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On May 16, 2025, YouTuber Melanie King took to X to share her reactions on the new reports regarding the legal unfolding of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Her post suggested that the lawsuits took a toll on the It Ends With Us actor's friendships.
Melanie re-posted the headline of PEOPLE magazine's exclusive report, which suggests that Taylor Swift receiving a subpoena, from Justin Baldoni's team, "halted" her friendship with Blake. Multiple sources reportedly told the publication that Gigi Hadid had distanced herself from Blake as well, with the model supposedly siding with Swift, who many claim introduced her to Lively.
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Melanie King's X post questioned if this latest report confirms the Grammy-winning singer is on "Team Baldoni," writing:
"Is Taylor Swift Team Baldoni??? Blake Lively is COOKED! A day after Justin Baldoni’s team reported that Blake BLACKMAILED Taylor Swift, both Taylor and Gigi Hadid put out coordinated PR stating they have “HALTED” their friendships with Blake."
Sources close to Taylor Swift, who is the godmother of Lively's four children with Ryan Reynolds, suggested that her friendship with Lively has halted, with the two seemingly taking some space away from each other. They added that the pair however are "not no longer friends".
An inside source close to the ongoing legal drama claimed that the subpoena Swift was served on May 8, "fractured the fragile peace" between the two. Taylor and Lively's friendship reportedly goes back to 2014.
"Their friendship has halted. Taylor wants no part in this drama," sources close to Taylor Swift said.
PEOPLE Magazine also reported that sources came forward suggesting Blake Lively's relationship with longtime friend and model, Gigi Hadid, had "cooled" over the past few months.
A source close to Gigi hinted that the model was upset as Taylor was being "pulled into" the Lively vs Baldoni legal drama, claiming the singer is closer to her than to A Simple Favor actress.
"Gigi is closer to Taylor and has definitely taken her side in this whole drama. Gigi doesn't want to get involved in this whole ordeal, but she is closer to Taylor and has distanced herself from Blake although she still considers her a friend," a source close to Gigi Hadid said.
"There is no recovering from this"—Sources claim Blake Lively and Taylor Swift's friendship is "done"
Several reports this past week suggested that Taylor Swift being "dragged" into the ongoing Blake Lively vs Justin Baldoni legal drama resulted in her distancing herself from her decade-long friendship with the Gossip Girl star.
This update came days after reports alleged that Lively had threatened to release private text messages between herself and Swift unless the Grammy-winning pop star shared public support for Blake in her legal feud against Baldoni.
"There is no recovering from this. Their friendship is done," an inside source close to Swift told DailyMail.
According to DailyMail's Friday report, their inside source on the situation between Lively and Swift, suggested that the trust between the two stars is "broken," stating:
"She is not, and will never be, one of Blake’s dragons."
These reports were in stark contrast to statements from Justin Baldoni's legal team, who allegedly "exposed" text conversations where Lively seemingly referred to Taylor Swift as one of her "dragons," a reference to the Game of Thrones television series.
In January, a source close to Taylor Swift told the DailyMail:
"[Taylor Swift's] friends also think that Blake’s "I’m Khaleesi, and like her, I happen to have dragons" text to Justin was uncool and unnecessary because she was essentially used as an intimidation tactic. She was referred to as some kind of pet or possession," a source told DailyMail in January.
Taylor Swift and her team have maintained that her involvement with the It Ends With Us production is limited to her featured record My Tears Ricochet.
However, Justin's legal team filed a subpoena to the pop star citing concerns of "witness tampering," with their filing suggesting Lively urged Swift to "delete text messages." In response to Blake's request to dismiss the subpoena on the grounds of seeking "irrelevant documents," Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, made the argument:
"Ms. Lively requested that Taylor Swift delete their text messages"
In a court filing, Bryan Freedman claimed that the subpoena aimed to obtain conversations where Lively supposedly "coerced" Swift into publicly siding with her as well as information relating to "witness tampering and evidence spoliation".
Baldoni's legal team also alleged that Lively's attorney, Michael Gottlieb, supposedly reached out to Swift's legal team, demanding:
"Ms. Swift release a statement of support for Ms. Lively, intimating that, if Ms. Swift refused to do so, private text messages of a personal nature in Ms. Lively's possession would be released."
According to Freedman, Swift's legal team responded to Gottlieb's demands in at least one written communication. Baldoni's court filing stated:
"It is those communications that [Baldoni's team] seeks to obtain by way of subpoena, as they would evidence an attempt to intimidate and coerce a percipient witness in this litigation."
Blake Lively's team reportedly moved to strike their opposition's request, and the letter submitted by Bryan Freedman, which was granted by the judge on Thursday (May 15).
"It took the court less than 24 hours to see through Mr. Freedman’s irrelevant, improper, and inflammatory accusations, strike them, remove them from the court, and warn Mr. Freedman that further misconduct may be met with sanctions," a representative for Blake Lively stated.
Since this new unfolding in the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama, inside sources claim Taylor Swift has been trying to distance herself from both the legal case and her friendship with the It Ends With Us star.
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are both expected to take the stand and testify in court next year, with their court date set for March 2026.
