Amid confusion over whether Blake Lively was invited to her friend Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce, And it ends with us The actress was not spotted among the guests arriving at the star-studded celebration at Madison Square Garden on Friday.
Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, were photographed attending their daughter’s horse show in Lake Placid, New York, on Thursday, the same day Swift and Kelsey reportedly hosted their rehearsal dinner at the park, according to photos obtained by TMZ.
While many bold-faced names were spotted hitting the park on Thursday and Friday for the multi-day Swift-Kelce celebration, Lively and Reynolds were not seen by paparazzi, social media or many outlets reporting on the festivities in midtown Manhattan.
Hollywood Reporter I reached out to reps for Lively and Reynolds for comment on whether they attended or were invited to the wedding, which reportedly had a no-phone policy making it unlikely that fans would get immediate first-hand updates on proceedings inside the arena.
Swift’s name appears in the sermon And it ends with us A legal battle between Lively and Justin Baldoni after Lively previously identified Swift as someone in her orbit who would have knowledge of discussions regarding working conditions on the film’s set. Baldoni also claimed that Swift, along with Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, helped Lively pressure him to make changes to the script in one of the film’s scenes.
The text messages between Lively and Swift were revealed in January amid legal proceedings. Among the messages exchanged were two long notes from December 2024 that referenced the changing dynamic of the friendship.
“Hey, just checking in,” Lively wrote. “I have no reason to ask, but I don’t feel right… Is everything okay? I’ve been feeling like a bad friend lately because I’ve been a sad sack who’s been talking nothing but nonsense for months. You’ve been so gracious as not only to be the point person for me through it all, but also to let me off the hook for being in this. But I still have a feeling that something might not be right. I told Ryan. He told me to just ask you. But I felt stupid and I liked it. It seemed needy and awkward to everyone, especially That I can’t explain why I feel that way and you know I have toxic masculinity, so I can’t be needy but also, I want to know that everything is okay, so I always want to have the opportunity to be a better friend if something I’ve done is unintentionally good.
Swift replied, “No, you’re not wrong, but it’s also not a big deal. I think I’m exhausted in every aspect of my life and in recent months I’ve been feeling a little shift in the way you talk to me. Yeah there’s been a lot of things about Justin but I’ve been through things like this before and I know how consuming it is. It’s like… and I feel really bad saying anything about this because your texts were so sweet in their intentions but your last message was a little… It was like I was reading a mass email that was sent to 200 Employee, I said “we” 18 times, and it’s awful for you to criticize in any way what I’ve been through, but I miss my funny, dark friend who talks to me as a person, not as a group unit and I know you feel attacked from all sides for ridiculous reasons, so you feel like you have to over-explain things or be too nice or whatever, but that’s some distance, and you don’t need to apologize please.
Swift is also the godmother to Lively and Reynolds’ children and the couple’s children have been featured in at least two of her songs.
Lively and Swift have been frequently photographed around New York, where Lively and Reynolds reside, and even attended the 2024 Super Bowl, where Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers together.
Lively and Swift have reportedly been working on mending their friendship in the aftermath And it ends with us Drama, but if Lively and Reynolds are left off the wedding invitation list, the fallout from legal action could still continue.
