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\n\tBlake Lively\u2019s personal text messages with Taylor Swift<\/a> have now been made public, the latest in the ongoing litigation connected to the movie\u00a0It Ends With Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tAs previously reported<\/a>, a judge determined that the friends\u2019 conversations about the working environment on set are relevant to Lively\u2019s sexual harassment and retaliation claims against co-star and director Justin Baldoni.<\/p>\n \n\tBaldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, prevailed in court last June on the issue of Swift\u2019s text messages, which have taken center stage in Lively\u2019s\u00a0lawsuit. Some of those have come to light.<\/p>\n \n\tThis week, several batches of back-and-forths have been released in which Baldoni is allegedly labelled a \u201cdoofus director,\u201d a \u201cclown\u201d and a \u201cbitch\u201d who runs with a \u201cgaggle of supervillains.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn one exchange from December 2024, labelled \u201cExhibit 89\u201d and seen by Billboard<\/em>, Swift apparently references a favorable published story on Baldoni, quipping: \u201cI think this bitch knows something is coming because he\u2019s gotten out his tiny violin.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSwift also likens the broader situation with Baldoni and others to \u201ca horror film no one knows is taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn an earlier message, chunks of which are redacted, Lively apparently apologizes for soaking up so much of Swift\u2019s time and energy on various matters. \u201cNo, you\u2019re not wrong, but it\u2019s also not a big deal,\u201d Swift responds. \u201cI think I\u2019m just exhausted in every avenue of my life and in recent months had been feeling a little bit of a shift in the way you talk to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAnd with it, a reset. And an injection of humor. \u201cThis f\u2014ing guy and what he did to me gave me an identify crisis. Legitimately,\u201d Lively writes, before adding, \u201cF\u2014 that guy and his whole gaggle of supervillains.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBillboard <\/em>has reached out to Swift\u2019s reps for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tBaldoni first tried<\/a> to get the texts directly from Swift herself, but then\u00a0dropped his subpoena<\/a>\u00a0on the pop superstar, opting instead to seek the messages from Lively in the normal discovery process. The filmmaker had tried to bring a countersuit accusing Lively and her inner circle of defamation, but Judge Liman threw out those claims as legally invalid mid-2025.<\/p>\n