Pop icon Taylor Swift’s friendship with Blake Lively is at jeopardy and could imploded as the singer was dragged into her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
RadarOnline.com reported that the singer feels “exploited” by her former best pal and was left “devastated” when she was subpoenaed as a witness in the case last Friday.
Swift, previously counted Lively, as one of her closest confidants and is godmother to the Gossip Girl star’s three daughters. However, things soured in December when Lively sued Baldoni, her co-star and director in the movie, It Ends With Us, accusing him of sexual harassment, as well as coordinating a smear campaign against her.
When Baldoni, countersued in January, accusing Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, of defamation, Swift was dragged into the mix.
Contained in Baldoni’s filing were screenshots of text messages and emails that named Swift.
One particularly uncomfortable exchange allegedly shows Lively referring to herself as Khaleesi — a character in Games of Thrones — and to Swift as one of her “dragons.”
Baldoni also claimed Swift was present at a pivotal meeting about the movie, held by Lively and Reynolds at their New York penthouse.
For her part, a source close to Swift has said that she simply arrived to find the meeting underway and had no involvement.
The ordeal reportedly left Swift feeling “used” by Lively, and she subsequently took a “step back” from their relationship.
But, while all parties deny the allegations against them, the ugly suggestion is that Swift had more involvement in the production of It Ends With Us than she would like people to know.
