Blake Lively‘s ongoing lawsuit drama reportedly damaged her and Taylor Swift‘s friendship beyond repair, as Justin Baldoni serves back-to-back subpoenas. In last week’s bombshell revelations, reports confirmed he subpoenaed Swift and her lawyers at Venable, the law firm that has represented her for over a decade. Following this, Baldoni received pushback from his opposition, who criticized the subpoenas and his lawyer’s claims that Lively “threatened” her longtime friend with leaking private messages. Her lawyer also denied the allegations.
Now, insiders revealed that Lively and Swift’s friendship might not survive the storm. Several sources previously reported that the pop star took a step back after Baldoni name-dropped her in his countersuit, primarily targeting his “It Ends With Us” co-star and Reynolds, among others.
There’s no recovering from what has happened between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, says ‘source’
The Daily Mail learned from a source that Blake Lively and Taylor Swift’s friendship might not recover from what happened in the Justin Baldoni lawsuit and subpoena drama. The claims surfaced just as Baldoni’s legal team made new allegations against Lively, accusing her of pressuring and threatening the pop sensation into releasing a public statement of support or she would leak private text messages if she refused to comply. The “Gossip Girl” alum’s lawyer denied and criticized these claims, calling them “false.”
An insider apprised the publication, “There is no recovering from this. Their friendship is done.” In addition, they claimed that Lively exploited Swift, while manipulating “the public into thinking that she was watching out for her best interests.” The source believes that their mutual friend, Gigi Hadid, could also distance herself from the actor amid her ongoing legal feud with Baldoni. “She has no one to blame but herself,” they claimed as they described the Grammy winner as “a girl’s girl,” who “loves her friends.”
Meanwhile, PEOPLE sources mentioned the Blake Lively-Taylor Swift drama and claimed that their friendship had been “halted.” The latter reportedly wants “no part in this drama.” Meanwhile, another insider asserted that they’re just “taking some space” and are “not no longer friends,” hinting at the possibility of reconciliation when all of this is in the past. As for the subpoenas, they believe it “fractured” the “fragile peace” between them.
Both outlets also highlighted Gigi Hadid’s closeness with the 35-year-old musician and her concerns with Lively’s legal drama dragging “her close friend” into it. “Gigi is closer to Taylor and has definitely taken her side in this whole drama,” claimed PEOPLE’s sources, as the Daily Mail’s insider made similar assertions about Hadid’s “loyalty” to Swift.
