"Picture this: You've just received a text from Taylor Swift. It's easy to imagine her missives resembling her famously personal song lyrics. Something honest and vulnerable, like, "I just wanted you to know that this is me trying," or tender, like, "I don't wanna miss you like this. Come back, be here," or even sassy, like, "Good thing I like my friends canceled.""
""I think I'm just exhausted in every avenue of my life," Swift seemingly wrote to her friend Blake Lively in December 2024. "You don't need to apologize. Just come back please." Earlier that year, Swift apparently praised her longtime friend's tenacity: "No one. Should ever. Get into a war of wills with you." Several text messages between Swift and Lively were recently made public amid Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni, her director and costar on the hit 2024 movie "It Ends with Us.""
"These particular texts presumably became relevant to the lawsuit because Baldoni's name was mentioned (or alluded to, as when Lively wrote to Swift about "this doofus director of my movie"). In some cases, they speak to Lively's state of mind while the two actors were filming "It Ends With Us," and amid the breakdown of Lively and Baldoni's working relationship."
Unsealed court documents revealed communications between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively amid Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Swift wrote candid, emotionally direct lines in December 2024 expressing exhaustion and pleading for reconnection. Earlier messages praised Lively's tenacity and warned against engaging in a war of wills. Some exchanges referenced Baldoni or described him as "this doofus director" and related to filming the 2024 movie It Ends With Us. The communications offer insight into Lively's state of mind during production and the breakdown of her working relationship with Baldoni. Several messages showcase Swift's thoughtful, songwriter-like phrasing and emotional honesty.
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