This Is How Taylor Swift Has Been Dragged Into Blake Lively And Justin Baldoni’s Legal Drama

Posted on 12/05/2025 by Boris Clair

Taylor Swift has been keeping a low profile as of late since the end of her Eras Tour at the end of last year – but she’s been forced to speak out after being dragged into one of the most talked-about news stories of the last few months.

Over the weekend, the Anti-Hero singer’s team issued a frustrated statement, lamenting that the Grammy winner had somehow become embroiled in the very public legal drama surrounding her friend, Blake Lively, and the Gossip Girl alum’s former director and It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.

But what exactly is going on between the two Hollywood stars – and how is Taylor involved? Get yourself a cup of tea and allow us to bring you up to speed…

Before we even get to Taylor Swift – what is the beef between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively all about?

Frankly, we could be here all day with this one, so we’ll try and keep this short.

Last year, both actors starred in the big-screen adaptation of the novel It Ends With Us, which Justin also directed.

Blake Lively arriving at a screening of It Ends With Us in August 2024

Around the film’s summer release, people began to suspect there had been some behind-the-scenes drama after it was spotted that none of the cast followed Justin back on Instagram, with the film’s leads also not posing for any pictures together or doing joint interviews while promoting the movie.

Towards the end of last year, Blake then filed a legal complaint against Justin and his production company, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of their film, and a subsequent effort to deliberately “destroy” her reputation.

He responded weeks later with a lawsuit of his own, accusing Blake, her husband Ryan Reynolds and her publicist of defamation and extortion.

The matter is expected to go to trial in March 2026, though a judge claimed earlier this year that this court date could be moved earlier were the legal teams on both sides able to follow court rules about public statements, which are in place to ensure as fair a trial as possible.

OK, so what has that between Justin Baldoni and Taylor Swift got to do with Taylor Swift?

On Friday, Deadline broke the story that a week earlier, Taylor – a long-time friend of both Blake and her famous husband Ryan – had been hit with a subpoena from Justin’s legal team earlier this week.

Justin Baldoni at the premiere of It Ends With Us

It Ends With Us features a scene soundtracked by Taylor’s Folklore cut My Tears Ricochet, but aside from that, she was in no way linked with the movie.

Blake’s team later issued a statement to Deadline, accusing Justin and his team of trying to “turn a case of sexual harassment and retaliation into entertainment for the tabloids”.

“This is a very serious legal matter, not Barnum & Bailey’s Circus,” Blake’s team said. “The defendants continue to publicly intimidate, bully, shame and attack women’s rights and reputations. Including in the past month seeking to strike down ‘for all’, a powerful California victims’ rights law, calling it ‘unconstitutional.’

“The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers as ‘female allies’ and their team continue to show their true colours.”

Back in January, Justin had also filed a legal complaint claiming that Taylor was one of the public figures (alongside Blake’s husband Ryan Reynolds) who had pressured him into accepting rewrites suggested by Blake on the It Ends With Us script.

Prior to that, Blake claimed that Ryan had helped rewrite one of the film’s key scenes.

What has Taylor Swift said after getting pulled into Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s legal drama?

Taylor Swift and Blake Lively have been friends and collaborators for years, and watched the Super Bowl together in February 2024

A spokesperson for Taylor told Hello! magazine on Friday evening: “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 travelling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.

“The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, My Tears Ricochet. Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”

How do things now stand between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively?

Neither party has spoken out directly, but it’s worth pointing out that reports have been circulating suggesting that their friendship has cooled long before this latest development.

In February, the Daily Mail noted that Taylor had not invited Blake to join her to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce play at the 2025 Super Bowl, citing an anonymous “source” who claimed the singer “wants nothing to do with this trial and court case”.

A day later, the same outlet claimed that Blake was happy laying low until the drama involving Justin Baldoni blew over, quoting another “source” who said the A Simple Favour actor was happy to not be included so as not to “overshadow” Taylor and Travis’ big night.

Just three weeks ago, People magazine published a story suggesting the two women’s friendship was “weathering the storm” when Taylor was first named in a complaint filed by Justin Baldoni’s January complaint.

People’s own “source” said Taylor was initially “really hurt by this situation” but that they had been able to “recover from this and put it all behind them”.

Since the latest update, the Daily Mail published a new piece suggesting that Taylor felt “exploited” by her friend – though it’s important to note that she has said nothing publicly to indicate that this is the case.

HuffPost UK has contacted Taylor Swift’s team for comment.

Blake’s team were also complimentary about Taylor in their initial response to the subpoena, describing her as a “woman who has given a voice to millions the world over”.

The Blake Lively Backlash Was A Long Time Coming

Posted on 17/08/2024 by Boris Clair

The drama surrounding “It Ends With Us” seemed to be some of the biggest entertainment news this week, with Blake Lively catching a lot of heat for her conduct during the press run for the film — and some problematic past actions.

The film, which was adapted from the 2016 bestselling novel of the same name, follows Lively’s character, flower shop owner Lily Bloom. She falls in love with Ryle Kincaid, a seemingly charming neurosurgeon played by director and co-lead Justin Baldoni who lives in her building and pursues her. The couple’s love story takes a volatile turn when Kincaid begins to abuse Lily.

You would think the focal point of the press run would discuss the effects of abuse and how the cast and crew wanted the film to show how complicated narratives of domestic violence can be.

Instead, Lively promoted her outside endeavours and seemed pretty flippant or downright avoidant when it came to homing in on how her character navigates abuse. She talked about her newly launched hair care line and tried to have lighthearted conversations with interviewers.

In a viral clip, a reporter asked Lively how someone should go about approaching her to get advice about how to deal with issues of domestic violence. Her answer was pretty distasteful. She easily could have recommended some organisations that help survivors of domestic violence if she personally couldn’t offer help. Instead, she decided to be cheeky and responded by flipping the question with a question to the interviewer.

“Like, ask for my phone number, or a location share?” she said before continuing and mentioning Virgo traits.

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Watching Blake Lively, The Plantation Princess, be so flip and cruel about victims of domestic violence is really something.

You could have just learned the names of one or two resources for DV victims and said you’d guide them to those resources. pic.twitter.com/WHiCxLdKQ5

— Cooper (@Cooperstreaming) August 14, 2024

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Watching Blake Lively, The Plantation Princess, be so flip and cruel about victims of domestic violence is really something.

You could have just learned the names of one or two resources for DV victims and said you’d guide them to those resources. pic.twitter.com/WHiCxLdKQ5

— Cooper (@Cooperstreaming) August 14, 2024

So many people on social media were not on her side.

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Honestly. They can keep this movie. All the drama and the flippant interviews are a turn off. What a missed opportunity to really have a platform about DV. https://t.co/N3HXo6BWgJ

— Nina Parker (@theninaparker) August 14, 2024

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Honestly. They can keep this movie. All the drama and the flippant interviews are a turn off. What a missed opportunity to really have a platform about DV. https://t.co/N3HXo6BWgJ

— Nina Parker (@theninaparker) August 14, 2024

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People are being like “we shouldn’t approach celebrities with our trauma” yes cool so she could’ve used this moment to literally say that. Like hey I’m not an expert on this but there are people you could reach out to.

— ђєƈคȶє (@FeministHellcat) August 14, 2024

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People are being like “we shouldn’t approach celebrities with our trauma” yes cool so she could’ve used this moment to literally say that. Like hey I’m not an expert on this but there are people you could reach out to.

— ђєƈคȶє (@FeministHellcat) August 14, 2024

Blake Lively may have played Serena van der Woodsen, hung out with Karl Lagerfeld, graced the cover of Vogue and co-chaired the 2022 Met Gala — but her kids couldn’t care less.

The Gossip Girl star participated in Vogue’s Life in Looks video series Monday, in which stars take a walk down fashion-memory lane by reminiscing about some of the most stylish looks they’ve worn throughout their careers.

During the video, Blake got especially excited while discussing the Versace gown and Lorraine Schwartz crown she wore to the 2018 Met Gala, and describes it to the magazine as “without a doubt my favourite look of all time.”

Blake Lively at the 2018 Met Gala, which had the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination.

But she was also quick to point out that her three young daughters — James, 7, Inez, 5, and Betty, 2 — that she shares with Ryan Reynolds don’t exactly share the same opinion.

“It’s something that when my kids are giving me attitude, I’m like, ‘This is your mom,’ I mean, come on!” Blake said, gesturing to a photo of herself in the stunning dress.

“I try to tell them that I’m real-life royalty and that they’re lucky that I’m raising them.”

Blake then began laughing, and self-deprecatingly added, “They don’t buy it. They don’t believe it.”

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