Taylor Swift and Blake Lively used to be extremely close friends, but their relationship reportedly hit a rough patch amid Lively’s legal battle with her It Ends With Us co-star, Justin Baldoni. Fans speculate that Swift’s new track, Ruin the Friendship, from her album Life of a Showgirl, might reflect the tension between the two, although neither Swift nor Lively has publicly commented on the matter.
Sources close to Swift say she and Lively are currently not speaking. Media reports suggest Swift felt hurt after being drawn into the legal proceedings, even though Lively’s team had initially tried to keep her out of it. This legal involvement is believed to have strained their bond.
While fans think the song could be about Lively, reports indicate that Swift had developed Ruin the Friendship during her London leg of the Eras Tour, before she was subpoenaed. Insiders noted that the two “halted” their friendship and were “taking some space,” with their relationship no longer as close as it once was.
The friendship between Swift and Lively goes back to 2014. They were extremely close, with Lively naming Swift the godmother of all her daughters with Ryan Reynolds. Swift has also featured the children in her music videos and even mentioned their names in her song Folklore.
A source revealed that two months after the legal issues, the pair are trying to repair their friendship, but things “aren’t the same as they were before.”
