Blake Lively’s Friend Taylor Swift in Justin Baldoni Lawsuit

Taylor Swift and a slew of other celebrities have been inadvertently roped into Blake Lively’s ongoing legal battle against her It Ends Wiht Us co-star Justin Baldoni, as a judge unsealed a trove of the actress’ communications with her fellow famous friends this week.

It’s the latest advancement in the high-profile lawsuit, which saw Lively‍ level explosive claims of sexual harassment and an unsafe work surroundings against Baldoni in December 2024, following ⁤the disastrous press tour of the domestic violence awareness film. Baldoni has denied the claims.

The newly unsealed text messages and emails obtained by Rolling ⁤Stone show how Lively and her husband ryan Reynolds leaned on the support of their industry friends Jenny Slate, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Condé Nast’s Anna Wintour, among several others as they tried‍ to navigate the increasingly strained relationship between Lively and Baldoni, who also served as the film’s director.

In the lead-up to the movie’s⁣ August 2024⁢ release and the ‍following media storm, Lively appeared to frequently vent to her close friend Swift amid the escalating tension with Baldoni. In messages dated April 2023 and reviewed⁤ by Rolling Stone, Lively asked the singer-songwriter to vouch on her behalf to Baldoni about Lively’s scriptwriting pass for the domestic violence movie’s pivotal rooftop scene. (Rolling Stone has reached out to a representative for Swift for further comment.)

“If you get here w[hen] this doofus director of ⁤my movie is still here (I’ll be ushering him out, but hope he’s still here) ‍can you do me a huge favor. ‍I need help with ⁣him,” Lively allegedly asked Swift. “can you ‍tell him you’re excited for the movie.That you read the book but what you’re freaking out over is ⁤the pages I sent you. What a magnetic scene that is. Or⁣ whatever descriptives you’re cozy [with] … He’s a clown and thinks he’s a writer now and got this rewrite and told me he appreciates my passion. Thats.It. so having the greatest living story teller ⁣unknowingly echo to him how much you love what we’re doing (giving ⁤him⁤ credit as if he wrote them with ⁣me) will go such a long way.”

“I’ll do anything‍ for you!!,” Swift allegedly responded.

Later⁢ that evening, according to court documents, Lively thanked ⁣Swift for being “epically heroic” ⁣and gushed that she was “the world’s absolute greatest friend ever.”

Swift allegedly responded in all caps, “I won the lottery.You are the coolest‍ person in the ⁢world and you like me!!”

The friends’ relationship took an awkward turn by December 2024, when Swift was at the close of her⁣ massive worldwide Eras Tour. Lively checked in with her, acknowledging ⁤that she ⁣felt like she’d been a “bad friend” over “talk[ing] about my own shit for months.”

Responding two ⁣hours later, Swift allegedly wrote, “no you’re not wrong, but it’s also not⁢ a big deal … Yes there has been a lot of the Justin stuff but … it’s felt like I was reading a mass corporate email⁤ sent to 200 employees.”

“I just miss my funny, dark normal-speaking friend who talks to me as herself, not like, a⁤ plural unit,” Swift added, according to court documents.

lively also spoke with her movie co-star Jenny‍ Slate about tensions on set, and apparently filled in Vogue’s Anna Wintour about the general happenings, according⁢ to the unsealed messages. “Blake‍ that was a vrey brave and moving film and the rooftop scene is⁣ brilliant,” Wintour allegedly wrote to Lively in August 2024. “Knowing how hard a situation it was for you made me especially proud of you.” (A rep for Wintour did not immediatly return Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.)