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“Corporate Email” Critique
In a December 2024 exchange, Lively reached out to Swift, admitting she felt like a “sad sack” who only talked about her own problems. Swift’s reply was surprisingly direct: “I’ve been feeling a little bit of a shift in the way you talk to me… it’s felt like I was reading a mass corporate email sent to 200 employees.”
Swift noted that while she understood the “Justin stuff” was all-consuming, she missed her “funny, dark, normal-speaking friend.”
“Heroic” Support Against Justin Baldoni
Despite the personal strain, the texts confirm Swift was a key ally in Lively’s fight for creative control of It Ends With Us.
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The “Tiny Violin”: Swift mocked Baldoni’s public image, texting Lively: “I think this btch knows something is coming because he’s gotten out his tiny violin.”*
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The Script: Swift reportedly reviewed Lively’s revised script, with Lively later calling her “epically heroic” for her help in a meeting where she helped Lively “trap” Baldoni into a new creative direction.
Why This Matters for the March Trial
These texts were unsealed as part of Baldoni’s defense. His team argues that the messages prove a coordinated “smear campaign” involving Lively’s “dragons”—her high-profile friends like Swift and husband Ryan Reynolds. With Swift potentially being called as a “hostile witness” in May, these private vulnerabilities are now public evidence.