Taylor Swift and Blake Lively are currently not speaking as Swift prepares to release her next album,The Life of a Showgirl, in October, as a source tells PEOPLE Their friendship has been under scrutiny since the singer's name was brought into theIt Ends With Uslegal battle between Lively and Justin Baldoni Swift and Lively have been friends since 2014 Taylor SwiftandBlake Livelyare currently not in communication. Theirlongtime friendshiphas been under public scrutiny since Swift's name was brought into Lively'songoing legal battlewith herIt Ends With Uscostar and directorJustin Baldoni, which began in December 2024. Now, a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE, "Taylor and Blake aren't speaking." Swift, 35, hascome up several times duringthe actress' legal war with Baldoni, 41. The superstar's name was first brought into the mix when Baldoni's legal team alleged that Swift had pressured him to accept Lively's rewrites on the movie ina complaint Baldoni filedin January thathas since been dismissed. Later, in May, Baldoni's legal teamdropped the subpoena they'd issued to Swift. Swift's rep claimed the subpoena was "designed to use Taylor Swift's name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case." Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic On Aug. 13 Swift announced the upcoming release of hernew album,The Life of a Showgirl, which will include a song titled "Ruin the Friendship," that fans are speculating is about her relationship with Lively, 37. Swift revealed during her recentappearanceon boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast that she recorded the album while on the European leg of her Eras Tour before she became embroiled in theIt Ends With Usdrama. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic; John Nacion/Variety/Getty In April, a source told PEOPLE that Swift "was really hurt" after she was implicated in Lively and Baldoni's legal case, and in May a source told PEOPLE that her friendship with Lively "has halted." At that time, another insider said that while the pair were "taking some space," they were "not no longer friends." Two months later, a source told PEOPLE that Lively and Swift wereworking toward being "on good terms,"though their friendship "isn't the same as it was before." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The pair's friendship can be documented going back to 2014. Swift, who isgodmotherto the actress' daughters she shares with husbandRyan Reynolds, has even featured the couple's kids in her music. Lively and Reynolds' daughterJames has a voice cameoin Swift'sReputationtrack "Gorgeous," whileJames, Inez and Betty are all named-dropped inFolklore. Swift's upcoming albumThe Life of a Showgirlreleases Oct. 3. Read the original article onPeople
