Blake Lively and Taylor Swift had a heated candid conversation
Private text messages revealed this week suggest that tension between Lively and Swift began quietly, long before any public signs emerged.
The exchange, included in legal documents released Tuesday ahead of a Jan. 22 summary judgment hearing in Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, shows the longtime friends addressing a growing emotional rift in real time.
In the messages, which are not labeled with names but are described elsewhere in the documents as between Lively and Swift, Lively first reaches out with concern.
She acknowledges that she felt self-absorbed during a difficult period and worries that she may have unintentionally hurt Swift.
“I have no reason to ask, but no [sic]I’ve been feeling like I should… is everything okay? she writes, adding that her husband Ryan Reynolds encouraged her to speak directly.
Lively goes on to say that she wanted the chance to “be a better friend” and emphasizes that she doesn’t expect anything more from Swift, given how overwhelmed and busy the singer has been.
Swift responds more than an hour later honestly, saying Lively’s instincts weren’t wrong.
She tells her friend that she’s been “exhausted in every aspect of my life” and that she noticed “a little change” in the way Lively communicated, particularly amid what she calls “a lot of Justin stuff.”
Swift explains that while Lively’s messages were kind, they sometimes seemed impersonal.
“I felt like I was reading a massive corporate email sent to 200 employees,” he writes, before adding that he missed “my funny, dark, straight-talking friend.” Swift reassures her: “You don’t need to apologize. Just come back, please.”
Lively responds hours later, admitting that the comments hit home.
She says she became “digitally paranoid” and realized she had been texting “like I was writing. Not like I was talking.”
She attributes that change to feeling deeply misunderstood and shaken by her experience, writing plainly, “This damn guy and what he did to me gave me an identity crisis. Legitimately.”
The actress also shares that what hurt her the most was not her critics, but the friends she believed were allies who quietly disappeared.
That fear, she admits, probably led her to overcompensate those who stayed. Lively ends by thanking Swift, apologizing “to you…me and our kids” and venting her anger: “Fuck that guy and fuck his entire group of supervillains.”
The exchange occurred just days before Swift wrapped up her Eras Tour, and Lively closed with a supportive note about her excitement for Swift to finally be done with “suitcases, constant sinus infections, and broken kneecaps.”
Sources have previously said the friendship became complicated amid Lively’s legal battle with Baldoni, whom she accused of sexual harassment and retaliation, accusations he rejected.
The newly revealed texts offer a rare and candid look at how that turmoil extended to one of Hollywood’s most talked-about friendships.
