Taylor Swift Has Reportedly 'Halted' Her Friendship With Blake Lively Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Drama

Taylor Swift and Blake Lively are taking a break from their close friendship after the pop star was dragged into Lively's legal feud with Justin Baldoni.

The duo saw their relationship get strained when Baldoni, who is being sued by Lively for sexual harassment, pulled Swift into the spotlight by naming her in his counterdefamation suit against his “It Ends With Us” co-star.

Recently, Justin Baldoni's lawyers also issued a subpoena to Taylor Swift, which will compel her to attend a deposition to address some of the claims in the case.

After years of being friends, Swift and Lively have reportedly “halted” their relationship.

"Their friendship has halted," a source close to Swift told People Magazine. "Taylor wants no part in this drama."

The drama being referenced is Lively's ongoing sexual harassment suit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star. The suit was filed in December 2024, containing damning accusations against Baldoni, including how he allegedly started a smear campaign against the actress.

Baldoni then fired back with a multi-million-dollar counterdefamation suit, in which he named Swift as one of the people Lively referred to as her “dragons” in a text message to seemingly intimidate him.

At the time, Swift and Lively tried to keep their friendship on track, but things became even more strained when Baldoni issued a subpoena against the pop star.

Still, according to a different source, Swift and Lively’s decision doesn't mean that they are "no longer friends" but are only "taking some space” amid the drama.

The revelation comes after sources close to Swift noted that being dragged into the ongoing legal drama has not only left her “completely floored” but also “very upset.”

Adding to her frustration, Swift feels that Lively has been using her name to boost her own standing, and it has been happening for quite some time.

“Taylor has been aware that Blake has been exploiting her name for a while now, but this subpoena takes it to a whole new level,” a source told the Daily Mail.

Swift will now be required to sit down with Baldoni’s lawyers at a future date in connection with claims in his $400 million defamation lawsuit against Lively, particularly regarding the pop star’s alleged involvement in the creative decisions made for “It Ends With Us.”

In addition to Lively reportedly calling Swift one of her “dragons,” many believe Swift is the “megacelebrity friend” Baldoni mentioned in his filing about a creative meeting with Lively.

A representative for Swift seemingly responded to the speculations of her involvement in the movie when they made a statement about the subpoena Swift received, per People Magazine.

They claimed she was not involved in the “casting or creative decisions” related to the project, nor did she visit the film set.

“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,” Swift’s rep added.

The rep also clarified that the only connection the pop star had with the movie was allowing the showrunners to use her song "My Tears Ricochet.”

Still on the subpoena situation, Lively’s camp slammed Baldoni and his legal team for subpoenaing Swift.

A rep for the actress claimed that they were trying to turn Lively’s suit into “entertainment for the tabloids” and that the ongoing case is a “very serious legal matter,” not a “circus.”

The rep also further criticized Baldoni and the other parties, claiming that they have repeatedly used underhanded tactics amid the legal drama.

"The defendants continue to publicly intimidate, bully, shame, and attack women's rights and reputations.”

They further remarked, “The disturbing actions by a billionaire, men who made their careers as 'female allies,' and their team continue to show their true colors.”

On Thursday, May 15, Judge Lewis J. Liman granted Lively's motion to strike allegations that her attorney, Michael Gottlieb, had threatened to release Swift's private text messages unless the singer publicly supported the actress in the "It Ends With Us" case.

The motion was approved just hours after Gottlieb refuted the claims, which had been submitted by Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, in a letter based on statements from an unnamed source.

Lively's legal team had filed the request the previous day, urging the court to dismiss the damaging letter from the record.

In the official order obtained by the New York Post, Judge Liman called the filing "improper" and "irrelevant," stating that it served no legal purpose and was instead an attempt to "promote public scandal by advancing inflammatory accusations, on information and belief, against Lively and her counsel."

The judge further noted that the document appeared crafted to spark "press uproar by suggesting that Lively and her counsel attempted to 'extort' a well-known celebrity."