Text messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift regarding Justin Baldoni have been partially unsealed in the continuing legal dispute over It Ends With Us.
The messages show Lively describing Baldoni as “this doofus director of my movie” and calling him “a clown” who “thinks he’s a writer now.”
Lively contacted Swift, who was travelling to visit her while Baldoni was at Lively’s residence, asking her to support a script revision “even without having read it,” according to allegations from Baldoni’s legal team.
Taylor Swift called “World’s Greatest Friend” in Blake Lively texts about It Ends With Us director
Swift responded “I’ll do anything for you !!” the messages show, according to a report by People.
Following the visit, Lively messaged the singer that she was “so epically heroic today” and that she “recapped every moment” to her husband Ryan Reynolds.
“I kept remembering stuff- You making s— up about me and lenses. And referring to yourself as my doll. This clown falling for all of it. But also resisting it. You are the worlds absolute greatest friend ever,” Lively wrote to Swift, according to the unsealed texts.
Lively’s solicitors stated the disclosed texts lack context in exhibits refiled on January 20, citing Lively’s testimony where she said she “sent Taylor the script on her way to my apartment because Justin was still there, and I asked her to read them. I told her she didn’t have to, I didn’t want her to feel pressured to do that, but I hoped that she would.”
The texts were unsealed on Tuesday, January 20, ahead of a summary judgement hearing in Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, scheduled for January 22.
Swift listed as potential witness
Swift, 36, is not party to the lawsuit, but her name has appeared multiple times in Justin Baldoni’s assertions that Lively relied on outside influence during disagreements over the film’s production.
Swift appears on a list of potential witnesses submitted by Lively’s legal team, whilst Baldoni’s legal team attempted to subpoena Swift in May.
In a complaint filed in January 2025, Baldoni stated that Lively referred to Swift as one of her “dragons” in a text exchange and claimed the singer pressured him to accept rewrites.
In her January 20 filing, Lively’s team did not dispute the language but pointed to missing context, directing the court to the “complete” text exchange, including later messages from Lively to Baldoni stating “we all benefit” from her relationship with Reynolds and Swift and “you will too, I can promise you.”
Swift’s representative distances singer from production
Swift’s representatives responded following the May 2025 subpoena from Baldoni’s team, with a representative distancing the singer from the project in a statement: “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.“
“The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, My Tears Ricochet,” the representative added, accusing Baldoni’s side of using Swift’s name “to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
The legal battle started in December 2024, when Lively sued Baldoni alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Baldoni has rejected the allegations and filed a $400 million countersuit, which was dismissed in June by US District Judge Lewis J. Liman.
The trial is scheduled to begin May 18.
