Taylor Swift's private text messages with friend Blake Lively have been dragged into the latter's ongoing legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. Shortly after Lively filed a "hostile work environment" complaint against Baldoni with the California Civil Rights Department in December 2024, details emerged about Swift's potential involvement in the controversy. The singer-songwriter notably allowed her 2020 song "My Tears Ricochet" to be used in It Ends With Us, but has repeatedly tried to publicly distance herself from the drama and denied direct involvement with the movie. Baldoni's legal team, led by Bryan Freedman, stunned legal observers by announcing in September 2025 that Swift "agreed to appear" for a deposition, though the singer's spokesperson later clarified that she "did not agree to a deposition" and would only comply if "forced into a deposition" by the court. (Judge Lewis J. Liman ultimately ruled in September 2025 that Swift would not be deposed because a proposed date would fall outside the discovery process.) As Baldoni and Lively's lawyers gear up for a May 2026 trial, private text exchanges between the actress and Swift were released by Team Lively in response to Team Baldoni's "motion for summary judgement." In these messages, Swift allegedly referred to Baldoni as a "bitch" who got out his "tiny violin" as the scandal exploded in December 2024. Blake Lively Supports Taylor Swift's Album Amid Justin Baldoni Legal Drama Keep scrolling for a full rundown of Swift-specific text exchanges - or head here for an even deeper dive into the newly-released documents. April 12, 2023, Part 1 The first set of texts involve the alleged run-in that Justin Baldoni had with Taylor Swift at Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds' New York City apartment during production of It Ends With Us. In one text message, Lively allegedly asked Swift - who is only referred to as "Sender/Recip Name Not Available" in these documents- for help in winning over Baldoni to her changes in the It Ends With Us script. Lively referred to Baldoni as her "doofus director" and guessed that she would be "ushering him out" around the time Swift was supposed to stop by. "Hope he's still here... Can you do me a huge favor. I need help with him," Lively asked. "Can you tell him you are excited for the movie. That you read the book but what you're freaking out over is the [script] pages I sent you. What a magnetic scene that is. Or whatever descriptives you're comfortable [with]." Later in the exchange, Lively suggested that Swift "[didn't] have to read [the scene] of course," but stressed that it would be "a quick read." (In her July 2025 deposition, Lively confirmed she'd "sent Taylor the script on her way to my apartment because Justin was still there, and I asked her to read them. I told her she didn't have to, I didn't want her to feel pressured to do that, but I hoped that she would.") Lively claimed that Swift "dug a movie out of a grave once already for me" and then sent along revised script pages for It Ends With Us. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in April 2025. Getty Images; CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP "I'll do anything for you," Swift replied, with Lively adding: "I love you thank you!!" A previously unsealed exhibit in the case offered context on what allegedly went down at Lively and Reynolds' apartment. Baldoni's lawyers claimed that Swift and Hugh Jackman were both present when the Deadpool actor allegedly "unloaded" on Baldoni. Reynolds reportedly accused Baldoni of "fat-shaming Blake" for allegedly reaching out to Lively's personal trainer to ask about his costar's weight. (Baldoni later insisted that he contacted the trainer because he didn't want to aggravate a back injury while shooting an It Ends With Us scene where he'd have to lift Lively.) According to Baldoni's attorneys, the filmmaker felt "completely embarrassed and apologized and even shared some tears" during his confrontation with Reynolds. "[The] confrontation by Reynolds and Lively was so aggressive that Baldoni felt he had no choice but to offer repeated (and completely unwarranted) apologies," his lawyers wrote in court filings. April 12, 2023, Part 2 A second set of text messages were sent after the alleged showdown at Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' apartment. (In these exchanges, Taylor Swift is once again referred to as "Sender/Recip Name Not Available.") "You were so epically heroic today," Lively wrote. "I recapped every moment to Ryan. I kept remembering stuff - You making s*** up about me and lenses. And referring to yourself as my doll. This clown falling for all of it. But also resisting it. You are the worlds absolutely greatest friend. I won the lottery." Swift allegedly responded, "I WON THE LOTTERY. You are the COOLEST PERSON IN THE WORLD and you like me!!" Lively followed up with a series of messages venting about Justin Baldoni allegedly telling Swift that he "doesn't know pop culture." "[It] made me more mad than anyth