Taylor Swift Had ‘No Creative Involvement’ in It Ends With Us
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Despite Taylor Swift’s name being mentioned in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal saga, multiple sources tell Us Weekly that the pop star was not involved in the production of It Ends With Us.
“Taylor has always been Blake’s friend, but Taylor doesn’t have any involvement in the case. She wasn’t part of the movie,” the source says. “Taylor was not a producer on the film and had no creative involvement.”
Swift, 35, and Lively, 37, have been friends since 2015. Lively even asked (and was granted) permission to use Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet” in the It Ends With Us trailer. Baldoni’s legal team, meanwhile, has claimed that Swift could be deposed during the forthcoming trial.
“While she and Blake are friends, this case is now a legal matter for the courts to resolve,” the insider adds. “Dragging Taylor into it is unnecessary and misrepresents what really happened.”
Blake Lively and Taylor Swift’s friendship is as strong as ever amid the It Ends With Us star’s legal drama with Justin Baldoni. Speculation of a rift between Swift, 35, and Lively, 37, began when a report claimed that the Eras Tour performer had “taken a step back” from her pal after she was apparently […]
A second source further points out to Us that Swift was “on tour” while the 2024 movie was being made. (Swift headlined her Eras Tour across multiple continents between March 2023 and December 2024.)
“Taylor never even saw the film or a single scene from it until the movie was in theaters,” the second insider notes. “She is not relevant to the case.”
Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, 41, in December 2024, accusing her It Ends With Us costar and director of sexual harassment and fostering a hostile work environment. The actress, who was an executive producer on the film adaptation, also claimed that Baldoni tried to launch a campaign to destroy her reputation.
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Justin Baldoni’s lawyer is addressing the possibility of deposing Taylor Swift in the actor’s lawsuit against It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively. “I don’t know that we’re going to depose Taylor Swift or not,” attorney Bryan Freedman said on the Wednesday, February 5, edition of TMZ’s “Two Angry Men” podcast. “I […]
Baldoni vehemently and repeatedly denied the accusations, filing two lawsuits of his own last month. He first filed a $250 million defamation suit against The New York Times for publishing Lively’s accusations, later filing a separate case against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and publicist Leslie Sloane for an additional $400 million. He claimed that Lively was “determined to make Baldoni the real-life villain in her story” to mask her alleged “tone-deaf” promotion of the film.
Both The Times and Lively denied the allegations before the two actors’ attorneys met for the first hearing earlier this month. While a trial date has been set for March 9, 2026, a judge ruled that it could be moved up if complaints continue to be “litigated in the press.”
“We are pleased with the result of today’s hearing and eager to move forward immediately with discovery in this case,” Lively’s team told Us in a statement. “The Court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury. This case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. We will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, Ms. Lively will prevail.”
Baldoni’s attorneys, meanwhile, told Us, “Our clients are devastated and want to move the case along as quickly as possible. We just couldn’t be more pleased with how the case was handled today, how it was managed. We’re going to move as quickly as we possibly can and prove our innocence, in a world where sometimes people judge you before they give you a chance. And we’re going to change that.”
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