Taylor Swift dragged into Justin Baldoni's lawsuit against Blake

Taylor Swift has been dragged into Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal dispute. Amid Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Ryan Reynolds, the actress’s publicist Leslie Sloan and the couple’s publicity firm Vision PR, is a claim that Swift and Reynolds pressured him into giving Lively more creative say in their film It Ends With Us.

It all centers around the film’s pivotal rooftop scene — which Lively publicly credited Reynolds with writing. In the 179-page lawsuit, Baldoni said he was approached by Lively who wanted to “take a pass” at writing the scene.

“Lively boasted that she had even written for her husband’s movies,” the lawsuit, which was filed on Jan. 16, stated.

Lively’s draft was allegedly “dramatically different” than what Baldoni had written. (He directed the film and starred as Lively’s love interest Ryle.) “Baldoni was hesitant about many of the changes, but thanked Lively for her passion and diplomatically told her that the scene would likely end up being somewhere between the original version and Lively’s version,” according to the lawsuit.

Lively purportedly went “silent” for days and then summoned Baldoni to her New York penthouse. Upon arriving, he was allegedly “greeted” by Reynolds “who launched into enthusiastic praise for Lively’s version of the scene.” Swift apparently made an unexpected appearance at the end of their meeting.

“Hours later … a famous, and famously close, friend of Reynolds and Lively, walked into the room and similarly began praising Lively’s script,” the lawsuit claimed. Although Swift was initially not mentioned, the famous person is referred to as “Taylor” in texts between Lively and Baldoni after the meeting.

According to the lawsuit, Baldoni felt “obliged” to “comply with Lively’s direction for the script.”

In a text exchange from April 2023, Baldoni told Lively he loved what she did with the rooftop scene. He added, “It really does help a lot. Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan and Taylor) [winky face emoji]. You really are a talent across the board. Really excited [and] grateful to do this together.”

Here is Lively’s full response in which she seemingly referred to Reynolds and Swift as her “dragons.”

That’s very appreciated. And means a lot. I’m deeply inspired by the film we’re gonna make outside of the success of this book. We have such an opportunity to not only surprise people who love the book, but reach an even bigger audience by making an undeniably dynamic and also commercial film.

The moment that excited me most the other day was when you said you’re not funny. You. Are. Going. To. Kill. That. Rooftop. Scene. You know it, I’m sure. Even though it was said in playful self deprecation that we all participate in, it made me think of the process as a whole.

Please know, I trust that on the day you’ve got me. And I hope you trust that I’ve got you, if you want it.

We’re in this together. And we are two of this [sic] most determined people I know. We also have very high bars set for ourselves. To collaborate with that type of partner is a gift that neither of us will squander. Because we both care too much about the result and also the experience.

I have no motives except for you to win. As a director. As an actor. As a studio. As a writer. If you win, I win. If you win our movie wins. We are aligned. And I will bring everything I have to this.

As for [redacted] and Ryan (and [redacted] for that matter). I’m the luckiest motherf***er on the planet to have them as my “Dance Moms” level stage moms. They are embarrassingly effusive.

That said, they’re also my most trusted partners and the people I go to first with anything creative I touch. And I’m the person they each go to first. That reciprocal creativity and support has been one of my life’s greatest and most fulfilling gifts.

When they loved and signed off on the pages, I felt good to send them to you.

They asked what you thought specifically after. They checked in so many times. I told them that you laughed a bunch and said it’s probably a blend but you appreciate my passion so much.

Which of course didn’t feel great for me. Or them. To have my passion be praised instead of any specific contribution. Or even just that you didn’t like the pages. Which was fine also.

So I think they wanted you and me to see how they felt about the work because they’ve been by my side for far too many experiences where I’ve been overlooked. I spoke to you about this when we first met. They’ve watched me hand write scripts because the director is too afraid to send the FDX file yet he scans and has someone hand type all 120 pages of my pencil rewrites. They’ve watched me be hired as a writer and paid a significant fee for it but on the condition that I never ask for credit, which I could not give a shit about. it’s more the principle of the dynamics at play. They’ve watched the other side of it too where I’m told at signing on that I’m wanted as a true collaborator, but once we get to work, I’m really just wanted as a “yes man” audience and actor

Both Ryan and [redacted] have established themselves as absolute titans as writers and storytellers outside of their primary gig- just singing or acting or [redacted] just directing. I’m so lucky to have them as creative barometers. But also to have them as people who prop me up and make sure I’m seen for all I can, and do, offer. Because they know firsthand all I contribute. They also know I’m not always as good at making sure I’m seen and utilized for fear of threatening egos, or fear of affecting the ease of process. They don’t give a shit about that. And because of that, everyone listens to them with immense respect and enthusiasm. So I guess I have to stop worrying about people liking me [i don’t know emoji]

If you ever get around to watching Game of Thrones, you’ll appreciate that I’m Khaleesi, and like her, I happen to have a few dragons. For better or worse, but usually for better. Because my dragons also protect those I fight for. So really we all benefit from those monsters of mine [smile emoji] you will too, I can promise you.

Yahoo reached out to representatives for Swift, Lively and Reynolds but did not immediately receive responses.

As for the rooftop scene that Lively said at the film’s August premiere that Reynolds wrote, the lawsuit stated, “This startling revelation directly contradicted Lively’s previous insistence that she had written the scene — and certainly casts Reynolds’s high praise for the rewritten scene in a different light.”

Lively sued Baldoni and others for alleged sexual harassment, retaliation and more in a bombshell complaint in December. Baldoni denied the allegations.

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