied the allegations against them. Their trial date is set for March 2026.

This story originally appeared in the New York Post