Taylor Swift taking a 'step back' from Blake Lively as dramatic legal battle with Justin Baldoni threatens their decade-long friendship
Taylor Swift taking a 'step back' from Blake Lively as dramatic legal battle with Justin Baldoni threatens their decade-long friendship
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Taylor Swift is taking a step back from her friendship with Blake Lively after feeling like she was used as an 'intimidation tactic' by the actress in a lawsuit she never wanted to be embroiled in. The singer, 35, was dragged into the explosive legal feud between Lively, 37, and Justin Baldoni, 41, when he claimed his costar 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.
![[The singer, 35, was dragged into the explosive legal feud between Lively and Justin Baldoni when he claimed his costar used Swift to intimidate him at a meeting about their film]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/15/94598601-14333583-image-m-26_1738076956979.jpg)
In his $400 million lawsuit, filed earlier this month, Baldoni said Swift showed up and made him feel like he 'needed to comply with Blake's direction for the script'. Lively later appeared to threaten Baldoni by comparing herself to Game of Thrones character Khaleesi in a series of text messages in which she referred to Reynolds, 48, and her best friend as her 'dragons'.
![[In his $400 million lawsuit, filed earlier this month, Baldoni, 40, said Swift showed up and made him feel like he 'needed to comply with Blake's direction for the script']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/15/94473515-14333583-image-a-28_1738077053026.jpg)
The ‘uncool and unnecessary’ description was reportedly the final straw for Swift who had never planned to be at the meeting, but arrived at Lively’s New York penthouse to find it was still ongoing. ‘For the time being she is taking a step back from Blake because she doesn’t want to get tangled in this more than she already has – which is far more than she ever needed to be,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.
![[Lively then appeared to threaten Baldoni by comparing herself to Game of Thrones' Khaleesi in a series of text messages in which she referred to Reynolds and Swift as her 'dragons']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/15/94599007-14333583-image-a-30_1738077168024.jpg)
Taylor Swift is taking a step back from her friendship with Blake Lively after feeling like she was used as an 'intimidation tactic' by the actress in her lawsuit, sources have told DailyMail.com. The singer, 35, was dragged into the explosive legal feud between Lively and Justin Baldoni when he claimed his costar used Swift to intimidate him at a meeting about their film.
![[The ‘uncool and unnecessary’ description was the final straw for Swift who had never planned to be at the meeting, but arrived at Lively’s New York penthouse to find it was still ongoing.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/15/94598983-14333583-image-a-29_1738077115214.jpg)
