January 18, 2025
Taylor Swift has broken her silence after being mentioned in Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against Blake Lively.
In the $400 million lawsuit, Baldoni claims that Lively enlisted Swift to pressure him into accepting the changes she made to the script of the movie It Ends With Us, where he stars and produces.
As per documents Lively invited Baldoni to discuss the rewrite where her husband Ryan Reynolds praised the actress’ version and “Hours later, as the meeting was ending, a famous, and famously close, friend of [Ryan and Blake], walked into the room and similarly began praising [Blake's] script. [Justin] understood the subtext: he needed to comply with [Blake's] direction for the script.”
Later, Baldoni texted Lively “to say that he had liked her pages and hadn't needed [Ryan] and her mega-celebrity friend to pressure him,” as revealed by the actor’s lawyer.
However, now a source close to Swift has denied the allegations, saying, "Taylor is proud of the film because her music was featured in it, which gave her a sense of involvement, though she wasn’t fully aware of the extent of the project’s developments," as quoted by DailyMail.
"She is confused by the claims in the suit, as her connection to Blake is purely a friendship, with no interest in influencing or controlling Blake’s projects," the insider added.
They went on to say, "She finds Justin’s interpretation of the encounter perplexing, and those close to her suspect she’s being drawn into the situation as a means to target Blake."
"This was the first time that Taylor ever met Justin. She had no idea who he was and Taylor was simply being polite. She was polite to him as she is to everyone she meets,” the inside source added further.
It is worth mentioning that the Lover crooner is herself yet to comment on the allegations.