Taylor Swift distancing herself from Blake Lively amid Justin Baldoni legal feud: report

Taylor Swift is reportedly distancing herself from bestie Blake Lively aft being referenced successful Justin Baldoni’s $400 cardinal lawsuit against the actress.

According to TMZ insiders, the popular superstar feels her longtime person manipulated her and leveraged her fame to summation an precocious manus connected Baldoni amid feuding portion making their movie “It Ends With Us.”

Lively sued Baldoni successful December, accusing the actor-director of sexual harassment connected the set and a retaliatory smear campaign. Baldoni countersued weeks later, filing a $400 cardinal lawsuit accusing Lively, her hubby Ryan Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane of defamation and civilian extortion.

Among the galore allegations successful his filing, Baldoni refers to a heated meeting astatine Lively’s New York City penthouse wherever they allegedly argued implicit rewrites to the script. Baldoni says Swift walked successful unexpectedly toward the extremity of the gathering and sang Lively’s praises — a determination helium believes was orchestrated to put unit connected him to “comply” with her demands.

Subsequent text messages included successful the filing amusement Lively referred to the Grammy victor arsenic 1 of her “dragons.” Baldoni interpreted the substance to beryllium a veiled menace that she’d unleash the prima powerfulness of her “gorgeous monsters” if helium didn’t oblige.

“It’s weird to accidental that astir a friend,” a root told TMZ, adding that Swift was “baffled” by the characterization.

The insider besides claims Swift was unaware she’d beryllium arriving during the gathering and lone showed up “at the clip Blake told her to, not knowing anyone other would beryllium there,” the outlet reported.

The root said that since getting pulled into the ineligible drama, Swift has recovered retired astir different times Lively has inappropriately leveraged her name.

A 2nd root who’s reportedly adjacent to the concern said Swift was ticked disconnected astir getting dragged into the messiness — and the “dragons” remark successful peculiar — but the friends made up aft Lively apologized.

A root adjacent to Lively meantime maintains the narration is “not strained.”

Representatives for Swift and Lively did not instantly respond to a Daily News’ petition for comment.

News of an alleged rift comes 1 time aft Baldoni’s lawyer said helium was considering calling for Swift to beryllium deposed, fixed that she was astatine the gathering and could person accusation that would beryllium adjuvant successful the case.

“I don’t cognize that we’re going to depose Taylor Swift oregon not. I deliberation that’s astir apt going to beryllium a game-time decision,” lawyer Bryan Freedman told TMZ connected Wednesday’s occurrence of the “Two Angry Men” podcast. “I tin archer you this: Anybody that reasonably has accusation that tin supply grounds successful this lawsuit is going to beryllium deposed.”

A trial for some lawsuits is presently scheduled to statesman March 9, 2026.