Blake Lively has apologized to Taylor Swift for dragging the pop star into her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni, a source exclusively tells .
“It was important to Blake to be on good terms again with Taylor. It was never her intention to hurt Taylor or cause any harm to their friendship,” an insider explains.
“Blake missed their friendship and she hopes they can put this whole thing behind them.”
The source says that Swift “appreciated” Lively’s apology and “felt it was genuine and heartfelt.”
“[Taylor] has no hard feelings and is ready to move forward,” the insider adds.
Reps for Swift, 35, and Lively, 37, weren’t immediately available to for comment.
The 14-time Grammy winner was named in the “It Ends With Us” co-stars’ legal dispute after Baldoni claimed in his $400 million lawsuit that Lively tried to use Swift’s influence as leverage to gain creative control of the film.
The “Jane the Virgin” star alleged he was at one point invited to Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds’ NYC penthouse, where a “famously close” friend was also present.
Baldoni claimed Reynolds and the “friend” — allegedly Swift — gushed over the “Gossip Girl” alum’s script rewrites for a scene in the domestic violence drama based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel.
Following the alleged meeting, Baldoni allegedly texted Lively about her revisions.
“I really love what you did. It really does help a lot,” he texted. “Makes it so much more fun and interesting. (And I would have felt that way without Ryan or Taylor).”
The “Another Simple Favor” actress then allegedly responded by referring to Swift and Reynolds as “absolute titans” in the industry and the “dragons” who protected her, like Khaleesi in “Game of Thrones.”
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