Taylor Swift’s camp is chuckling into their lattes, telling the BBC that her name’s been roped into a legal spat between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively purely to fuel “tabloid clickbait” so juicy it could star in its own rom-com.
The 35-year-old pop queen was subpoenaed to a US court after someone claimed she was the mastermind behind Baldoni greenlighting Lively’s script tweaks for It Ends With Us, a film now infamous for its off-screen drama and a sexual harassment lawsuit that’s spicier than a soap opera.
Baldoni claims he was lured to Lively’s New York pad in 2023 to chat script changes, only to find himself face-to-face with Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and Swift, who were apparently there to play “dragon” bodyguards in a scene straight out of a medieval fantasy flick.
Swift’s team, however, is rolling their eyes, saying she “didn’t even pick the popcorn flavor” for the movie, let alone meddle in its creative chaos.
Lively, 37, slapped Baldoni, 41, with a lawsuit in December 2024, accusing him of sexual harassment and orchestrating a smear campaign that sounds like it was scripted by a villain in a teen drama.
Not one to back down, Baldoni’s countersuing Lively and Reynolds, tossing around phrases like civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy like they’re auditioning for a courtroom reality show.
The feud’s been simmering since It Ends With Us, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel, hit screens last summer.
Baldoni says the 2023 script rewrite session was a shock when he walked in to find Reynolds and Swift ready to breathe fire. He alleges Lively texted him, “If you ever binge Game of Thrones, you’ll get why I’m Khaleesi, complete with a couple of dragons. They’re usually awesome because they’ve got my back—and everyone else I’m fighting for.”
Baldoni, apparently unfazed, texted back, “Love what you did! It’s awesome and makes the scene pop. (And I’d say that even without the dragon squad.) You’re a total rockstar. Stoked to make this happen together.” Smooth, Justin, smooth.
There’s also a wild claim that Swift handpicked Isabela Ferrer to play a younger version of Lively’s character, Lily Bloom. Ferrer herself fanned the flames at the New York premiere, gushing, “Taylor was part of my audition process, which I found out after landing the role, and I nearly lost my mind!”
But Swift’s team is shutting that down faster than a bad Tinder date, insisting her only role was letting them use her song My Tears Ricochet—one of 20 artists on the soundtrack, mind you.
Swift’s reps are adamant: “She never stepped foot on set, didn’t cast anyone, didn’t tweak the script, didn’t score the film, and didn’t even sneak a peek at an edit.”
They added that she was too busy “jet-setting around the globe” on tour to catch the movie until weeks after its release. As for the subpoena? They’re calling it a shameless stunt to “sprinkle Taylor’s name like glitter” for headlines instead of sticking to the actual legal mess.
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