{"id":24691,"date":"2026-08-02T00:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24691"},"modified":"2026-08-02T00:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T19:47:01","slug":"how-blake-lively-threatened-taylor-swift-with-release-of-10-years-of-intimate-texts-unless-singer-told-ugly-lie-read-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24691","title":{"rendered":"How Blake Lively threatened Taylor Swift with release of &#8217;10 years of intimate texts&#8217; unless singer told ugly lie&#8230; read the message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/taylor_swift\/index.html\" id=\"mol-2df51240-8ab7-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\" class=\"\">Taylor Swift<\/a>&#8216;s decade-long friendship with <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/blake-lively\/index.html\" id=\"mol-2df671d0-8ab7-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\">Blake Lively<\/a> finally imploded after the actress allegedly threatened to expose years of the superstar singer&#8217;s most intimate secrets unless she lied about Blake&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/super_bowl\/index.html\" id=\"mol-2e089a40-8ab7-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\" class=\"\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0snub in 2025, the Daily Mail can reveal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lively, 37, who famously watched the 2024 Super Bowl alongside Swift from her now husband <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/travis-kelce\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a2aeef80-8ac5-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\" class=\"\">Travis Kelce<\/a>&#8216;s VIP suite, was noticeably absent when the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/kansas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a2a7c390-8ac5-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\">Kansas<\/a> City Chiefs returned to the NFL championship game in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/louisiana\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a2a72750-8ac5-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\" class=\"\">New Orleans<\/a>\u00a0the following February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the time, speculation of a falling out between the two best friends had reached fever pitch after Swift, 36, had been sensationally dragged into Lively&#8217;s bitter legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/usshowbiz\/justin-baldoni\/index.html\" id=\"mol-28856410-8b6e-11f1-9978-8feba14351b5\" class=\"\">Justin Baldoni<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sources familiar with the fallout now tell the Daily Mail Lively was livid and so humiliated by being left off the Super Bowl guest list she allegedly demanded &#8211; through her legal team &#8211; that Swift make a social media post about how much she regretted that Blake couldn&#8217;t join her to cheer on her boyfriend Travis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The proposed message, insiders tell the Daily Mail, was intended to address Lively&#8217;s unexplained absence and give the impression there was no rift between the pair, and would read along the lines of: &#8216;So sad, my bestie couldn&#8217;t come to the Super Bowl.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And if Swift refused, went the thinly veiled threat, Lively possessed &#8216;ten years&#8217; worth&#8217; of private text messages and conversations chronicling her high-profile failed romances and other personal moments she would release to the public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a9ae53c7c70c40bb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/28\/21\/94978553-16011577-Last_year_Lively_was_among_Swift_s_crew_that_cheered_on_the_Kans-a-1_1785271806328.jpg\" height=\"737\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In 2024, Blake Lively was among Taylor Swift's crew that cheered on the Kansas City Chiefs from a jam-packed VIP suite at Allegiant Stadium during Super Bowl LVIII\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In 2024, Blake Lively was among Taylor Swift&#8217;s crew that cheered on the Kansas City Chiefs from a jam-packed VIP suite at Allegiant Stadium during Super Bowl LVIII<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-98af569449d983a5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/29\/21\/110303693-16011577-Taylor_Swift_returned_to_support_her_now_husband_at_the_Super_Bo-a-22_1785357948611.jpg\" height=\"537\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Taylor Swift returned to support her now husband at the Super Bowl the following year, where her one-time bestie was noticeably absent\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Taylor Swift returned to support her now husband at the Super Bowl the following year, where her one-time bestie was noticeably absent\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The new revelation sheds fresh light on the allegations that first surfaced during Lively and Baldoni&#8217;s legal dispute last year, when the actor&#8217;s attorney Bryan Freedman alleged in filings to the court that Lively&#8217;s lawyers had tried to pressure Swift into publicly siding with the actress.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a May 14 letter to Judge Lewis J. Liman Freeman asserted that a &#8216;source who is highly likely to have reliable information&#8217; told him that Lively&#8217;s lawyers allegedly made &#8216;extortionate threats&#8217; to the law firm representing Swift, demanding the singer &#8216;release a statement of support&#8217; for Lively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It further alleged that Lively had intimated that, if &#8216;Swift refused to do so, private text messages of a personal nature in Ms Lively&#8217;s possession would be released&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lively&#8217;s lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, vehemently denied the allegations saying: &#8216;This is categorically false. We unequivocally deny all of these so-called allegations, which are cowardly sourced to supposed anonymous sources, and completely untethered from reality.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Freedman then doubled down on the allegations by filing to the court a signed affidavit under the penalty of perjury to shed more light on his unnamed source and more details about the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bombshell allegations were included in a publicly filed affidavit by Freedman that was later withdrawn after the judge ruled it was &#8216;improper&#8217; and &#8216;irrelevant to any issue before this Court.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d0b2d5b4122268b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/29\/19\/110323615-16011577-The_superstar_singer_was_seen_accompanied_by_rapper_Ice_Spice_Al-a-7_1785350592194.jpg\" height=\"578\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The superstar singer was seen accompanied by rapper Ice Spice, Alana and Este Haim, and Ashley Avignone, sparking speculation that she and Lively were on the outs\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The superstar singer was seen accompanied by rapper Ice Spice, Alana and Este Haim, and Ashley Avignone, sparking speculation that she and Lively were on the outs\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a04525da24a0acf4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/29\/21\/93434289-16011577-Swift_and_Lively_had_been_close_friends_since_2015-a-23_1785357948869.jpg\" height=\"683\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Swift and Lively had been close friends since 2015\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Swift and Lively had been close friends since 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to insiders, Lively&#8217;s alleged Super Bowl ultimatum became the final straw, ending their decade-long relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It was the ultimate blow to their friendship,&#8217; the source told the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The threat to expose Taylor&#8217;s most intimate confidences unless she posted something to explain why Blake was missing at the Super Bowl was outrageous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There was no going back from that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A source close to Lively told the Daily Mail: &#8216;Blake has never threatened to leak Taylor&#8217;s personal or private text messages.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A representative for Swift declined to comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Although Swift had repeatedly attempted to distance herself from the drama with Baldoni, she inevitably found herself subpoenaed for communications relating to the case by his lawyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As the lawsuit escalated, the Daily Mail can now reveal, Lively also asked Swift to delete the private messages exchanged between them, as noted in Freeman&#8217;s affidavit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1ee2e2874f0cab60\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/01\/15\/110324861-16011577-Sources_say_Lively_was_furious_that_she_was_not_invited_to_Swift-a-1_1785593538201.jpg\" height=\"406\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sources say Lively was furious that she was not invited to Swift's VIP suite for the 2025 Super Bowl\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sources say Lively was furious that she was not invited to Swift&#8217;s VIP suite for the 2025 Super Bowl\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d0874b21e4b1aeeb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/29\/21\/109764837-16011577-Once_BFFs_Lively_s_absence_from_the_wedding_illustrated_the_pain-a-24_1785357948870.jpg\" height=\"962\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Once BFFs, Lively's absence from the wedding illustrated the painful toll her legal battle with Justin Baldoni took on her friendship with Swift;\u00a0 Lively and Swift seen in 2023\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Once BFFs, Lively&#8217;s absence from the wedding illustrated the painful toll her legal battle with Justin Baldoni took on her friendship with Swift;\u00a0 Lively and Swift seen in 2023\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2417b2400c6c87ae\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/31\/15\/110354439-16011577-Lively_wanted_Swift_to_release_a_statement_expressing_her_suppor-a-1_1785508238973.jpg\" height=\"588\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Lively wanted Swift to release a statement expressing her support for the actress in her legal battle with Baldoni, filings revealed\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Lively wanted Swift to release a statement expressing her support for the actress in her legal battle with Baldoni, filings revealed\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to the insider, Lively&#8217;s concern was that the texts would &#8216;prove&#8217; there was &#8216;never\u00a0any mention of any sexual improprieties&#8217; by Baldoni, after she claimed to be a victim of sexual harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There was only her bitching about how much she hated Justin and wanting Taylor to come to her apartment to scare this dickhead director,&#8217; the source told the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ultimately the Daily Mail revealed that person who provided the information about the alleged threats &#8211;\u00a0first identified as &#8216;a person very closely linked to Taylor Swift&#8217; &#8211; was none other than the pop star&#8217;s 74-year-old father Scott Swift after becoming concerned his daughter was being pulled into the ugly legal war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Scott seemingly didn&#8217;t take this alleged apparent attempt to extort his 35-year-old daughter lightly, and decided to take matters into his own hands by cooperating with Baldoni and Freedman in order to protect Swift from any further legal involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Taylor&#8217;s dad, who has long managed many of her business affairs,\u00a0&#8216;voluntarily gave up this information as part of a deal that would include [Baldoni&#8217;s team] withdrawing their subpoena for Taylor,&#8217; sources said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Freedman argued in court documents that their subpoena request aimed to obtain information &#8216;relating to witness tampering and evidence spoliation&#8217; &#8211; specifically that Lively had attempted to &#8216;coerce&#8217; Swift into publicly siding with her in her lawsuit against Baldoni.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b7729ffa0518ea72\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/01\/15\/98696753-16011577-Scott_Swift_voluntarily_gave_up_this_information_as_part_of_a_de-a-2_1785593538206.jpg\" height=\"857\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scott Swift 'voluntarily gave up this information as part of a deal that would include Wayfarer withdrawing their subpoena for Taylor,' the source explained\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Scott Swift &#8216;voluntarily gave up this information as part of a deal that would include Wayfarer withdrawing their subpoena for Taylor,&#8217; the source explained<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swift&#8217;s team then responded to Gossip Girl star Lively&#8217;s &#8216;inappropriate and apparently extortionate threats in at least one written communication&#8217; sent to Gottlieb, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It is those communications that [Baldoni&#8217;s team] seeks to obtain by way of subpoena, as they would evidence an attempt to intimidate and coerce a percipient witness in this litigation,&#8217; the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The actress&#8217;s lawyers later filed a motion asking the court to strike the accusations from its docket as &#8216;baseless, unnecessary, improper and abusive.&#8217; The motion to dismiss the letter was granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Months later, in October, a judge dismissed Baldoni&#8217;s case, and in May of this year, after a judge dismissed most of Lively&#8217;s claims, she finally agreed to settle the case with Baldoni but later sued him for $8 million in legal fees. He is fighting that claim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And any lingering hopes that the former besties would one day reconcile were dashed earlier this month when Swift married NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce in a lavish July 3 ceremony at Madison Square Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The bride and groom welcomed a star-studded guest list to the celebrations, which were officiated by Adam Sandler and featured performances from Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney, and in a surprise for guests, the bride herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4c5f15cb89ad942d\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/01\/15\/109764833-16011577-Swift_and_Kelce_wed_in_a_blockbuster_wedding_that_did_not_includ-a-3_1785593538301.jpg\" height=\"801\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Swift and Kelce wed in a blockbuster wedding that did not include Lively or her husband Ryan Reynolds; Swift and Kelce seen in 2026\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Swift and Kelce wed in a blockbuster wedding that did not include Lively or her husband Ryan Reynolds; Swift and Kelce seen in 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Conspicuously absent, however, were Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, who for years had been among the couple&#8217;s closest celebrity friends and were once considered fixtures in Swift&#8217;s inner circle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this month, a source familiar with the situation told the Daily Mail<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15952393\/inside-blake-lively-fury-taylor-swift-left-wedding-guest-list-sources-final-straw.html\"> Lively was devastated she was not invited<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lively is &#8216;sad and a little bit p***ed. No, a lot p***ed,&#8217; said the insider. &#8216;That friendship was over before but if there was hope, it&#8217;s gone. They&#8217;ll never be friends again.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rather than celebrating with Swift and hundreds of A-list guests in Manhattan, Lively spent the weekend hundreds of miles away in Lake Placid, New York where she and Reynolds were photographed supporting their six-year-old daughter Betty as she competed in a horse show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift&#8216;s decade-long friendship with Blake Lively finally imploded after the actress allegedly threatened to expose years of the superstar singer&#8217;s most intimate secrets unless she lied about Blake&#8217;s\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0snub in 2025, the Daily Mail can reveal.\u00a0 Lively, 37, who famously watched the 2024 Super Bowl alongside Swift from her now husband Travis Kelce&#8216;s VIP&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/07\/28\/21\/94978553-16011577-Last_year_Lively_was_among_Swift_s_crew_that_cheered_on_the_Kans-a-1_1785271806328.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}