‘What Happened Between Blake Lively & Taylor Swift?’ Trend Explained Amid Latest Friendship Update

Blake Lively scored a major legal victory when a federal judge dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit on Monday, June 9. However, the ongoing lawsuit drama has reportedly strained her decade-long friendship with Taylor Swift.

Baldoni’s defamation lawsuit against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and The New York Times was dismissed by a federal judge, while reports suggest Swift and Lively’s friendship has “halted” amid the legal battle. So what really happened between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift?

Why is ‘What happened between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift?’ trending?

According to sources close to Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, the close friendship between the duo is yet to be rekindled. As per Us Weekly, an insider claimed that Justin Baldoni’s lawsuit getting dismissed was “great news for Blake” but “she hasn’t rekindled her friendship with Taylor yet.”

The insider added, “Taylor has not been in touch with Blake and still does not want to discuss anything to do with the lawsuit.” However, Lively is seemingly “hopeful” that the duo can “rekindle their friendship.” The source clarified, “But as of now, there is still distance.”

Previously, sources had noted that the Grammy-winning pop legend was “shocked” when she got to know she was mentioned in Lively’s work messages and essentially dragged into the lawsuit drama. An insider the time told Us Weekly, “Taylor and Blake have talked, but it’s strained.” The source further claimed, “Their friendship is not what it used to be.”

Meanwhile, Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, has broken silence over Lively’s “victory” in the lawsuit drama. Freedman stated, Lively and her team’s “predictable declaration of victory is false.” (via People)

For the uninitiated, a federal judge dismissed Justin Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit against Blake Lively on June 9, dealing a major blow to the director’s legal battle. Judge Lewis J. Liman also threw out Baldoni’s $250 million libel case against The New York Times.

The judge stated that Baldoni’s lawyers can still submit the claims for “breach of implied covenant and tortious interference with contract” by June 23. Speaking of the new update, Freedman said, “This case is about false accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation and a nonexistent smear campaign, which Ms. Lively’s own team conveniently describes as ‘untraceable’ because they cannot prove what never happened.”

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