Even essentially the most seemingly unshakable superstar friendships aren’t proof against Hollywood’s fragile ecosystem of scandals. Following the unending controversies surrounding It Ends With Us stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, Taylor Swift is reportedly taking a step again from her friendship with Vigorous—a transfer prompted by the actress allegedly pulling the popstar into the fray.
In keeping with insiders, Swift is “actually harm” by the state of affairs and appears like she’s been used as a “pawn” within the ongoing authorized battle between the actress and her co-star/director.
“Taylor desires nothing to do with this ordeal,” a supply advised Page Six, including that the singer is “holding her distance” from Vigorous and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.
On the coronary heart of the controversy is a sequence of alleged texts filed in Baldoni’s $644 million countersuit towards Vigorous, wherein the director claims he was pressured to adjust to Vigorous’s rewrite of a pivotal rooftop scene within the movie adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel.
Whereas Swift’s full title was by no means explicitly talked about, a textual content alternate depicts the director agreeing with the adjustments as Vigorous seemingly gushes over Reynolds and Swift, calling them “absolute titans” and referring to them as “dragons” who shield her in her battles.
In his go well with, Baldoni argues that he “felt obliged to textual content Vigorous to say that he had favored her pages and hadn’t wanted Reynolds and her mega-celebrity pal to strain him.”
“The message couldn’t have been clearer,” his authorized illustration said. “Baldoni was not simply coping with Vigorous. He was additionally dealing with Vigorous’s ‘dragons,’ two of essentially the most influential and rich celebrities on the planet, who weren’t afraid to make issues very tough for him.”
Followers rapidly speculated Swift was one of many ‘mega’ celebrities, reportedly leaving the songstress unimpressed. A lot in order that it’s believed she deliberately didn’t invite Vigorous again as a Superbowl visitor.
A friendship spanning almost a decade, Swift and Vigorous have lengthy been a tight-knit duo, their bond regularly documented via joint vacation celebrations and Lively’s directorial debut with Swift’s ‘I Bet You Think About Me’ music video. However for now, it appears the singer is selecting distance over drama, regardless of throwing the actress a raucous 37th birthday party las 12 months.
As tensions solely proceed to swirl round It Ends With Us, one factor is evident: Swift has no real interest in being a supporting character in a Hollywood feud.
