Blake Lively Confronted Taylor Swift About Falling Out In Candid Unsealed Texts -- The 'Shift' That Scarred Their Friendship!

There have been dozens and dozens of reports about how Blake Lively’s It Ends With Us controversy ruined her friendship with Taylor Swift.

After Blake accused Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment and retaliation in 2024, she started spending less time with the pop star in public until reports surfaced that they were no longer on speaking terms!

Taylor was said to be pissed that she was pulled into the controversy, denying she had anything to do with the film kerfuffle. However, new text messages show she was more involved than initially believed.

Interestingly, it now appears that their friendship hit a rough patch before the media headlines started swirling! It was actually about two weeks before Blake made her allegations against the director that she opened up to Taylor about feeling a change in their friendship.

Related: Jenny Slate Calls ‘Fraud’ Justin Baldoni ‘The Biggest Clown’ & ‘Most Intense Narcissist’

In messages unsealed in new court documents on Tuesday, and initially sent on the evening of December 4, 2024, the Gossip Girl star wrote:

“Hey, just checking in. I have no reason to ask, but I donno, I’ve been feeling like I should… is everything ok? I felt like a bad friend lately because I was such a sad sack who only talked about my own s**t for months. You were generous to not only be the key person there for me during all of it, but also to let me off the hook for being so in it. But I still have a feeling something may not be right. I told Ryan [Reynolds]. He said to just ask you. But I felt stupid and like it sounded needy and awkward for everyone, especially bc I can’t explain why I have this feeling. And you know I have toxic masculinity so I can’t be needy. But also, I do want to know everything is good so I’m asking. I always want the opportunity to be a better friend if there’s something I unintentionally did. I know how busy and taxed you are – physically, emotionally, practically, so I don’t expect any more from you ever. Just want to make sure all is good. ”

About an hour later, Taylor replied:

“No you’re not wrong, but it’s also not a big deal. I think I’m just exhausted in every avenue of my life and in recent months had been feeling a little bit of a shift in the way you talk to me. Yes there has been a lot of the Justin stuff but I’ve been through things like this before and I know how all consuming it is. It’s more like… and I feel really bad saying anything about this because your texts have been so nice in their intent but your last few… it’s felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees. You said the world ‘we’ like 18 times. And it feels awful to be in any way critical of any way you process what you’ve been going through but I just kinda miss my funny, dark, normal-speaking friend who talks to me as herself, not like. A plural unit. When it’s a group I’m hearing from, I feel distanced from you even more than we are geographically.”

That all makes total sense!

After some redacted content, the Lover singer continued:

“And I know you feel attacked from all sides for ridiculous reasons so you’re feeling like you have to overly explain things or be overly nice or whatever but. It’s me! That’s just caused a little distance.”

Fair, fair.

After more redacted information, she concluded:

“And you don’t need to apologize. Just come back please ”

This is honestly a great example of open communication between friends!

Just before 2 a.m. the next morning, the actress teasingly replied:

“Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your feedback. We at headquarters are reviewing your concerns and will get back to you in a timely manner.

For real though. You’re right. I literally deleted the awful thing I was gonna end that bit with because I’ve become digitally paranoid. I don’t know if you experienced that with phone calls after what happened to you, but after the thousands of text messages that weren’t meant for me that I’ve been reading, I’ve internalized that everything digital may be public. I say that knowing it’s irrational. But my brain can’t accept rationale there. So yeah, I’ve been texting like I’m writing. Not like me talking. I didn’t realize that until you pointed it out, but I see it.

On top of that, I’m over packaging simple things bc I’ve felt so deeply misunderstood that I don’t trust my judgement myself anymore. That sounds over the top but it’s true. This f**king guy and what he did to me gave me an identity crisis. Legitimately.

The thing that spooked me most in all this though, wasn’t the bad guys being bad guys, it was the good guys, my lifelong friends -allies to women- who quietly dipped. And so I’m probably being over the top with my friends who stayed because I’ve never felt more alone.

The track is very violin heavy. I hate it.

Point is, I’m being a stupid paranoid weirdo and felt it but didn’t know where or how or when, so thank you for telling me and for saying I don’t need to apologize and for not making it a big deal. But I am sorry. to you. And I’m sorry to me and to our kids. F**k that guy and f**k his whole gaggle of supervillains.

You’ve got enough on you. You don’t need to write back to all this. Just letting you know I see it now. And thank you. I’m excited for you to be done with suitcases, constant sinus infections and torn up kneecaps. So close.

Your submission will be processed shortly. We thank you again for your patronage.

Blakel Inc.”

Well, we guess Blake was right to feel paranoid seeing as how all the texts are out in the open now. But the unfortunate irony of that is none of these would be public had it not been for all of this becoming a drawn out legal battle in the first place.

Taylor responded minutes later:

“First paragraph took me OUT”

Later that day, they discussed Justin speaking out about being “sexually traumatized” by an ex and continued to complain about the behind the scenes issues of the film. See HERE.

Seems like it just got too much for Taylor — and this was before it was all in the press! No wonder things have been rocky since the suit. Per reports, Blake hasn’t given up on trying to mend things, but now we know why Taylor initially pulled back!

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