Taylor Swift and Blake Lively 'not speaking' amid new diss track
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Reports suggest that Taylor Swift has ceased all communication with Blake Lively as she prepares to release a new album, which fans believe contains a track aimed at the actress, reflecting recent tensions in their friendship.

Their once-close bond has been under scrutiny ever since Swift’s involvement in Lively’s legal issues with Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director of It Ends With Us, which surfaced in December 2024. 

According to Baldoni’s legal team, Lively allegedly attempted to ‘coerce’ Swift into publicly supporting her and even encouraged her to delete messages, resulting in Swift being subpoenaed, despite her efforts to remain uninvolved.

Baldoni’s team eventually withdrew the paperwork, but the fallout had already taken its toll, as a source told DailyMail.com at the time that Swift ‘is done’ with Lively, feeling she had been ‘exploited.’

On Aug. 13, Swift, 35, announced her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a track titled Ruin the Friendship — a song rumored to be about her relationship with Lively, 37. 

Now, a source close to the situation tells People, ‘Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking.’

Taylor Swift has reportedly cut off communication with Blake Lively as she gears up to release a new album fans believe contains a diss track aimed at the actress, following a rocky turn in their friendship

Taylor Swift has reportedly cut off communication with Blake Lively as she gears up to release a new album fans believe contains a diss track aimed at the actress, following a rocky turn in their friendship

The longtime pals' relationship has been under the spotlight ever since Swift's name got dragged into Lively¿s legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni , which began in December 2024; (seen in June)

The longtime pals’ relationship has been under the spotlight ever since Swift’s name got dragged into Lively’s legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni , which began in December 2024; (seen in June)

DailyMail.com has not received a response after reaching out to representatives for Swift and Lively for comment. 

The pair weren’t always at odds — their friendship stretches back to 2014 and was once famously tight. 

Swift, who serves as godmother to Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ daughters, even wove the family into her music. 

Lively and Reynolds’ daughter James has a voice cameo on Swift’s Reputation track Gorgeous.

All three girls — James, Inez, and Betty — are also name-dropped in Folklore, showing just how closely their lives were once intertwined.  

With the Baldoni drama heating up and Swift gearing up to release her new album, however, fans are losing it over what’s really going on between the two stars — especially after the reveal of the track Ruin the Friendship.

Online chatter has exploded, with users speculating whether the song takes aim at her former best friend and the rumored fallout.

Swift has long blurred the line between truth and storytelling, so fans should brace for something more cinematic than factual. 

On Aug. 13, Swift, 35, announced her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a track titled Ruin the Friendship ¿ a song rumored to be about her relationship with Lively, 37; (seen in February 2024)

On Aug. 13, Swift, 35, announced her upcoming album The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a track titled Ruin the Friendship — a song rumored to be about her relationship with Lively, 37; (seen in February 2024)

Now, a source close to the situation tells People , 'Taylor and Blake aren¿t speaking'

Now, a source close to the situation tells People , ‘Taylor and Blake aren’t speaking’

Swift, however, essentially shut down the rumors. 

She explained on New Heights with boyfriend Travis Kelce that she worked on the album while ‘in Europe for the Eras Tour,’ long before any drama with the Gossip Girl star arose. 

Swift, whose hit song ‘My Tears Ricochet’ was featured on the soundtrack of the 2024 film It Ends With Us, was pulled into the rollercoaster saga earlier this year when Baldoni filed a $400million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan of defamation.

Explosives text messages from Baldoni’s complaint revealed Lively had referred to the superstar singer and her husband, as ‘my dragons’ in a bid to intimidate him over ill-fated flick It Ends With Us.

In January, a source told DailyMail.com: ‘Her 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.’ 

Since then, Swift has reportedly been trying to distance herself from the scandal as well as her friendship with Lively.

Those efforts have included icing Lively out of her inner circle while boyfriend Travis Kelce has unfollowed Reynolds on Instagram.

The revelation marks yet another bombshell twist in a case that has dragged in multiple A-listers and resulted in some legal zingers – among them Lively’s dragon claim.

The mom-of-four has also been accused of failing to read the novel on which the movie is based until well after filming started and forcing Baldoni and his family to sit in the basement during the premiere due to her refusal to be in the same room as him.

Lively and Swift's friendship soured after the popstar got dragged into the actress's lawsuit against Baldoni, her co-star and director in the It Ends With Us movie

Baldoni then filed a $400million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan of defamation

Lively and Swift’s friendship soured after the popstar got dragged into the actress’s lawsuit against Baldoni, her co-star and director in the It Ends With Us movie. Baldoni (R) then filed a $400million countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan (L) of defamation

Last month Taylor's boyfriend Travis Kelce unfollowed Blake's husband Ryan on Instagram; Taylor and Travis seen in 2024

Last month Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce unfollowed Blake’s husband Ryan on Instagram; Taylor and Travis seen in 2024

On top of that, some of her allegations have begun to look dubious such as the claim that Baldoni had nuzzled her neck and told her ‘you smell so good’ during a dancing scene.

Although she claimed it had been filmed with microphones off, DailyMail.com obtained raw footage that showed the sound was on and that the conversation had instead been about the scent of Lively’s fake tan.

Attention has now turned to who else could be subpoenaed in the case, with Reynolds odds-on to have his communications scrutinized by Baldoni’s team.

Speculation arose around Swift and Reynolds’ friend Hugh Jackman with reports saying that they too are facing a legal grilling.

Up until this year, Swift counted Lively among her closest confidantes.

They live just a stone’s throw away from each other in New York’s trendy Tribeca neighborhood, and Swift is godmother to Lively’s three daughters.

But things soured in December when Lively sued Baldoni, her co-star and director in the It Ends With Us movie adaptation of the popular Colleen Hoover novel.

The film at the heart of the feud, based on the 2016 bestseller by Colleen Hoover, was released in August and was a box office hit

The film at the heart of the feud, based on the 2016 bestseller by Colleen Hoover, was released in August and was a box office hit

The following month, when Baldoni filed a countersuit accusing Lively and her husband Ryan of defamation, Swift was dragged into the mix.

Contained in Baldoni’s filing were screenshots of text messages and emails that named Swift.

Baldoni also claimed that Swift was present at a pivotal meeting about the movie, held by Lively and Reynolds at their New York penthouse.

For her part, a source close to Swift has said she simply arrived to find the meeting underway and had no involvement.

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