Taylor Swift crossed Blake Lively off the guest list for Selena Gomez’s 33rd birthday bash. Lively reportedly stirred bad blood with her messy $400 million lawsuit against the director and star of her film, It Ends With Us. The legal drama pulled Swift into the spotlight and cast Lively in a mean-girl light.
Not long ago, Blake Lively stood side by side with her pal Taylor Swift in the Kansas City Chiefs’ stadium skybox, cheering for Swift’s football-star boyfriend, Travis Kelce. Now, the actress doesn’t even make the singer’s party list.
Behind the scenes, sources said Gomez approved of Lively’s exclusion from her 1970s disco-themed party filled with glitzy gowns and fur-trimmed coats. “Selena wanted love, light, and platform boots, not subpoenas and side-eyes,” an insider explained.
Another of Swift’s close friends, model Gigi Hadid, has also distanced herself from Lively.
Insiders now believe Swift used Lively’s absence from Gomez’s party to send her former bestie a message: It Ends With Us.
“Nervous Hollywood”
In addition, people in Hollywood are “nervous” around the 38-year-old, and directors have reportedly started steering clear of her.
“She’s talented, yes – but she’s built a reputation for being controlling,” an insider from a top studio claimed, adding that filmmakers now ask themselves if they “really want that drama.”
Lively’s ongoing legal feud with Justin Baldoni has only fueled the hesitation. “Directors watched It Ends with Us collapse under the weight of scandal,” a source explained. “They don’t want to be the next Baldoni.”
Life of a…
Meanwhile, the music world is buzzing over whether Life of a Showgirl marks Taylor Swift’s next chapter. But for Blake Lively, the announcement lands differently. What fans celebrate as artistry, she reportedly interprets as a looming threat.
Once a fixture in Swift’s inner circle, the actress now awaits the album with quiet dread, fearing her own unraveling set to melody. “Taylor’s lyrics can be brutal,” an insider warned – a reminder that Lively may soon find herself immortalized as Swift’s newest cautionary tale.
