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Taylor Swift
Lively and Swift met up in Australia in December 2015, and the twosome (plus Reynolds) have remained close ever since. Swift has even included Reynolds and Lively’s children’s names — and voices — in songs such as “Betty” and “Gorgeous.”
Lively also made her directorial debut with the singer’s “I Bet You Think About Me” music video in November 2021.
“I finally got to work with the brilliant, brave, & wickedly funny @blakelively on her directorial debut. Join us as we raise a toast, and a little hell,” Swift captioned her announcement via Instagram.
In October 2023, Swift also brought along Lively and Reynolds to the Kansas City Chiefs Game against the New York Jets amid the singer’s rumored romance with Travis Kelce.
Lively, Reynolds and their kids also attended two nights of the Eras Tour concert in Madrid.
Swift’s relationship with Lively reportedly came to a head when she was brought into Lively’s It Ends With Us legal battle against Baldoni. After her name popped up several times in Lively and Baldoni’s claims against each other, Swift was subpoenaed in the case in May 2025.
At the time, a rep for Swift told Us that she “never set foot on the set of this movie” and was not involved in any aspect of It Ends With Us aside from allowing the usage of her song “My Tears Ricochet.”
The rep added, “Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
Not long after, a source exclusively told Us that Swift and Lively’s friendship was “strained” as a result of the drama. Baldoni’s legal team alleged that a source close to Swift claimed Lively’s lawyers threatened to leak texts between the two if Swift did not “release a statement of support” for Lively. Lively, for her part, slammed the “inflammatory accusations” in a statement shared by her legal team with Us.
