How Blake Lively used 'epically heroic' Taylor Swift to convince 'doofus' Justin Baldoni to get her way, explosive court papers claim

Blake Lively’s catty texts with Taylor Swift have been revealed as part of the lawsuit over the movie It Ends With Us.

The pair traded unflattering remarks about Justin Baldoni, the director and Lively's co-star in the movie, whom she is suing for sexual harassment.

According to court papers, Lively called Baldoni the ‘doofus director of my movie’ while Swift agreed to help her, saying: ‘I’ll do anything for you!’

After a meeting about changing the script, Lively called Swift the ‘absolute greatest friend ever’.

In other texts, Swift gave Lively advice about using one of her songs in the film and suggested that Baldoni was not 'strategic'.

Just before a bombshell article in the New York Times outlining Lively’s claims was due to come out in December 2024, Swift told her friend: ‘I think this b**** [Baldoni] knows something is coming because he’s gotten out his tiny violin’.

The court papers also reveal that Lively bad-mouthed Baldoni to her other famous friends, including Matt Damon and his wife Lucy, and she allegedly told Ben Affleck that Baldoni was a ‘chaotic clown’.

The texts were revealed in a lengthy court document filed in the federal court in New York in which Lively responded to dozens of claims made by Baldoni.

In the file, Baldoni’s lawyers wrote: ‘On April 12, 2023, Lively asked her friend, the world-famous musician Taylor Swift, for help.

‘Referring to Baldoni as "this doofus director of my movie," she went on to describe him as "a clown" who "thinks he’s a writer now."

‘She asked Swift to endorse the revised script she was proposing even without having read it.'

One text to Swift from Lively read: ‘You don’t have to read of course’.

Lively’s side disputed that she asked Swift to endorse the script without reading it, only that she ‘hoped she would’.

In another part, the court document states: ‘Swift agreed to do Lively’s bidding, texting Lively: "I’ll do anything for you !!"

‘Lively and Taylor Swift met with Baldoni at Lively’s apartment, where Swift endorsed the revised draft. Afterward, Lively wrote to Swift: ‘You were so epically heroic today. I recapped every moment to Ryan [Reynolds, Lively’s husband].

‘I kept remembering stuff. You making s*** up about me and lenses. And referring to yourself as my doll. This clown', an apparent reference to Baldoni, 'falling for all of it. But also resisting it. You are the world's absolute greatest friend ever’.

In their response, Lively’s side disputed that Swift agreed to do Lively’s ‘bidding’ .

Baldoni’s lawyers also alleged that Lively ‘told famous friends, including Matt Damon, Lucy Damon, and Ben Affleck that she "rewrote the script. I directed every actor."'

Baldoni has claimed that Lively took over the film and rewrote entire scenes with the help of Reynolds.

According to Baldoni’s lawyers, she [Lively] also did not hesitate to disparage Baldoni among her Hollywood crowd, describing him to Ben Affleck, for example, as a ‘chaotic clown’.

The text to Affleck reads: ‘I ended up rewriting and restructuring the entire script, I also ended up having to direct the movie via the chaotic clown ‘director’/actor/producer/ financier/studio head at the center’.

Lively’s lawyers did not dispute the contents of the message but said that it should be taken in context.

According to Baldoni’s lawyers, Lively also urged her famous friends and Colleen Hoover, who wrote the book It Ends With Us, which the film was based on, to ‘support her version of the film over Baldoni’s.'

While Baldoni had bought the rights to the book, Sony eventually released Lively’s version of the film amid the furor over the allegations about his on-set behavior.

Baldoni’s lawyers wrote: ‘For instance, in April 26, 2024 messages, Lively and Swift discussed a plan to use Swift’s song in the film’s trailer.

‘Swift wrote: "If Justin was strategic He would be like no Taylor swift in the trailer. Because that gives you more power over the film, that’s your ally not his."

‘Lively responded: "You are so right… He should’ve run from your music… How stupid. This was his only shot at having the appearance of an upper hand."'

In texts on December 4 and 5, 2024, Lively and Swift discussed the forthcoming New York Times article, which detailed in depth Lively’s claims against Baldoni.

According to the court papers, Swift wrote: ‘I think this b**** [Baldoni] knows something is coming because he’s gotten out his tiny violin.'

Lawyers for Lively said that they were not discussing the New York Times article but did not dispute that the texts were correct.