Is Taylor Swift and Blake Lively's friendship dead? Actress 'frozen out' of singer's Super Bowl 2025 entourage

Blake Lively was noticeably absent from Super Bowl LIX amid rumors her ugly legal battle with Justin Baldoni has led to a 'falling out' between her and BFF Taylor Swift. Lively was famously part of Swift's Super Bowl squad in 2024 along with Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice and Keleigh Sperry as they cheered on Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs from a VIP suite at Allegiant Stadium. But this year, Lively was nowhere in sight as Swift made her grand entrance to New Orleans' Caesars Superdome, where the Chiefs faced off against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Swift swapped Lively out for Este Haim and Ice Spice got an invite back as she took her seat inside the 83,000 seat stadium. Lively's absence from Sunday's big game further fuels speculation that the explosive It Ends With Us lawsuits have put her 10-year friendship with Swift in jeopardy. A source recently told TMZ that Swift 'feels used' by Lively after Baldoni claimed in his $400 million lawsuit that Lively used Swift to intimidate him at a meeting with her husband Ryan Reynolds about edits she had made to a rooftop scene in their film, It Ends with Us.

Blake Lively was noticeably absent from Super Bowl LIX amid rumors her ugly legal battle with Justin Baldoni has led to a 'falling out' between her and BFF Taylor Swift. Swift arrived to the Super Bowl 2025 dressed in white. Ice Spice (left) and Este Haim (right) were among the A-list celebs joining Swift at the game - but Blake was not in attendance. In his suit, filed last month, Baldoni said Swift showed up and made him feel like he 'needed to comply with Blake's direction for the script'.

Lively compared herself to Game of Thrones character Khaleesi in a series of text messages to Baldoni in which she referred to Reynolds, 48, and her best friend as her 'dragons'. Now it has been claimed Swift 'resents' Lively for 'calling her one of her dragons and leveraging her name', with a source claiming to TMZ that she was blindsided over the meeting with Baldoni. The source claimed Swift came to Lively's apartment when she was told by the actress and had 'no idea' that Baldoni would be there.

The source said Baldoni was about to leave after the two hour meeting when Swift walked in and was introduced to him for the 'first and only time.'. Swift told Baldoni how excited she was to see the movie 'because he was her friend's boss' according to the source. They also claim Swift believes Lively 'timed' her meeting with Baldoni so she would arrive before he left. Swift was also said to be 'baffled' by Lively calling her a 'dragon' adding: 'It's weird to say that about a friend.'.

It was further claimed by the source that Swift has learned Lively has been 'inappropriately leveraging her name for a long time, like telling a young actress that Taylor 'cast her,' which simply did not happen.'. Lively was famously part of Swift's Super Bowl squad in 2024 along with Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice and Keleigh Sperry as they cheered on Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs from a VIP suite at Allegiant Stadium; seen in 2024.

A source recently told TMZ that Swift 'feels used' by Lively after Baldoni claimed in his $400 million lawsuit that Lively used Swift to intimidate him at a meeting with her husband Ryan Reynolds about edits she had made to a rooftop scene in their film, It Ends with Us. DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Taylor Swift, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni for comment. Also on Thursday, numerous sources insisted to Us Weekly that Swift had 'no involvement' in the making of It Ends With Us.

'Taylor has always been Blake's friend, but Taylor doesn't have any involvement in the case. She wasn't part of the movie,' one insider claimed. 'Taylor was not a producer on the film and had no creative involvement.'. Another source pointed out that Swift was on her Eras Tour while the film was shooting in 2023 and 2024. 'Taylor never even saw the film or a single scene from it until the movie was in theaters. She is not relevant to the case,' they added.

A different source told the outlet that dragging Swift into Lively and Baldoni's legal battle is 'unnecessary.'. 'While she and Blake are friends, this case is now a legal matter for the courts to resolve. Dragging Taylor into it is unnecessary and misrepresents what really happened,' they said. This comes after insiders claimed Swift tried to help her close friend Lively 'tone down' her 'ballsy' nature years before the actress' legal roller coaster with Baldoni.

The Gossip Girl alum is currently locked in a bitter battle with her It Ends With Us co-star whom she accused of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her in a bombshell lawsuit last year. Baldoni now countersuing both Lively and her husband Reynolds for $400 million, and shocked the world when he dragged Swift into the explosive legal feud. Lively compared herself to Game of Thrones character Khaleesi in a series of text messages to Baldoni in which she referred to Reynolds, 48, and Swift as her 'dragons'.