Topline
Fans think Taylor Swift has used part of her latest album release to quash rumors of a falling out with Blake Lively that started after the pop superstar was dragged into a lawsuit about alleged misconduct on the set of 2024 blockbuster “It Ends With Us.”
Blake Lively and Taylor Swift in New York in 2023.
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Key Facts
Eagle-eyed observers have noticed that Swift is sporting a diamond bracelet on the cover of the “It’s Rapturous Edition” for her “The Life of a Showgirl” album that looks identical to a custom piece Lively wore to the London premiere of “It Ends with Us” last year.
The pink sapphire and diamond bracelet was reportedly custom made for Lively and she’s worn it several times since 2011, including during an appearance on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and at the 2016 premiere of “Cafe Society.”
Swift used the photo sporting the identical bracelet for the special edition album cover, and as the accompanying Spotify art for the song “CANCELLED!,” which fans have speculated is about maintaining her friendship with Lively despite the public scrutiny around her “It Ends With Us” lawsuit against director Justin Baldoni.
Observers have also speculated Swift borrowed another piece of jewelry from her friend for a different “Showgirl” promotion—the instagram account WhoWoreWhatJewels noted the dangling silver Lorraine Schwartz jewels Swift is wearing on the cover of the “Tiny Bubbles in Champagne Vinyl Collection” for the album are identical to ones Lively wore to the Met Gala in 2013.
Neither piece is available for public sale—Schwartz is most known as a custom jeweler to the stars—but the bracelet is estimated to be worth $250,000.
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Blake Lively attends the UK Gala Screening of “It Ends With Us” wearing custom Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
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Taylor Swift in an album cover for “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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Key Background
Swift and Lively were first linked as friends when Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, attended Swift’s 2016 Fourth of July party. Swift has since referenced Lively and Reynolds’ daughters in songs and the friends have been seen together at parties, out for dinner and at several Kansas City Chiefs games since Swift started dating tight end Travis Kelce. Rumors of a falling out started to circulate last year after Swift was dragged into a contentious legal battle between Lively and her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Baldoni. In a since-dismissed lawsuit filed by Baldoni accusing Lively of defamation and extortion, Baldoni referenced Swift as a “megacelebrity friend” of Lively’s who could “pressure” Baldoni into bending to Lively’s will. The lawsuit included texts shared between Lively and Baldoni, in which Baldoni says Reynolds and Swift talked to him about script changes made by Lively. Lively then refers to the two as her “most trusted partners” and her “dragons,” comparing herself to Khaleesi from “Game of Thrones.” In a February interview with TMZ, Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman did not rule out that he could call on Swift to testify once the case heads to trial. Baldoni’s lawyers have suggested Swift may be deposed in the lawsuit later this month, but Lively’s attorneys have claimed the pop star has agreed to no such thing. Reports circulated that Swift was upset and felt exploited after she was pulled into the lawsuit, and that it may threaten her friendship with Lively, but fans think the star’s jewelry choice and her song “CANCELLED!” are Swift’s way of denying such claims.
Crucial Quote
“Good thing I like my friends cancelled / I like ’em cloaked in Gucci and in scandal / Like my whiskey sour / And poison thorny flowers,” Swift sings in “CANCELLED!”
