Taylor Swift vigorously defended herself after a series of private emails discussing her involvement in the film It Ends with Us were leaked to the media.
The ongoing court battle between Blake Lively and her co-star, Justin Baldoni, has reached Taylor Swift’s front door.
The actor and movie director revealed in a court document that Lively sent multiple emails to pressure him to change the project.
Justin Baldoni stated that Blake Lively used Swift and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, as shields to try to rewrite scenes in It Ends with Us.
Taylor Swift is said to be baffled and blindsided by the mention of her name in the lawsuit. A person close to the singer spoke to the Daily Mail and revealed that she is not an advisor or counsel to Lively; she is a friend with good intentions, a fact that she believes has been misconstrued in the lawsuit.
The source told the outlet: “Taylor is proud of the film because her music was featured in it, which gave her a sense of involvement, though she wasn’t fully aware of the extent of the project’s developments.”
Swift clarified that she has never controlled or influenced the actress in any significant career choices. The insider claimed: “She is confused by the claims in the suit, as her connection to Blake is purely a friendship, with no interest in influencing or controlling Blake‘s projects.”
In the lawsuit, Justin Baldoni claimed he was uncomfortable when Swift walked in during a private meeting with Lively about rewriting the script.
Baldoni said in the $400 million lawsuit he filed against Lively: “Blake then allegedly invited Justin over to her house to discuss her rewrite, where her husband, Ryan Reynolds, launched into enthusiastic praise for [Blake’s version of the scene]. Hours later, as the meeting was ending, a famous and famously close friend of [Ryan and Blake] walked into the room and similarly began praising [Blake’s] script.[Justin] understood the subtext: he needed to comply with [Blake’s] direction for the script.”
Swift responded that the actor misinterpreted her actions and did not intentionally hijack the meeting. The source added: “Taylor did not purposely plan to be there during the meeting. She was simply coming over to hang out with her pal but arrived while the meeting—which was supposed to have been wrapped up—was still going on.”
The insider then added: “She finds Justin’s interpretation of the encounter perplexing, and those close to her suspect she’s being drawn into the situation as a means to target Blake.”
Taylor Swift concluded that she was being polite, nothing more, nothing less. The source stated: “This was the first time that Taylor ever met Justin. She had no idea who he was, and Taylor was simply polite. She was polite to him as she is to everyone she meets.”
In her lengthy email to Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively referred to her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and her unnamed celebrity friend, Taylor Swift, as trusted partners who loved and signed off on the script’s rewrites.
She also claimed that Swift and Reynolds praised her contribution. Here is the email: “[Ryan and the unnamed celebrity friend] are 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 [script rewrites I did], 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.”
The private email continued: “Both Ryan and [blanked out name] have established themselves as absolute titans as writers and storytellers outside their primary gig. 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 do and do offer.”
The fight is getting messy.
